Frank's Cocktail
Recipe:
- 45ml cognac
- 45ml white port
- 1tsp maraschino liqueur
- 3 dashes orange bitters
Stir with ice until sufficiently chilled, strain into a prechilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon zest.
A wonderful drink with white port wine - which I love intensely and find even more interesting than your standard tawny ports - The Frank's Cocktail. A pleasantly simple name that already sounds beautifully old-school when reading the equally simple recipe. The choice of cognac and port is, of course, what makes all the difference here. Floral, fruity cognacs such as Grapediggaz VSOP or Pierre Ferrand 1840 work wonderfully with delicate white port. I can recommend Ramos Pinto, Bocas & Churchill's, to name but a few. The Frank's is "soothing," as they say in English, warm, smooth, and elegant, yet full-bodied. Grapes, honey, flowers, almonds, and more.
Source: "American Bar" (1904) by Frank Philip Newman (an earlier version was already in the 1900 edition, but there still with grenadine instead of marschino)
