The Paper Plane
A modern classic.
Sam Ross’s Paper Plane is a really fresh and innovative take on using American whiskey in a cocktail. Shaking it up with citrus and bittersweet aperitifs keeps it bright, fun and incredibly more-ish!
Ingredients
20ml (3/4oz) bourbon
20ml (3/4oz) Aperol
20ml (3/4oz) Amaro Nonino
20ml (3/4oz) fresh lemon juice
Good ice
Origami paper plane to garnish (optional!)
Equipment
A coupe
A jigger
Shaking tins
A hawthorn strainer
A fine strainer
Method
Add all of the ingredients to your shaker tin. Fill shaker tin full with ice. Combine tins and shake until the tins become frosted.
Open tins, double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with an origami paper plane if you’re feeling crafty!
Suggested Spirits
There’s no ‘hero’ in this perfectly balanced drink, so any good quality bourbon will do - Elijah Craig is what Sam Ross used in the original recipe because it is robust and will stand up to the other ingredients, and we love it because it is great value for money.
Amaro Nonino is the preferred choice of amaro as it has a delicate nuttiness to it, but Amaro Montenegro is a little more widely available and can be substituted, it’s a little more of a flavour bomb!
