If there is a mixed drink in the world that symbolizes Italy, it is undoubtedly the Negroni cocktail. He is a true embodiment of backs, secrets and contradictions. Do not be surprised, because the taste of Negroni at the same time and very successfully combines bitterness and sweetness.
This cocktail is a wonderful aperitif. Simply put, it is customary to drink it before meals to create the right mood and stimulate a strong appetite.
Negroni is easy to make at home. This circumstance makes the cocktail as democratic as possible and close to the widest sections of the population.
Classic recipe
Composition and correct proportions ingredients:
- dry London gin - 30 ml;
- bitter Campari (Campari) - 30 ml;
- a slice of orange;
- ice cubes.
The classic Negroni cocktail recipe involves the use of exclusively high-quality ingredients. As a gin, I recommend using Beefeater (Beefeater) and Bombay Sapphire (Bombay sapphire) brands. The best choice vermouth will become Martini (Martini) or Cinzano (Cinzano).
Step by step sequence of actions.
1. Fill a glass of rocks or old fashion to the top with ice cubes.
2. In any sequence, pour pre-prepared alcoholic drinks into it and gently stir them with a bar spoon.
3. Decorate the rocks with an orange slice.
As you can see, the process of making Negroni is simple to the point of insanity. We don’t even need the age-old bartenders’ tools of a shaker (a glass for mixing ingredients) and a strainer (a bar strainer). So if you haven't tried the traditional Negroni yet, now is the time to correct this unfortunate misunderstanding.
There is also a Negroni-2 recipe. Looking at used in this drink components, a person may not immediately notice the difference. Nevertheless, it exists both in proportions and in the method of preparation.
Alternative recipe
Ingredients:
- dry London gin - 40 ml;
- bitter Campari (Campari) - 25 ml;
- sweet red vermouth - 30 ml;
- a slice of lemon;
- ice cubes.
Cooking.
1. Fill with old fashion ice cubes.
2. Pour ice into the metal part of the shaker, and our alcoholic drinks into the glass part and shake them well.
3. Pour the mixture inside the mixing glass 4 to 6 times. Thus, we additionally cool the cocktail.
4. Using a strainer, pour mixed drink in old fashion.
5. Decorate the glass with a slice of lemon.
Negroni 2 is ready. Write in the comments to this article what exactly is the difference between these two cocktails for you. Connoisseurs of bar culture claim that it is colossal. In my opinion, it is, but not so significant. What is your opinion?
Historical reference
The creator of the Negroni is a hereditary Italian aristocrat Count Camillo Negroni. The history of the cocktail was quite unusual.
The fact is that the count was in military service and by the nature of his activity he had to travel a lot. Being in new countries, he always tried local alcoholic drinks and cocktails. According to the Count's contemporaries, he most often preferred dry London gin and the Americano cocktail, which was made from Campari, sweet red vermouth and soda.
When, in 1919, Camillo Negroni returned from another business trip to his native Florence, he, as always, went to the Casoni bar, which belonged to his old friend Fosco Scarselli, who also worked as a bartender. Out of habit, the count asked his friend to cook "Americano", but slightly change the composition of the ingredients. To make the cocktail stronger, a little gin was to be added to the drink instead of soda. The result of the experiment exceeded all expectations.
However, it was not until 1948 that the recipe received the name by which we know it. Thus, the name of Camillo Negroni was immortalized.
1919 | Florence, Italy
When Prohibition went into effect in America in the 1920s, Negroni, in order not to change his habits, returned to his homeland. He liked to spend time in the Casoni bar (now the Caffe Giacosa chocolate and wine bar under the roof of the Roberto Cavalli boutique) and made a close friendship with the bartender Fosco Bruno Sabatino Scarselli, who came up with a new version of the then popular Americano for the count, making the cocktail even more "Americanist" . Instead of soda, it now featured gin, but campari and red vermouth remained unchanged. To outwardly new cocktail different from its predecessor, Scarselli decorated the glass with an orange slice. Appearing in the assortment of the bar in...
1919 | Florence, Italy
The Florentine Count Camillo Negroni, who gave the name to the cocktail, was an adventurer by nature and a gambler by vocation. Most of all in his life he loved adventure - having received a military education, he went to America. He became a cowboy in Montana and a regular in New York's haunts, sincerely falling in love with American gin.
When Prohibition went into effect in America in the 1920s, Negroni, in order not to change his habits, returned to his homeland. He liked to spend time in the Casoni bar (now the Caffe Giacosa chocolate and wine bar under the roof of the Roberto Cavalli boutique) and made a close friendship with the bartender Fosco Bruno Sabatino Scarselli, who came up with a new version of the then popular Americano for the count, making the cocktail even more "Americanist" . Instead of soda, it now featured gin, but campari and red vermouth remained unchanged. To make the new cocktail look different from its predecessor, Scarselli decorated the glass with an orange slice. Having appeared in the assortment of the bar in 1919, the NEGRONI cocktail immediately became popular.
We find the first written mention of it in 1947 in the American newspaper Coshocton Tribune, where director Orson Welles, in his report from Rome, speaks of the drink as follows: “Bitters are excellent for the liver, gin is bad for you. Here they balance each other." Having become the national pride of Italy, NEGRONI spread around the world thanks to Italian mixologists who were actively working abroad at that time. Many of them came up with their own versions of the recipe, such as NEGRONI sbagliato (“mistaken Negroni”), a variant with prosecco instead of gin, first introduced by Mirko Stocchetti in the famous Bar Basso in the 50s of the last century, which became a Milanese specialty. The popularity of the brand is also evidenced by the fact that since 1919, in parallel with the cocktail, there is also a purely Italian brand NEGRONI Antico Distilleria, which produces Italian liqueurs, grappa, prosecco and other types of national alcohol, which was founded by the namesake of the legendary count - Guillermo Negroni.
In the menu of many bars, the Negroni cocktail is presented, in which opposing tastes are combined, which makes the final result quite original. They treat this drink ambiguously, because someone loves it very much, while others, having tried it once, never order again. The recipe for the drink is available and each person, having necessary ingredients you can cook it at home.
Let's talk about the history of the Negroni cocktail
For the first time, a cocktail appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century in France, and this happened thanks to Count Camillo Negroni. This aristocrat was a military man, and his career took him to the USA, where he tasted delicious and popular gin at that time. But
Camillo did not have the opportunity to calmly enjoy the taste of his favorite alcoholic drink because the American government issued a "prohibition" . The history of a kind of ban on the use of alcoholic beverages began in 1919.
Negroni was not going to put up with this taboo and therefore returned to his homeland, where alcohol could be drunk in any quantity. After some time, Camillo began to frequent the bar, which is now called Caffè Giacosa.
There he ordered his favorite cocktail "Americano", which included the following components: "Campari", red vermouth and soda. One day, while drinking his favorite drink, Negroni remembered the taste of American gin and asked the bartender to pour it into a cocktail instead of soda.
He complied with the client's request by adding an orange slice to the glass to make the drink different in taste. appearance. This is the story of the birth of a now popular drink.
Almost immediately, the count decided not to miss this opportunity and organized a business that he called Antico Negroni. Its essence was to sell a ready-made cocktail in bottles. Camillo was able to earn a lot of money on his love of alcohol and became famous all over the world. This cocktail was first documented in 1947.
How to make a Negroni cocktail?
There are several recipes for this drink, which appeared thanks to the experiments of bartenders. Let's consider them in more detail.
Recipe #1
Let's start with the classic version. A cocktail is served as an aperitif, that is, before a meal. A cocktail is prepared using the mixing method - build, which involves combining the ingredients directly in the glass. For serving, you must use an old fashion glass - a low glass and a wide neck.
To prepare a drink, you must use the following ingredients: 30 ml each of gin, Campari and sweet red vermouth.
Cooking steps:
- First fill the glass with ice cubes. Pour in red vermouth, gin and Campari;
- Stir the contents of the glass well, moving around the perimeter clockwise. A cocktail spoon is ideal for this purpose. During this, you need to hold the glass, and this is best done with a napkin. Thanks to her, fingerprints will not remain and the resulting perspiration will not disappear. It is best to hold on to the edge, pressing the glass to the table. Garnish the drink with an orange slice.
Recipe #2
This option appeared due to a change in the number of ingredients, which allows you to get new unusual taste. The cocktail is also served as an aperitif and in a glass of old fenche. The mixing method differs in this version, since you need to use a stir-shake, which involves pre-mixing the drink components.
The ingredients of the Negroni cocktail are:: 40 ml gin, 25 ml Campari and 30 ml sweet red vermouth.
Cooking steps:
- Take Boston and pour all the ingredients into the glass part, and put ice cubes into the metal part;
- Pour the contents up and down for 30 seconds. Fill the glass with ice and pour the drink into it through the glass. For decoration, you can put slices of orange, lemon and cherry.
These, one might say, are the two most common recipes, but not all possible.
Other popular varieties of "Negroni":
- "The Wrong Negroni"- one of the variants of the famous cocktail, which is considered more
feminine, because it is not so strong and softer. The method of preparation is identical to the first option. It includes the following ingredients: 30 ml each of Prosecco sparkling wine, Campari and sweet red vermouth; - "East Indian Negroni" another option that differs in composition because white rum is used. You need to take the following ingredients: 60 ml white rum, 20 ml Campari, 20 ml Oloroso sherry, 10 g orange and 260 g ice cubes;
- "Double Negroni"- a drink for real men, because it turns out to be very strong. The composition of the cocktail, as in the first recipe, only the amount of gin is increased by 2 times, that is, 60 ml;
- Cocktail "Negroni" white. There are many such options, but the drink invented by bartender Eric Alperina stands out among them. For it, you need to mix the following ingredients in a glass: 45 g of gin, 20 g of dry vermouth, 20 g of Suze liqueur. Decorated with a slice of grapefruit;
- "Exquisite Negroni". To prepare this drink, you should prepare 30 ml of mezcal, Pedro Jimenez sherry and vermouth, and you also need chestnut honey. First, grease the walls of the glass with honey, and then pour in the sherry, mezcal and vermouth. It remains only to put a few ice cubes, mix and decorate with a honey stick.
Ice cream Negroni
Recipe for adults. came up with this unusual dessert ice cream man from San Francisco.
To prepare 12 servings, you need to take: 1 tbsp. water, 0.5 tbsp. sugar, 1/4 tbsp. gin, sweet vermouth and Campari, and another 2.5 tbsp. grapefruit juice and a pinch of salt.
Cooking steps:
- You should start by preparing the syrup, for which bring the water to a boil, and then,
put sugar in it. When the syrup begins to thicken and acquire a beautiful brown color, you can remove it; - Add the rest of the ingredients to the syrup and mix well. When the composition has cooled, pour it into ice cream molds and send it to the freezer. After the time has passed, take it out and enjoy the original dessert.
We tried to present you with almost all existing varieties of the Negroni cocktail.
You can choose the most suitable drink for yourself, as well as surprise guests at the next party.
Very easy to prepare. Its ingredients are available to almost everyone, and the taste will not leave anyone indifferent.
The classic composition of the Negroni cocktail includes:
- 30 ml gin
- 30 ml Campari beater,
- sweet red vermouth, also 30 ml.
- Mandatory is the decoration of orange slices.
A cocktail is prepared using a shaker, poured into a bowl - a glass of Old Fashioned. Ice is poured into the shaker, then gin, sweet vermouth and beater are poured into it. Everything is mixed, the whole mixture is poured into a pre-chilled glass and garnished with an orange slice. You can add a couple of pieces of ice to the glass. The whole point of the classic version of this cocktail is that its components are taken all in equal parts, well chilled and slightly diluted with ice. Decorations and serving are of your choice.
The Negroni cocktail is very popular, it has a number of variations and two approaches to preparation. equal proportions, This classic version, but you can experiment with different gin.
For example, the Hendrick's Negroni cocktail recipe:
- 30 ml Hendrick's gin
- 30 ml Aperol,
- 30 ml Martini Rosato vermouth.
All these ingredients are mixed with ice, filtered, poured into a wide glass. The glass needs to be filled first. large pieces ice. This cocktail is a bit sweet for a classic Negroni, and has a berry flavor thanks to the spicy vermouth.
There is a variant of the Sparkling Negroni when wine or champagne is added to it.
Negroni Spumante
- 30 ml gin (Beefeater),
- 30 ml Campari,
- 30 ml sweet vermouth (Cinzano Rosso),
- a sparkling wine(50-60 ml Zonin Prosecco Brut).
We take a glass with ice, add the first three components from it, mix a little and add sparkling wine. Served in a martini glass. Well complement the zest of an orange, or decoration with a slice.
The classic Negroni cocktail recipe consists of gin, sweet vermouth and Campari. To prepare one serving of the drink, you will need to take all the ingredients in equal quantities.
The cocktail is mixed and served in a chilled glass, garnished with a slice of orange or its zest.
An alternative recipe for "Negroni" will appeal to lovers of vermouth. To prepare a drink you will need to take:
- Gin - 20 ml
- Dry vermouth - 20 ml
- Martini - 20 ml
- orange peel
Pour gin, vermouth and martini into a shaker, add crushed ice and mix well. Ready drink strain into a cocktail glass and garnish orange peel. Serve the Negroni cocktail with fruit.
Since the Negroni cocktail contains enough flavored drinks, their combination may seem unusual. However, after tasting this drink, you will surely like it.
You can change the composition of the Negroni to your taste by adding other drinks - sweet liquor or a little rum. Campari can be replaced with any other bitter tincture, adding a special zest to the fragrant bouquet.
The history of the Negroni cocktail
The history of the Negroni cocktail dates back to 1919. Despite the fact that it received its name only in 1947, it was then, in 1919, that it was cooked for the first time at the Casoni cafe at the request of Count Camilio Negroni.
Since the count loved more strong alcohol, he asked to add gin to his favorite Americano. Thanks to a little tweak by the bartender, who not only replaced the soda, but also garnished it with a slice of orange instead of the traditional lemon, a drink has emerged that has a whole new taste.
