pullin' me back in

2 oz Ragtime Rye (Old Overholt 86°)
light 1/2 oz Amaro Sfumato
1 tsp Honey Syrup
2 dash Angostura Bitters
2 dash Mole Bitters (Bittermens)

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with both a lemon twist and an orange twist. Two Saturdays ago, I was perusing my list of drinks that I had copied and pasted from online recipe flashcard sets, and the Pullin' Me Back In was an Old Fashioned riff that called out to me as a nightcap to my bar shift. The recipe was created in 2022 by Sean Meade at Dear Irving in Manhattan that was a mafia reference from The Godfather. There, Silvio declared, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in" and thus ruining his chances at legitimacy. The drink itself was featured in the Secret New York guide book published in 2023. Honey and Sfumato is a combination that worked well in the Margot Tenenbaum and that I utilized in the Shipwrecked, so it seemed like a great duo to support rye and two bitters. In the glass, the Pullin' Me Back In gave forth a lemon, orange, smoky, and herbal bouquet to the nose. Next, roast and honey notes on the sip retrieved rye, bitter-smoky herbal, clove, and chocolate flavors on the swallow.