Name: Ritorno Alle Radici (Back To The Roots)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Scotch whisky; 20 ml Pedro Ximénez sherry; 15 ml Gentian liqueur; 1 dash Chocolate bitters; 1 inch Vanilla pod

Ritorno Alle Radici (Back To The Roots)
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Blended Scotch whisky
²⁄₃ oz	Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry
¹⁄₂ oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
1 dash	Chocolate bitters
1 inch	Vanilla pod sliced

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist & long cinnamon stick.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Pedro Ximénez sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Dry/sour

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Review:

Rich liquid Christmas pudding flavours of Pedro Jimenez laced with scotch whisky and balanced with subtle gentian and chocolate bitterness.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by Elia Doro at Dry Martini Bar, Barcelona, Spain. Elia says, "When I first started to elaborate this cocktail I was thinking how to exalt the bitterness of the gentian, so I decided to make an appetizer, which is typical in my region of Italy and very popular in my city, Padua. As I am in Spain now I used Pedro Jimenez sherry wine as the sweet ingredient, that combined with the scotch will create a nice taste when you start drinking it, and then comes the taste of the Suze that leaves a really nice and soft bitterness."

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Matt

14th July 2024 at 23:45

Excellent cocktail - I used a blended scotch without strong smoke and really enjoyed the breadth and depth of the flavors presented (unknown if smoke would be add or distract from this). A bit sweet, but not too much and not syrupy or cloying at all. Excellent!