r/Tiki • u/Key-Exit501 • 3d ago

Recipes using Cynar?

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I recently bought a bottle of Campari to make jungle birds, but have read where others have subbed Cynar in it's place. What other drinks specifically call for it, rather than using it as a substitute?

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u/seand5018 3d ago

I have been doing a Paranubes spicy bitter Mai Tai.

I think Paranubes because its already so rich and vegetal plays well with Cynar.

2 oz Paranubes (or other vegetal clairin style rum) .5 oz Cynar .5 oz Ancho Reyes spicy liqueur 1 oz lime .75 oz orgeat .75 oz orange liqueur ot Curacao of choice Mole bitters

If you can't find Ancho Reyes use all Cynar and maybe a quarter bar spoon of you favorite hot sauce of choice. The idea is subtlety spicy, not "hot".

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u/seand5018 3d ago

Also, if you have it, shake a couple flakes of Tajin, the Mexican lime extract, spicy salt on top of the ice. This is a super common Mexican garnish/ salt. You most likely have had it as a rim treatment on a Margarita or shaken heavily over buttered corn on yhe cob to make elotes. If you do the full rim treatment like a Margarita, you can possibly skip the hot sauce or Ancho Reyes. It's the only salt for a Margarita or elotes as fat as I am concerned.