Hanky Panky Sbagliato recipe

Name: Hanky Panky Sbagliato
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1.5 oz Sweet Vermouth; 0.25 oz Fernet-Branca; 3 oz Prosecco; 1 dash Orange Bitters

A sparkling Hanky Panky with prosecco lifting sweet vermouth and Fernet's herbal edge.

Method: Build · Glass: Wine glass · Time: 3 min · Difficulty: Beginner · Family: The Martini Family

Ingredients

1.5 oz Sweet Vermouth
0.25 oz Fernet-Branca
3 oz Prosecco
1 dash Orange Bitters

How to make a Hanky Panky Sbagliato

Fill a wine glass with ice.
Add sweet vermouth, Fernet-Branca and orange bitters.
Top slowly with prosecco.
Give one gentle lift with a bar spoon.
Garnish with orange and mint.

Garnish

Orange slice and mint sprig.

Pro tip

Fernet is much more assertive than Campari in a sparkling drink. Keep it to a quarter ounce so the prosecco stays refreshing.

History of the Hanky Panky Sbagliato

The Hanky Panky Sbagliato adapts Ada Coleman's Fernet-and-vermouth profile to the sparkling structure associated with Negroni Sbagliato riffs.

Flavour profile

Herbal, Bubbly, Bitter, Orange

Variations

Hanky Panky — Use gin and stir for the original Savoy classic.
Cynar Hanky Panky — Use Cynar for a softer vegetal bitterness.
Mezcal Hanky Panky — Use mezcal for roasted-agave smoke.

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