Maserati Notte Sour — An amaretto sour turned dark with chocolate liqueur and bitters

Maserati Notte Sour

An amaretto sour turned dark with chocolate liqueur and bitters

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/3 ozAmaretto
    The base and most of the sugar
  • 6 dashesOld Fashion Aromatic Bitters
    The only dry thing in the glass
    Substitute: Any angostura-bark aromatic bitters
  • 0.7 ozLemon Juice
    Fresh, and equal to the chocolate liqueur
  • 0.7 ozChocolate Liqueur
    Mozart in the original
  • 1/3 ozFee Foam
    A proprietary foaming agent
    Substitute: One egg white
  • 1/3 ozOrgeat Syrup
    Almond meeting almond, on purpose

Instructions

  1. Add 1 1/3 oz amaretto, 0.7 oz chocolate liqueur, 0.7 oz lemon juice, 1/3 oz orgeat, 1/3 oz Fee Foam and 6 dashes Old Fashion Aromatic bitters to a shaker
  2. Fill with ice and shake vigorously
  3. Strain into a chilled rocks glass
  4. Shave dark chocolate over the top

Technique Notes

Five to six dashes is a lot of bitters for a sour, and it is the only dry thing in the glass. Amaretto and chocolate liqueur are both sweet and both thick; without that much aromatic bitters the lemon has to carry the whole correction on its own.

Why the Maserati Notte Sour Works

Amaretto and orgeat are the same almond arriving twice, and the chocolate liqueur makes a third sweet thing in a glass that has only lemon to answer with. The bitters is the balance rather than the seasoning here, which is why the dash count runs so high.