Rabbit Fernet — Two fernets, lemon and strawberry syrup over crushed ice

Rabbit Fernet

Two fernets, lemon and strawberry syrup over crushed ice

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Ingredients

  • 3/4 ozLetherbee Fernet
    The savoury one, rhubarb root and cola
    Substitute: Another American fernet
  • 3/4 ozFernet-Branca
    The mentholated one, for the contrast
  • 3/4 ozLemon Juice
    Fresh
  • 3/4 ozStrawberry Syrup
    The creator infuses it sous vide; a stovetop syrup works

Instructions

  1. Add 3/4 oz Letherbee Fernet, 3/4 oz Fernet-Branca, 3/4 oz lemon juice and 3/4 oz strawberry syrup to a shaker
  2. Shake with crushed ice

    Crushed rather than cubed; the drink needs the extra dilution

  3. Strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh crushed ice
  4. Garnish with slices of orange and strawberry

Technique Notes

Crushed ice, and shake with it rather than on cubes. The strawberry syrup and the lemon are carrying an ounce and a half of fernet between them, and the drink needs the extra dilution a crushed-ice shake gives it to land as a sour rather than a challenge.

Why the Rabbit Fernet Works

Fernet-Branca is menthol and saffron; Letherbee is rhubarb root and something closer to cola. Putting them in equal measure makes the gap between them audible, and strawberry is the only sweetener soft enough to sit under both without picking a side.