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The Lady Wears Red

Name: The Lady Wears Red
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 7.5 ml Grand Marnier; 7.5 ml Triple sec; 5 ml Fino sherry; 5 ml Dry vermouth; 5 ml Falernum liqueur; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Grapefruit bitters; 1 dash Orange bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Falernum liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1 dash	Grapefruit bitters
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

Garnish: Champagne foam

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Method:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. FLOAT champagne foam made by macerating orange zests in champagne overnight, adding gelatin and charging with N2O siphon.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of The Lady Wears Red contains 218 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
17.09% alc./vol. (34.18° proof)
22.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry, Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a drink created in 2008 by Ben Carlotto at The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland. The original recipe calls for homemade dry orange syrup made by macerating orange zests in a blend of different sugars with Lillet Blanc and fino sherry. It also calls for homemade citrus bitters, a complex mixture of kaffir lime leaves, various citrus elements, and spices like cardamom and cassia.

Review

This 'Lady' is high maintenance but she delivers a complex reward.

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Kjell Eriksson Premium Member 4y

High maintenance indeed, but well worth the trouble. Thanks to Simon for editing the original recipe, thus making it doable for us ordinary home mixologists.

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