Foreign Affair Cocktail
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An umami-laced rum cocktail.
The Foreign Affair cocktail from San Francisco’s Japanese-inspired Bar Iris, will make your mouth water with its mix of plum sake, Manzanilla sherry, aperitivo, and aged rum.
Ingredients
- 1 oz. aged rum
- ¾ oz. bitter red liqueur (Romanov uses Select Aperitivo or Aperol)
- ¾ oz. manzanilla sherry
- ½ oz. plum sake (Romanov uses Kagatsuru Plum Sake but says you can use umeshu)
- Tools:mixing glass, strainer, paring knife
- Glass:cocktail or pony
- Garnish:lemon peel
Preparation
Pour all of the ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice and stir for 10-14 seconds, allowing the cocktail to properly dilute. Strain into a cocktail or pony glass. With a paring knife, straight cut a medallion-sized lemon peel. Express and use as a garnish or discard.