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Scorched Earth

Name: Scorched Earth
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cynar or other carciofo amaro

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Freddo Nick & Nora Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Scorched Earth contains 148 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
24.02% alc./vol. (48.03° proof)
18 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2006 by Nicholas Hearin at Restaurant Eugene in Atlanta, USA, and first published by Gary "gaz" Regan.

Review

Dry, very aromatic and bordering on bitter. Interesting but not to everybody's taste. The lemon zest twist makes this cocktail.

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Comments & Discussion

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Olga María Gómez Henderson 2w

It's very different. It's dryness is strong yet peculiar. Not for everybody, but it's a good aperitif.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

What one might mistake for sweetness (and it, of course, has a degree of sweetness), to me, is the roundness in mouthfeel from the sugars. The vermouth and amaro provide more than enough bitterness to cleave that contrast. The lemon garnish is essential.

Herbert Brant 3y

Interesting, that is true. And the bitterness comes right up to the edge. The cocktail is acceptably dry, but it's not one that I would request. So next time, I might bring the Cynar down to about half, and increase the vermouth.

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