A Negroni is a classic Italian cocktail made up of Gin, Campari and Sweet Vermouth. Here we’ve simply substituted a blood orange instead of a regular orange for a more festive presentation. Shaken with ice and strained into a little glass — it’s one of my favorites.
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This festive Negroni tastes deliciously herby, just slightly bitter but beautifully balanced out with the citrus, hints of sweetness and a whisper of juniper from the gin. Blood oranges give it a more festive presentation, but navel oranges also worked fine!
Ingredeints in a Negroni
- Gin – I love an herbal gin – The Botanist Brand, Tanqueray, Sipsmith Gin, or Hendricks
- Campari- Carpano Antica works well in a classic negroni – or sub a Cynar, Aperol or Cappelletti
- Sweet Vermouth– use a red, sweet, Italian-style vermouth, I prefer small batch vermouths such as Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, Cinzano 1757 or Cinzano Rosso.
- Fresh Orange or Blood orange– the classic version uses zest only. We add a slice and a squeeze of juice, do as you like.
How to make a Classic Negroni
Negronis are very forgiving and easy to make.
Simply mix equal parts of gin, Campari and Sweet vermouth ( typically 1-ounce of each) and stir over ice with orange peel. Prepare to melt.
We’ve taken the classic Negroni and added a squeeze of blood orange juice to give it a more festive holiday feel.
Enjoy this Negroni and let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Cheers!
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Negroni Cocktail Recipe
- Prep Time: 7
- Total Time: 7
- Yield: 1
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: stirred
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
A Negroni is a classic Italian cocktail made up of Gin, Campari and Sweet Vermouth. Here we’ve simply substituted a blood orange instead of a regular orange for a more festive presentation. Shaken with ice and strained into a little glass — it’s one of my favorites.
Ingredients
- 1–ounce gin
- 1–ounce Campari
- 1–ounce sweet vermouth
- Optional: a squeeze fresh blood orange juice
- Orange peel -or blood orange peel or slice
Instructions
- Fill a mixing glass or shaker with ice.
- Add gin, Campari, vermouth, and optional blood orange juice.
- Stir well, or shake, and strain into a small ice-filled rocks glass and garnish with orange peel or a thin slice of blood orange, floating on the top.
- Rub the rim of the glass with zest.
- Prepare to melt.
Notes
For a more classic version, skip the orange juice, serve with orange peel.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: I glass
- Calories: 247
- Sugar: 27.5 g
- Sodium: 1.7 mg
- Fat: 0.3 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 32.7 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 2.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
My mom is not a big fan of gin and we want to make this as an aperitif for the turkey christmas dinner. What other type of spirit could I substitute (if any) ?
Vodka might work?
So tasty! Love the blood orange. So pretty.
love the blood orange “vibrancy” here, colorwise and even a little bit of healthy Vitamin C to offset the alcohol, at least that’s what I tell myself! Thank you for a wonderful cocktail recipe!
This is really a rich recipe for daily living
I have never drink this juice before. With your help i hope i will able to prepare this myself. Hahahaha! I guess i will try!
This is amazing – I found it recommended on bloglovin.
Hendricks is quite possibly my favourite gin and it tastes amazing. I need to get hold of some campari, as I have the sweet vermouth.
Lovely recipe.
love this! love you! cheers xo
thanks Neicy…love you too!!
i can’t find somewhere sale BLOOD ORANGE in my city =:((((
Im sorry, sometimes they are hard to find…you can use regular oranges too!!