The Black Rose
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 1 cocktail
- Total: 5 min
- Active: 5 min
Ingredients
1 1/2 ounces Irish whiskey
1 ounce Malbec red wine or other full-bodied red wine
1/2 ounce grenadine or cherry juice
1/2 ounce raspberry liqueur
2 drops vanilla extract
1 Pickled cherry, pitted, for garnish, store-bought or homemade, recipe follows
Pickled Cherries:
3 cups white vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
Pinch salt
1 pound pitted cherries, fresh or thawed frozen
Directions
- Fill a shaker with ice. Add the whiskey, wine, grenadine, raspberry liqueur and vanilla extract and shake. Strain the cocktail into a tall glass filled with ice and garnish with a pickled cherry.
Pickled Cherries:
- Bring the wine, vinegar, sugar, salt and 1 cup water to a boil in a saucepan and cook until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly. Pour the liquid over the cherries in a bowl or jar and cool let completely before covering. Keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.