Recipe

• 2 parts amaretto

• 1 part lemon juice

• 1 part sugar syrup

Shake thoroughly with ice and strain into and old-fashioned glass filled with more ice. Add an orange slice and a cherry. Superb!  I just love the taste of marzipan, and have done since childhood, making amaretto a really great discovery when I first had it a few years ago. This drink is unapologetically sweet, a real dessert cocktail.  It's often made with egg white, which I think is there to make it a little creamier, but I rarely have eggs in the house these days, so I found a recipe without.  I actually forgot to add a dash of bitters, which I might try next time.