Bakunin Recipe

The bakunin is a specialty of pravda in new york, a russian restaurant with more than a hundred vodkas behind their bar. We think it first appeared in print in dale degroffs the craft of the cocktail. Its a wonderful little orange number, with orange vodka in a starring role. Pravda uses stolichnaya oranj, and calls for grand marnier for the orange curaao. You can use any orange vodka and orange curaao you have on hand but avoid triple sec, which wont bring the jammy, deep flavors youd get from a curaao. You can use bottled orange juice for this, if its all you have but its absolutely phenomenal with fresh-squeezed oranges in season. You could even swap in some tangerine or mandarin juice for a change of pace. The grenadine (or pomegranate molasses, if you prefer) is just for color use a light hand.