The Author's Menu · Signatures
- Aged cachaça45 ml
- Cynar25 ml
- Sweet vermouth20 ml
- Angostura bitters2 dashes
Method
Stir with ice in a mixing glass for 20 seconds and strain over one large ice cube.
Garnish
An orange peel, expressed over the glass.
The story
A Negroni with a gaúcho soul, firm and bitter. Named after pau-tenente, the bitter bark in the Flavor Library ("tenente duro" reads as "hard lieutenant"): if you have the tincture, two dashes of it replace the Angostura.
Flavor
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Pairs with
meat · cheese · barbecue · bar snacks and charcuterie
The bitterness whets the appetite and cleans the palate between bites.