Name: Lucino's Delight
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Vermouth alla vaniglia; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 7.5 ml Amaro (e.g. Lucano); 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

³⁄₄ fl oz

Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Lucano amaro

3 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Lucino's Delight contains 206 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
26.57% alc./vol. (53.15° proof)
26 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth rosso alla vaniglia (e.g. Antica Formula) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Comments & Discussion

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David M. Premium Member 30w

Tasty. Agree with the other comments about 1/4 oz of Lucano adding a surprising amount of bitterness. It was too much for my wife. I added a 1/2 oz of 1:1 simple syrup to hers and it helped a lot.

Linda Shaverin Hirsh Premium Member 1y

Defo a surprising combo. Herbal/plant notes are a triumph. Sipping it right now and feeling transported to the glorious bars of Italy. Looking forward to experimenting with other gins/amaros (amari???)

Adam Kormondy 2y

Surprised by how much I could taste the gin (Ford's) in the balance but it was wonderfully melded. Definitely will go back and try other gins.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

The mint and spearmint notes of the Lucano are very evident, balanced by the fruit, sweetness and bitter Cherry of the ingredients. Tangy and rich, while also refreshing. Perfectly balanced bitter sweet and herbal.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

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Chris Brislawn 49w

The mint notes were one of the first things I noticed on my first sip, but I am also impressed at how much bitterness just 1/4 oz of the Lucano imparts. Good balance overall. I use Cheritelli maraschino, which has a bit more maraschino flavor than Luxardo liqueur and plays well with a Luxardo cherry garnish. By way of contrast, Phil Ward (in the Death & Co. cocktail book) says "no garnish," but the Luxardo cherry works here, esp. with Cheritelli.

John CARR Premium Member 49w

I’ll have to put this on my retry list, thanks Chris! I guess the bitterness of the amaro also amplifies the bitter elements in the carpano, even tho by itself the latter tastes so sweet (to my palate).