Sour Cherry Negroni

The bar menu at Hawksmoor NYC is helmed by Adam Montgomerie who worked at Hawksmoor London for multiple years before crossing the pond.

In Montgomerie’s Sour Cherry Negroni, he leans on Ford’s Gin, a London Dry style that features nine botanicals. The gin gets paired with the classic Negroni ingredients, Campari and vermouth - in this case, Martini Rubio, for a rich, sweet flavor. There's also Tempus Fugit Creme de Noyaux (an apricot and cherry liqueur) and a modified cherry juice.

At the bar, Montgomerie adds powdered malic and citric acids to organic cherry juice to modify the amount of acid in the juice before mixing it into the cocktail. At home, you can use a bit of citric acid to the cherry juice to mimic Hawksmoor’s original. The Sour Cherry Negroni is the perfect mix of sweet, sour, and bitter with a lovely deep red hue and the most delicious garnish - a cocktail pick skewered with cherries, of course.