Foreign Affair Cocktail

Recipe: Ilya Romanov , Bar Iris , San Francisco

Photo: Equal Parts Cocktail

February 16, 2022

An umami-laced rum cocktail.

The Foreign Affair cocktail from San Francisco’s Japanese-inspired Bar Iris, will make your mouth water with its mix of plum sake, Manzanilla sherry, aperitivo, and aged rum.

Ingredients

1 oz. aged rum
¾ oz. bitter red liqueur (Romanov uses Select Aperitivo or Aperol)
¾ oz. manzanilla sherry
½ oz. plum sake (Romanov uses Kagatsuru Plum Sake but says you can use umeshu)

Tools:mixing glass, strainer, paring knife
Glass:cocktail or pony
Garnish:lemon peel

Preparation

Pour all of the ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice and stir for 10-14 seconds, allowing the cocktail to properly dilute. Strain into a cocktail or pony glass. With a paring knife, straight cut a medallion-sized lemon peel. Express and use as a garnish or discard.