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Manzanita

Name: Manzanita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Manzanilla sherry; 30 ml Gin; 20 ml Pear liqueur; 7.5 ml Apple/cider eau-de-vie; 7.5 ml Orgeat syrup; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (2)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/3 fl oz	Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa Sherry
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
2/3 fl oz	Giffard Poire William liqueur
1/4 fl oz	Apple/cider eau-de-vie
1/4 fl oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of dehydrated apple slice.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with dehydrated apple slice floated on cocktail.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Manzanita contains 190 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
19.75% alc./vol. (39.51° proof)
20.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Manzanilla sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) — Nuts

History

Created by yours truly in May 2025.

Review

Orchard fruit fortified with gin and aromatised with sherry and almond.

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Comments & Discussion

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Mike Gibb 9 months ago

With Belle de Brillet, Magloire Calvados VSOP, I get pear with apple, made savoury from the salty manzanilla, a touch of vanilla, nothing from the orgeat. A little sweet for an aperitif. There's something outstanding nearby. To repeat.

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