Cooking Lesson #933: Red Moon Over Manhattan Cocktail

…from the Perspectives’ Happy Hour Bar

How you doin’? Here is a delicious twist on a classic Happy Hour cocktail. When the economy turns south as it has, vintage libations and red wine cocktails show a massive spike in popularity. We used to see this effect in our restaurants.
 
Here is one to try today—make it at home or order it at your favorite saloon. While red wine in a Manhattan cocktail may sound unusual, it’s really very tasty creating a great flavor combination! It’s the perfect cocktail to get ready for all of the fall entertaining you’ll hopefully be doing on a budget!
 
Okay, no budget for entertainment? This drink is also perfect for cozy nights at home with a movie, good book and a fun mate. It’s sophisticated and smooth. The perfect red wine cocktail to sip under a full moon, half moon or not moon at all.
 
The original Manhattan cocktail is thought to have originated in the 1860s in a Manhattan Club in NYC. It is closely related to the Brooklyn-Style Cocktail which uses dry vermouth instead of sweet vermouth. We call this cocktail a Manhattan too because it was inspired by the classic cocktail.
 
Prep time:  5 minutes
Yield:  1 cocktail
 
Ingredients 
2 ounces robust red wine
1/2 ounce Good American bourbon
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1 large round ice sphere (these molds are inexpensive on Amazon)
3 gourmet maraschino cherries (I prefer Luxardo Italian Gourmet Maraschino Cherries)
Orange peel
 
Directions

1. Shake all of the ingredients together with ice for 20 seconds.
2. Rub the orange peel around the rim of the glass.
3. Add in the ice sphere and strain the cocktail over the ice.
4. Scoop one cherry to place inside the drink and add two more on a twig or cocktail stirrer to garnish the glass!
5. Enjoy this new classic!

ChefSecret:  This tasty cocktail is so quick to make it’s great for serving your guests at a gathering. It is fairly low in calories, coming in at less than 150 calories a drink, so it’s a win-win! The color is so stunning it’s bound to stand out amongst the crowd!

Quip of the Day:  Son, when I was your age there was no social media. You had to go to a bar and buy endless drinks to be ignored by multiple women.
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