A recent trip to Franny's in Brooklyn - still one of the the best pizza joints in NYC in our opinion - led to the discovery of an amaro (bitter) called Nardini. A bartender liked it enough to create an eponymous cocktail, which we thoroughly enjoyed as an aperitivo, and they were nice enough to provide us with the recipe.
The Nardini
1oz Plymouth Gin
1oz Carpano Antico Sweet Vermouth (or other sweet vermouth)
1oz Nardini Amaro
1/2oz fresh lemon
1/4 - 1/2oz simple syrup (to taste)
Shake and serve up or on the rocks (Franny's prefers the latter, we the former). If you don't have Nardini, you can use 3/4 oz Cynar, which is more bitter.
1oz Plymouth Gin
1oz Carpano Antico Sweet Vermouth (or other sweet vermouth)
1oz Nardini Amaro
1/2oz fresh lemon
1/4 - 1/2oz simple syrup (to taste)
Shake and serve up or on the rocks (Franny's prefers the latter, we the former). If you don't have Nardini, you can use 3/4 oz Cynar, which is more bitter.
Hi there!
It's the team from franny's here! Just one correction to the recipe above, we actually DO NOT use Carpano Antica Formula in the Nardini Cocktail, it's just Bulldog Gin and Nardini Amaro! The rest of the portions are correct.
Thanks for the support and we hope to see you soon at franny's!
Best,
Nekisia
General Manager
That's odd, they wrote it out for us and it had Carpano Antica. Thanks for letting us know.
We made a version with Cynar and Sweet Vermouth since we didn't have Nardini. It worked really well and was similar in taste to the Nardini.
When we get some Nardini Amaro, I'll try it both ways and let the readers know.