Songs My Mother Taught Me

Name: Songs My Mother Taught Me
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dash Angostura Bitters; 38 ml Mezcal; 1 twst Orange Peel; 8 ml Fernet Branca; 23 ml Amaro Montenegro; 23 ml Cardamaro

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Stir Mezcal, Cardamaro, Amaro Montenegro, Fernet Branca with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Inspiration struck when I tasted Cardamaro paired with Amaro Montenegro at the Khartoum bar. This led me to experiment with mezcal, creating a drink dubbed the M&M. However, it lacked depth until I added absinthe and bitters. The next day, after more tweaking, I incorporated Fernet Branca for that extra kick of flavor. Recalling Marlon Brando’s autobiography, “Songs My Mother Taught Me,” I christened this cocktail with his title.

Method

Stirred

Glass

cocktail

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Herbal

Smoky