Unlike most other Italian Amari, Cardamaro is wine-based, deriving it's name from the hunchback cardoon - a thistle-like plant in the sunflower family - that is also a key ingredient in one of the great Piemontese dishes, bagna cauda. Use this complex and versatile amaro anywhere you’d use Campari for a more floral, less bitter alternative.
Recipe: Sacrilege 1.5 oz Irish whiskey 1 oz Cardamaro 1 oz Cocchi Vermouth 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice 1/2 oz Honey syrup Shaken, strained into a rocks glass with one large ice cube