Cherry Lane cocktail

The Cherry Lane is a sweet cocktail featuring cherry vodka, lemon juice, Benedictine herbal liqueur and simple syrup.
The Cherry Lane cocktail combines sweet and sour flavours with the herbal taste of the benedictine. Made with 27 different herbs, spices, and peels, Benedictine liqueur adds to the cocktail a subtle taste of licorice, with a flavor of smoothness brought by sweet spices.
The Cherry Lane is a great cocktail for dinner parties and spring celebrations. For ultimate authenticity, the cocktail should be garnished with fresh cherries.
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- Type: Cocktail
Equipment
- martini glass
Ingredients
- 45 ml cherry vodka
- 45 ml lemon juice
- 22.5 ml Benedictine liqueur
- 22.5 ml simple syrup
- 1 dash Angostura bitters
- 1-2 cherries (on a cocktail pick; to garnish)
Instructions
- Pour in all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice then shake vigorously until chilled through.
- Strain into the martini glass and garnish with a cherry skewered on a cocktail stick.
In 1510, the Benedictine monk Don Bernardo Vincelli created the recipe for the French Benedicte liqueur. It is believed that there are only three people on earth who know the complete recipe for making the spirit.