Levante Cocktail

Named after the hot, dry winds that blow through the sherry-producing regions of Spain, Breanne Belitski’s, (Head Bartender at Little Oak Bar in Halifax), simple sherry-based Levante cocktail tastes like an elegant updated martini.

 

Levante Cocktail

INGREDIENTS:

• 11⁄2 oz London Dry Gin
• 11⁄2 oz fino sherry
• 11⁄2 tsp simple syrup
• 1 bar spoon (1⁄8 tsp) apricot liqueur
• 3 dashes orange bitters
• Lemon peel

 

METHOD

Combine all ingredients (excluding lemon peel) over ice in a cocktail shaker. Stir until thoroughly chilled, then strain into a Nick and Nora, coupe or martini glass. Express oil from lemon peel overtop (and discard peel).