Name: Enchanted Field Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Strega liqueur; 30 ml Orange juice; 2 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)

1 fl oz

Liquore Strega

1 fl oz

Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

2 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange 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 Enchanted Field Cocktail contains 187 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
24.17% alc./vol. (48.34° proof)
27.4 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 6w

Made the recipe to its most recent specs here and was bored with the result. One of my regular house ryes is Dad’s Hat Pennsylvania Rye, which is sedately spicy but has depth in malty and toasty barrel notes. Made it a second time using 45-20-15 specs with 2.5 ml of rich syrup. Not yet ideal, but still orangey. Gonna get surgical with this. 3/4 oz Strega might express best, but now I'm out of that, to my temporary relief.

Frederic D. Premium Member 3y

I tried the recipe as specced and I have to agree with all the previous commenters who recommended removing the simple syrup, as the orange juice brings plenty of sweetness. That said, this is a very, very good cocktail. I will definitely try it with a few dashes of orange bitters next time.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Agreed! I've removed the sugar and added 2 dashes of bitters.

Herbert Brant 4y

Agree with the commenters below: I the orange juice is plenty sweet, so I omitted the simple syrup. The result was an exceptional cocktail. Next time, I'll try either / or cherry bitters or orange bitters. Stay tuned...

James Burnett Premium Member 4y

Also love Strega. Like others, I generally prefer less sweet cocktails so omitted 2:1 ss, and added 2 dashes of Coastal Root Pine Bitters to further reduce the sweetness and highlight the piney notes of Strega.

Jill Ghosh 5y

We just discovered Strega and love it! We really enjoyed this cocktail. Not liking a lot of sweetness typically, we did not add the simple syrup. Next time, we are going to try going down 1/4 oz. on the Strega and the OJ. This is one of our new favorites!

Two Hands, One Drink 5y

I love Strega, so I always like to try cocktails that have it. The balance of Strega's boreal flavors with the sweet citrus and spiced rye make for a wonderfully fabulous, if unexpected, combination. I loved it from first sip to last, and will be making this again for sure! I might cut the rich syrup down to 1/8 oz, but that is just a personal preference. All in all, this is an awesome drink!

John Hinojos Premium Member 5y

Great sipping/evening cocktail. As I like my cocktails a little sour, did not use the sugar syrup. Also, being in San Diego, we used Valencia oranges which tend to be sweet.