Negroni: Midnight Cable

Name: Negroni: Midnight Cable
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 1 oz London dry gin; 1 oz sweet vermouth; 1 oz Campari; Orange peel; 2 dashes aromatic bitters

Florence, Italy Europe/Rome

History

Tradition credits Count Camillo Negroni with asking for a stiffer Americano in Florence around 1919. The bartender replaced soda with gin, creating an enduring aperitivo. This is a clearly labeled house field riff rather than a historical classic: Aromatic bitters pull warm spice and orange peel into the foreground.

Gin · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

11 oz London dry gin
21 oz sweet vermouth
31 oz Campari
4Orange peel
52 dashes aromatic bitters

Method

01Stir with ice, strain over a large cube, and express an orange peel.
02Add the bitters with the other ingredients and finish with expressed orange oil.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.