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Mix your own ” Negroni”
THE “NEGRONI”
Italy has been the leader of art and fashion of the world for hundreds of years, so it is no surprise that the same can be said when it comes to the world of spirits and cocktails. Perhaps one of the best cocktails ever created bears the name of an Italian Count and is made with the Italian liqueur that helped start the aperitivo trend. The spirit is Campari; the drink is the Negroni.
During the early 1900s, Florence was the center of the fashion world and a drink called the Americano was all the rage. It was made with Campari, Cinzano Sweet Vermouth, and a little soda water with an orange twist. To order this drink at the bar you were immediately recognized as a modaiolo – “a fashionable person in the know.”
On the trendy Via Tornabuoni was the wildly popular Caffe’Giacosa (now owned by designer Roberto Cavalli), in the heart of the shopping district. One day in 1920, local trendsetter Count Camillo Negroni walked in and needed a little more punch to his Americano, so he asked to have some gin added to his drink. It became a surprise hit all over Florence and soon all of Italy was drinking what was to become known as the Negroni.
I was introduced to this drink by the Antinori family, as their palazzo is also on Via Tornabuoni just a few steps away from Caffe’ Giacosa. It is my go-to cocktail and here I offer you this classic recipe. This drink is slightly bitter-sweet, so it may be an acquired taste for some, but it is surely a taste of Italy in a glass.
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Entry #1
Bruno’s Blood orange cocktail
6 oz. glass with ice cubes
1 ½ oz. citrus vodka
1 oz. Torani Blood orange Syrup
Top glass with Crystal Lite natural lemonade
Garnish with blood orange slice
Entry #2
Great Combo
Favorite Bourbon
Ginger ale or 7up w/dash or two of bitters and
an Orange twist.
Ron F.
Carmel by the Sea, CA.
Entry #3
Negroni Carmel
2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Aromatic Bitters
1 oz Grand Marnier
1 oz White Vermouth
Serve over shaved ice.
Garnish with lemon twist.
Kathleen C.
Entry #4
Doubled and Twisted
Ingredients:
1 oz Charbay Unaged White dog Whiskey
1/2 oz Carpano Antica
1/2 oz Campari
Orange zest
All in shaker, shaken with ice, strain while pouring into chilled rocks glass over ice, or martini glass chilled and there you have it !
Submitted by:
Renee O.
okay, here is my 2nd entry,
1 oz Is (pronounced ice)vodka or 1 oz Blade vodka
1/2 oz chambord
1/2 oz dark chocolate Godiva Liqueur
this can be shaken and poured into chilled martini glass
and add an orange twist
or layered in an appertif vessel
FYI (vodka should always be the 1st or 2nd ingredient, never 3rd,especially with cream ingredients)
Green Madness
1/2 oz Le Fee Absinthe
2 lemon wedges
dash of bitters
1/2 oz grey goose vodka
dash of triple sec
1/2 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz pasturized egg white
2 oz cold water
place all in a ice filled shaker
shake for 15 seconds then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
garnish with a lemon twist
Van Gogh cut off his ear for this one
drink in moderation or you may see fairy’s
I would like to submit my original recipe for what our family calls “orange fog” for the drink contest.
Orange Fog
one shot of dark rum
1/2 shot of bitters
1 can of orange italian soda, (we like to use sanpellegrino)
Pour into a tumbler of ice, give the drink a good stir, and add a garnish of citrus (I like lime, but any citrus will do.)
Tracy C.
Cheers!
“Orange Mist Martini”
1-1/2 oz Kettle One vodka
1/2 oz Cointreau
quick splash of orange juice
orange wedge for garnish
Maybe served shaken and poured into a martini glass or over ice in an old fashion glass.
Sevencello
1 oz vodka
1 oz lemoncello
2 oz 7-up ( or any lemon lime soda)
2 oz fresh lemonade
sliced lemons for garnish
fresh mint for garnish ( optional)
Pour vodka and lemoncello with lemonade in a tall glass, mix well. Add 7-up last. Stir all ingredients lightly to preserve the bubbles. Garnish with lemons(or limes if you prefer)and fresh mint if desired.
Imagine yourself sipping your Sevencello in Capri and enjoy la dolce vita!
Back Flip
1/2 ox Baileys Irish Creme
1/2 oz Amaretto
1/2 oz cold coffee
1/2 oz Kahlua
Mix all ingredients together. Can be served over ice, or shaken well with ice and strained in a martini glass.
A delicious digestivo! ( tastes like a coffee milkshake!)
Note: Easy to remember ingredients – B- baileys, A- Amaretto, C- coffee, K – Kalua. What does that spell? “Refill!” of course!
The “tart” Cosmo
2 oz. Kettle one Vodka
1/2 oz. Cointreau
1 oz “trader Joes” 100% cranberry juice
fresh squeezed lime juice or a splash of Nellie & Joe’s key West Lime Juice.
Shake, not stirred…pour into martini glass, enjoy!!! Perfect if you don’t care for the sweet cosmos.