Negroni Cocktail

Want something with Italian flavor? The Negroni provides refreshing sweet licorice notes with a delicious fruity finish. You can serve it up traditionally or swap out the gin for Prosecco and make it lighter on the alcohol and effervescent.

Italians in the Age of the Cocktail

You see the throughout its 100 year history the Negroni cocktail has lent itself to be versatile by design. It is said that Count Camillio Negroni of Florence, Italy is responsible for the cocktail sharing his name. The count thought adding gin in place of the soda water in the Americano cocktail would give it a good bite and replaced the lemon peel with orange for a sweet citrus turn.

Using a one to one mixture you are more than tempted to swap out one for another. In fact, you can substitute the vermouth. You can play with the balance by trying a dry, bitter, vermouth for this cocktail. But please, please always stick with Campari. Experimentation is always a good thing but be sure to ask your bartender for a recommendation.

Ingredients
• 1 ounce gin
• 1 ounce Campari
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
• Fresh orange peel

Steps
1) Add the gin, Campari and sweet vermouth to a mixing glass filled with ice, and stir until well-chilled.

2) Strain into a cocktail glass over ice.

3) Garnish with the orange peel.