East India Negroni recipe

East India Negroni recipe

This drink, from Jim Meehan of PDT in New York, really began with the rum. More specifically, it began with Joseph Banks, the eighteenth-century naturalist and botanist and Captain Cook’s sidekick on his first voyage.

The 5-Island rum used in this drink is a tribute to Banks and Cook’s maiden voyage of 1768-71, as is the East India, an old-school style of sherry that was originally matured in the same way as early madeira (via tumultuous sea voyage on masted ships).

‘The rum takes its namesake from a dude who would’ve been on the same ship that the East India sherry would’ve travelled in,’ says Meehan. The interplay of the subtle funk of the rum with the raisin-y woodiness of Lustau’s East India sherry makes for a cocktail that drinks like a Negroni best consumed near the equator.

Experiment with similar substitutes if you can't find the precise ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 60 ml Banks 5-Island rum
  • 22 ml Campari
  • 22 ml Lustau East India sherry
  • 2.1 fl oz Banks 5-Island rum
  • 0.8 fl oz Campari
  • 0.8 fl oz Lustau East India sherry
  • 0.3 cup Banks 5-Island rum
  • 0.1 cup Campari
  • 0.1 cup Lustau East India sherry
To garnish
  • 1 strip of orange zest
  • 1 strip of orange zest
  • 1 strip of orange zest

Details

  • Cuisine: American
  • Recipe Type: Drink
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Preparation Time: 5 mins
  • Cooking Time: 0 mins
  • Serves: 1

Step-by-step

  1. Pour all the ingredients except the garnish into a mixing glass, then add ice.
  2. Stir and strain into a rocks glass with one large ice cube. Garnish with the orange zest.

Recipe extracted from SherryA Modern Guide to the Wine World's Best-Kept Secret, with Cocktails and Recipes by Talia Baiocchi. Photography by Ed Anderson. Published by Jacqui Small (£20).

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