Hanky Panky Cocktail
Photo by Cristian Barnett
This gin cocktail was first created in the 1920s by Ada Coleman, head bartender of The Savoy Hotel’s American Bar in London, and named after actor Sir Charles Hawtrey (but not the one
of Carry On film fame).
Ingredients
Makes 1 cocktail
1½ oz. (45ml) gin
1½ oz. (45ml) sweet vermouth
2 dashes Fernet-Branca
Strip of orange peel, to serve
Stir gin, sweet vermouth, and Fernet-Branca with ice until chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Twist a swathe of orange peel over the surface of the drink and add to glass as garnish.
Reprinted with permission from Gin: The Manual by Dave Broom, copyright © 2015. Published by Mitchell Beazley.
Buy the full book from Amazon.
See Related Recipes and Cooking Tips
23 Sweet Vermouth Cocktails to Use Up That Bottle
Think outside the negroni box.23 Essential Gin Cocktails for Happy Hour Tonight
Whether you like your gin drinks bracing and boozy or light and refreshing, stirred or shaken, frozen or fizzy, there’s a recipe here for you.
