Delicious Rickey Ramazzotti drink with amaro and fresh cherries and lime juice. 
Don’t be intimidated hearing the name of this drink, as the similar to a handsome Italian hunk. This is a drink recipe from the book Amaro which I recently reviewed. As you know I love to make at least one recipe from the book while reviewing it. Here also I did I made this delicious Rickey Ramazzotti with fresh cheery and lime juice.
This recipe is from book Amaro “The Spirited world of Bittersweet, Herbal Liqueurs with cocktails, recipes and formulas“by Brad Thomas Parsons. Amaro is bittersweet herbal liqueurs which Grandpa and father take after the meal as a digestive aid. According to author Italians may just drink Amaro at the end of the meal. Americans are using it creatively, in cocktails.
If you are enthusiastic about new and creative drink then this book is the one and this explains the many types of Amaro you can find, and the different cocktails you can make with it. If you are adventurous and lucky enough to find all the ingredients you can make your own Amaro at home.
For me buying Amaro was really difficult first as I could find only a couple of them in my local store.
There are 7 chapters in this book. First one introduction about Amaro and then Demystifying Amaro followed by Exploring the world of Amaro. In that chapter he talks about Aperitivo bitters, Campari, aperol, cappellettivino aperitivo amaericano rosso etc, followed by different types of Amaro, Amaro Montenegro, Amaro Ramazzotti etc,
The third chapter is Sabout Aperitivo cocktails, which include famous Americano, Aperol spritiz, Campari and soda and Negroni Sbagliato etc
Fourth chapter is about essential amaro cocktails, Negorni, old pal, Boulevardier, Jungle bird etc.
The fifth chapter is about Modern Amaro cocktails, and has a vast collection of about 102 drink recipes from which I tried Rickey Ramazzott;, there are Cranberry Beret, Cynaria, Italain black, The jump off, Little Italy, Monte Clilf, Cynara, cardinal, root down are few in the list.
The 6th chapter is about making your own Amaro, which include Autumnal Amaro, Winter Spice Amaro, Rite of spring amaro and summer solstice amaro.
7th chapter is recipes of various dishes you can make with Amaro , including, caffee corretto, Bittersweet ice cream soda, bitter balls, amaro-etti cookies, amaro spiked mulled hot apple cider etc.
I tried Rickey Ramazzotti from this book. It is delicious with bourbon, amaro ramazzotti. , simple syrup, lime wedge and cherries.
I told my hubby that this is Italian herbal bitter liquor. He told shall we can taste it, I told him it may taste like our kashyam bitter medicine. We can just try it, yes we tried turned out be not that bitter as kashyam. Still has very well after taste.
From this book you will get to taste various recipes if you can afford and get a chance to buy various amaro liquors to make all the recipes. Don’t even think of making amaro by yourself as it requires a lot of herbs you need. You are enthusiastic drink maker buy this book and make few drinks just like any bartender.
In the mean time make this delicious drink.
Rickey Ramazzotti
Ingredients
- 6 cherries pitted
- 2 lime wedges
- ½ ounce simple syrup
- 1 ounce bourbon
- 1 ounce Amaro Ramazzotti
- Soda water
- Garnish Lime wedge and 2 cherries
Instructions
- Place cherries, lime wedges and simple syrup in cocktail shaker and muddle until the fruit is just broken up. Add the bourbon and Amaro ramazzotti and fill with ice. Shake until chilled and double strain into double old fashioned glass filled with ice. Top off with soda water. Garnish with the lime wedge and 2 cherries.
Notes
Then add simple syrup, lime wedge and pitted cherries in a cocktail shaker. Then add bourbon Then add Amaro Fill the cocktail shaker with ice Strain and pour over ice in the class like this Then add soda water Then server with fresh cherries and lime wedge. Pin it for later
"I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review."
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Kim Lee says
What a fabulous drink idea! This would make such a fun recipe on Valentine's Day!
sudha says
lovely & refreshing drink..................looks awesome.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Very interesting to read about different cultures and how the names originates. Absolutely love your click and the cherry on the top is just beautiful!
Silvia @ Garden in the Kitchen says
Although I am not much of a drinker myself, with an occasional glass of wine at most, your special drink looks pretty appealing and tasty. I hear that people to take a drink as a digestive aid, that's pretty interesting to me as I love hearing about different cultures and ways they eat and drink.
Molly Kumar says
This looks like such a refreshing drink and I'm a BIG cocktail fan. I never knew any such drink even exist which used herbs+bitters...the combination is really interesting. Also, when you mix bourbon with fruity cocktails, it takes them to a notch higher 🙂
Julie | Bunsen Burner Bakery says
I don't have any Amaro in my home bar - sounds like it's time to remedy that. This drink has all my favorites - bourbon, lime, and cherries!
Jennifer A Stewart says
Bourbon and cherries are always a good thing. My hubby drinks bourbon collects it really, and I have never been a fan. Now that I am finding ways to mix it into a cocktail instead of neat, I am really learning to appreciate it. I can't wait to try this cocktail as I am not very familiar with bitters and their liqueurs.
Stephanie@ApplesforCJ says
I'm not really much of a bourbon drinker but the husband would love this for sure. Never heard of amaro before. Definitely need to up the drink game. Will have to check it out 🙂
Hanady | Recipe Nomad says
I'd like to mix up one of those now! I'm always on the lookout for a good new cookbook and this is one that looks great to me! Thanks for the positive review!
debi at Life Currents says
I bet this drink is fabulous! Anything with cherries and bourbon has to be good. Cheers to a fun new drink to try!
Byron Thomas says
I'm not a fan of alcohol of any kind, but when I saw this post, I had to comment on it. I love how you explained every step so well and incorporated a naming lesson. Well done!
Natalie | Natalie's Food & Health says
Hahah I almost immediately asked myself, what Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti got to do with this drink. And then I saw... AMARO Ramazzotti... Ahaaaa moment! You got me there! 😀 I love herbal liqueurs like Amaro. Yes, it's great for digestion and the stomach problems. It's like natural medicine 😉 I'm saving this lovely cocktail to try. Looks very refreshing!
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says
I love recipes with history and as an Italian, I love anything Italian! This will certainly be a drink hubby and I try. I did know amaro means bitter and just like Aperol it also is made up of lots of herbs. It is amazing how they came up with these drinks. Your drink looks very refreshing.
khadija says
Always find cocktail making extremely difficult , to know what goes where and the very confusing names, i love how you showed all the steps by photo for people like us
Brian Jones says
I'm not much of a cocktail dude and usually stick to wine or beer but this sounds fab.
Amy Katz from Veggies Save The Day says
I'm not much of a drinker, but I really want to try this cocktail. The fresh cherries and lime sound delicious!
Jolina says
I must admit, you had me googling Rickey Ramazzotti when you mentioned Italian hunk lol! This drink looks awesome. I do love experimenting and putting different things together, especially ones with bourbon!
Megan Marlowe says
I love to learn about new drinks and cocktails that I've never heard about and Amaro Ramazzotti is one of them. I would love to try this cocktail as I'm a fan of anything with bourbon, lime and cherry!
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy says
Well I will admit I have never heard of Amaro. However....bourbon, now that I do have. Hubby like to drink it. I on the other had love to cook with it. This drink has some interesting components...along with an interesting name. Sounds like you enjoyed the book too.
Sarah @ Champagne Tastes says
I love bourbon drinks! I'm always looking for new ways to fix them.. and I've never tried adding amaro! (By the way- the Jim Beam distillery is really fun to tour!)
Noel Lizotte says
It's amazing to look at the drinks out there and learn the history. I know I've always thought ... who comes up with this? Because there's no way I could have made this taste good. .. LOL
Ann @ Bake du Jour says
This sounds like such a refreshing drink - I really like the lime and cherry flavor combination. Perfect for a hot summer's day!
Sarah says
Ahhhh this is awesome! I'm always interested in learning about new drinks and new books...thanks for sharing both!
Matt @ Plating Pixels says
Always curious how some of the cocktail names come about. This sounds great!
rika says
This drink looks so tasty and refreshing! I have to try it soon!