Name: Mole Manhattan
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Añejo tequila; 15 ml Vermouth alla vaniglia; 7.5 ml Cream sherry; 5 ml Amaro (e.g. Nonino); 5 ml Chilli liqueur; 5 ml Brown/dark cacao liqueur; 6 drop Chocolate bitters; 1 dash Orange bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Añejo tequila (100% agave)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth (chilled)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Lustau East India Solera Cream Sherry (chilled)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Amaro Nonino Quintessentia

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Chilli liqueur

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Brown/dark crème de cacao liqueur

6 drop

Chocolate bitters

1 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

3 drop

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

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Mole Manhattan contains 178 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
25.66% alc./vol. (51.32° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Comments & Discussion

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Mookie Premium Member 45w

I really liked this but I will be tinkering with it. I feel like Averna would be more true to a mole flavor profile, but that substitution might muddle the Ancho Reyes. I will certainly be coming back to this one.

Jeffrey Moore 45w

Lovely sipper. Añejo as the base is a great call. I have a homemade chili liqueur I fashioned after Ancho Reyes. I also used Fee Bros Mole bitters in lieu of the Chocolate.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 45w

Very tasty indeed. Having no Cream Sherry (we, obviously mistakenly, had always thought it to be a tipple for little old ladies), we improvised with a bit of PX and a bit of Fino...not sure if that's by the book. Our good host has lately been drawing our attention to some magic Sherry cocktails. We're loving it.

Chris Brislawn 45w

Lustau says their East India solera is a blend of PX and oloroso so you're in the ballpark but a bit on the dry side, which is fine; I upped the anejo (El Tesoro since I didn't have Patron) to 1.75 oz to dry it out a bit. A very good, complex cocktail with strong cocoa notes and a bit of bite from the chile liqueur that differs markedly from most tequila drinks. I gotta admit, though, that the last thing it reminded me of was a Manhattan.