Name: Enrico Pallazzo
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 22.5 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 7.5 ml Gentian liqueur; 2 dash Grapefruit bitters

Enrico Pallazzo
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
³⁄₄ oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
¹⁄₄ oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
2 dash	Bob's Grapefruit Bitters

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Garnish: Grapefruit zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into carbonator. CARBONATE and pour into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Review:

A bittersweet Manhattan-style lightly sparkling cocktail.

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History:

Named after the fictional acclaimed Italian opera singer that Leslie Nielsen's Lt. Frank Drebin impersonates at the start of a baseball game in The Naked Gun film. Later in the movie, Drebin goes undercover on the pitch as the game's umpire. When he unmasks himself, a spectator shouts, "Hey, it's Enrico Pallazzo!" The crowd then jubilantly chant Pallazzo's name.

Nutrition:

One serving of Enrico Pallazzo contains 223 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
21.78% alc./vol. (21.78° proof)
23 grams of pure alcohol

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Alex Powell

6th June 2024 at 22:24

My first experiment with a Frankenstein force carbonation system chucked together from homebrew kit. Found the carbonation makes a surprising difference, elevating an already very good beverage. Fun! Definitely found a more sticky rosso (i.e. punt e mes) is appropriate here

Boris Jümmers

24th May 2024 at 21:15

Tried it with higer proof Bourbon, Campari and 5 ml heavily carbonated water.

Kind of nice, needs tweaks though.

Frederic D.

9th May 2024 at 23:03

Another check in the non-carbonated column (we're going to all end up at Simon's, quite a party), but it was still a very tasty drink. It definitely reads like a bittersweet Manhattan variation, as advertised. I wasn't sure how the Suze and bourbon would play together, and it turns out the answer is "really well". I made a version with L'Aperitivo Nonino too instead of Aperol, which was obviously quite different, but equally good.

Richard Elgar

16th February 2024 at 21:04

I'm not sure about the name of this cocktail. Surely it should be the Enrico Pallazzo? That's the name of the fictional opera singer in Naked Gun. I made it last night exactly as written. Delicious. The bittersweet combination worked perfectly.

Simon Difford

17th February 2024 at 10:07

Thanks, Richard. I've corrected, added a note and also added a clip of the film.

Chris Brislawn

7th February 2024 at 05:12

We too lack a charger so, since we can't drop by Simon's place, I served it "still" in DOFs over ice blocks. Rather than Salers (no Suze) I chose Bonal Gentiane-Quina because I thought its additional complexity and richness would work better in this drink. Used Stranahan's Rocky Mountain Cask Strength Single Malt and Carpano Classico (haven't seen Strucchi over here). A tad sweet but very good mix of warm flavors; benefits from the extra dilution obtained by serving over ice.

Nathalie O'Flynn

16th December 2023 at 14:06

So today I said to my husband he can chose a bourbon from the top 20 so he chose this one, I asked that he prepares the cocktails whilst I would prepare the aperitif salamis and pâté toasts. He followed the recipe till it said „place in a carbonator“, huh hoh didn’t see that one coming. It was very nice without but it would have been nice to try a fizzy version so he suggested we go to Simon’s home to try the carbonated version 🤔

James Miller

27th October 2023 at 19:49

Nice cocktail, true to the description of "bittersweet Manhattan-style" drink. I tried with Bulliet Rye as well and thought it was a tasty subsitute.

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