Freelance food, beverage and travel writer, Christina Barrueta contributed this little beauty for us! I gotta’ party more with this gal!!
A traditional Italian classic – the Negroni – has long been one of my favorite cocktails. Its distinctive ingredient is ruby-red Campari, a bitter made with a closely-guarded formula since 1860 of alcohol infused with fruit and herbs. The most popular story of this cocktail’s origin dates to the early 1900s and involves a Count Negroni. Lore has it that the Count, a regular at Caffè Cassoni in Florence, Italy, asked bartender Fosco Scarcelli to bolster his Americano (Campari, sweet vermouth and soda) with gin instead of soda. With three simple ingredients, a new libation was born. The classic proportions are equal parts gin, sweet vermouth and Campari, as below, although I prefer mine a little heavy on the gin.
Ingredients:
1 ounce of Campari
1 ounce of sweet vermouth
1 ounce of gin
Pour ingredients over ice in an Old-Fashioned glass or tumbler. Stir gently and garnish with an orange slice.
Photo by Jenelle Bonifield of Food & Lifestyles
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