Carmen Amaya Recipe

• 5 fresh, blemish-free basil leaves, plus 1 leaf for garnish
• 3/4 ounce amontillado sherry
• 1 1/2 ounces Old Overholt rye
• 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 3/4 ounce Cointreau
• Dash orange bitters
• Ice
• Orange twist, for garnish

1. Chill one (6-ounce) cocktail glass.
2. In a cocktail shaker, combine basil and sherry and muddle until leaves are bruised and slightly broken up.
3. Add rye, lemon juice, Cointreau, and bitters.
4. Fill the shaker with ice.
5. Close the shaker and shake vigorously 20 times.
6. Strain into the chilled glass, garnish with basil leaf or orange twist, and serve.

basil, amontillado sherry, overholt rye, freshly squeezed lemon juice, orange bitters, orange twist

Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/carmen-amaya-11051 (may not work)