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Negroni

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With Mediterranean herbs, a hint of orange and gin botanicals, the Negroni recipe is full of flavour – and history. This classic Italian cocktail is loved by bartenders for its subtle bitterness and use of vermouth.
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About this recipe

The Negroni is much more straightforward than its reputation as the bartender’s cocktail of choice implies: you can pretty much mix it straight in the glass, strain and serve. Or you could add a celebratory touch to this classiest of aperitifs. A popular variation is the Negroni Sbagliato, replacing gin with sparkling wine – not to be confused with a top of sparkling wine that’s known as Negroni Spumante. Amber Negroni uses cognac instead of gin as the main ingredient; a Bloody Negroni adds blood orange juice, while the aptly named Dutch Count Negroni has genever instead of gin, and the Boulevardier switches out gin for bourbon, with a lemon or orange slice as garnish. The Negroni cocktail was invented, so the story goes, in the Italian city of Florence in 1919. A local, Count Camillo Negroni, asked his favourite bartender, Fosco Scarselli, for a variation on his favourite cocktail, the Americano. Instead of soda water, Camillo requested gin be added to vermouth and Campari. Fosco complied, adding a slice of orange as garnish too, instead of lemon. It became the Count’s regular order, other customers started asking for one of Count Negroni’s drinks, and the Negroni cocktail was born. Another version of its birth is that a Corsican, General Pascal Negroni, invented the cocktail in Paris at the St Augustine military club, just prior to the First World War, but this doesn’t account for what happened next. Count Camillo’s family started a distillery in Treviso in 1919, Negroni Distillerie, and produced a ready-made version of the drink, called ‘Antico Negroni’. Then, while working on the film Cagliostro in 1947, Orson Welles acclaimed the cocktail, securing its popularity across the Atlantic.

Ingredients for

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25ml.
Gordon's® London Dry Gin
25ml.
Vermouth Rosso
25ml.
Campari
1twist(s)
Orange
➤ 2.7 units of alcohol per serve

Equipment

1 x
Short Glass
1 x
Chopping Board
1 x
Jigger
1 x
Ice
1 x
Blender
1 x
Strainer
1 x
Knife
1 x
Stirrer

How to make

Fill a glass with ice.

Fill a short glass with ice cubes.
Pour Gordon's London Dry Gin, vermouth Rosso and campari into the glass.

Using a jigger, measure 25ml Gordon's London Dry Gin, 25ml vermouth Rosso and 25ml campari into the glass.
Stir the mixture until well combined.

Stir with a bar spoon until the ingredients are well combined.
Strain into a glass filled with ice.

Using a cocktail strainer, strain the mixture into a short glass filled with ice cubes.
Garnish with a twist of orange peel.

With a sharp knife and a chopping board, cut a piece of orange peel and twist over the rim of the glass to garnish.

Be a good host

Everyone loves a bit of finger food and designated drivers will appreciate some fancy soft drinks.
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Gordon's® London Dry Gin

Distilling pure spirit with vibrant botanicals, Gordon set the standard for London dry gin with a clean, pure flavour palate, plus subtle juniper aroma.

Negroni

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