Name: Old Italian Friend
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Grappa; 20 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 15 ml Amaro Santoni; 10 ml Camomile liqueur

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1/2 fl oz	Grappa di Moscato
2/3 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Amaro Santoni
1/3 fl oz	Camomile liqueur
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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare grapefruit zest for garnish.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Express grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

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Review:

Grappa and grapefruit may be the backbone of this bittersweet aperitivo but floral amaro and camomile liqueur provide the top-line flavour.

Variant:

Old Friend; Old Mexican Friend

History:

A riff on an Old Friend created in November 2021 by yours truly at the Clocktower, Rye, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Old Italian Friend contains 99 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.85% alc./vol. (39.7° proof)
17.9 grams of pure alcohol

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