my european girlfriend

2 oz Park VS Cognac (Courvoisier VS)
1/2 oz Cinzano Sweet Vermouth (Cocchi)
1/4 oz Lillet Blanc (Cocchi Americano)
1/4 oz Amaro Ciociaro
2 dash Angostura Bitters

Stir with ice, strain into a Nick & Nora glass, and garnish with a cherry.Two Wednesdays ago, I opened up my copy of the 2020 Community Cocktails book and came across My European Girlfriend by Ryan Dorm at the Purple Cafe in Seattle. It read like a Harvard Cocktail (Cognac Manhattan) with the sweet vermouth-Lillet combination of the Hoots Mon and the sweet vermouth-Picon duo of the Liberal (Ciociaro is a favored modern substitute for Picon). In the glass, My European Girlfriend opened up with a cherry and caramel orange aroma. Next, grape and caramel on the sip traveled to Cognac, caramel-orange, clove, and allspice flavors on the swallow.