Averna Buena Recipe

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Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a contributing writer at Serious Eats.
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a longtime food and drink expert whose recipes and cocktail-making tips can be found on her newsletters What to Drink and The Dinner Plan. She is the author of  The One-Bottle Cocktail and Batch Cocktails, both published by Ten Speed Press.
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Updated August 30, 2018
Photograph: Robyn Lee

The Averna Buena balances a few drops of Godiva chocolate liqueur with the amaro Averna and a hit of reposado tequila. It's a spin on bartender Thomas Waugh's Hierba Buena, which was a finalist in the 2008 Averna cocktail competition.

Recipe Details

Averna Buena Recipe

Active 2 mins
Total 2 mins
Serves 1 serving
Cook Mode (Keep screen awake)

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 ounce Averna
  • 1 1/4 ounce reposado tequila, such as Don Julio
  • 1/2 ounce Godiva chocolate liqueur
  • 2 drops orange bitters
  • ice
  • small dark chocolate bar

Directions

  1. Measure Averna, tequila, and chocolate liqueur into a mixing glass. Add bitters. Fill glass with ice and shake well for ten seconds. Strain into a cocktail glass. Grate chocolate over drink and serve.

Special equipment

cocktail shaker, cocktail strainer, grater

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