Blood and Sand Cocktail (1922)

INGREDIENTS:
3/4 oz blended scotch
3/4 oz blood orange juice
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
3/4 Cherry Heering

Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into cocktail glass.
Flame orange zest over the top of the glass.

A variant is to combine all ingredients in a collins glass, andd another splash of blood orange jusice then flame the zest over it.

Serve in Cocktail glass

History

Blood and Sand is one of the few classic mixed drinks that includes Scotch. It is named for Rudolph Valentino's 1922 bullfighter movie "Blood and Sand". The red juice of the blood orange in the drink helped link it with the film. The recipe is first known to have appeared in the 1930 "Savoy Cocktail Book"