Cocktail recipe
Hanky Panky
A stirred cocktail featuring Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Fernet Branca.
Ingredients
- 45 ml Gin
- 45 ml Sweet Vermouth
- 7.5 ml Fernet-Branca
Method
- Combine Gin, Sweet Vermouth and Fernet-Branca in a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir until cold and diluted.
- Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass.
- Optional garnish: orange zest.
Story
Ada Coleman, head bartender of the Savoy's American Bar in the early 1900s, made it for the actor Sir Charles Hawtrey, who asked for something with a punch. He declared it 'the real hanky-panky'. The Fernet-Branca is the secret.