Entertaining Cocktails
Actor Bryan Batt, of AMC's hit show "Mad Men," joins Martha to prepare some classic entertaining cocktails: a Manhattan and Rob Roy.
Manhattan
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Entertaining Cocktails
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The Martha Stewart Show, October Fall 2008
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Ingredients
- 2 1/2 ounces bourbon or rye
- 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Ice cubes
- Maraschino cherry, for garnish
Directions
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Shake bourbon, vermouth, and bitters over ice. Strain into a cocktail glass; garnish with cherry.
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Shake bourbon, vermouth, and bitters over ice. Strain into a cocktail glass; garnish with cherry.
Actually, while the Manhattan is a variation of the Old Fashioned, the Old Fashioned is made with either a sugar cube or a simple syrup and a splash of soda water and does not have sweet vermouth or a cherry (or any fruit) garnish. Both are, in fact, made with two dashes of bitters.
without the bitters it is known as an old fashioned