The perfect entry level cocktail
Wondering what cocktail to serve up to everyone from your dear old Dad to a cosmopolitan crowd of friends? We turned to Virginia Selleck and Kirsten Dickie at Magnum + Queens for their counsel.
"The Negroni traces back to Florence 1919. According to dependable folklore of the day, the cocktail was born when an Italian bartender responded to a customer’s demand for a stiffer riff on an Americano cocktail (a less boozy mix of Campari, sweet vermouth, and soda). The patron, Count Camillo Negroni, had picked up a taste for strong liquor while working as a rodeo clown in the American Wild West, and gave his name to the resulting concoction."
One of the easiest cocktails to make - the key is quality ingredients.
Ingredients
30ml Balcombe Cloudy Dry Gin
30ml The Bitter Orange -Adelaide Hills
30ml The Regal Rogue Bold Red Vermouth
Orange
Method
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Layer ingredients over ice in a chilled mixing glass (Boston Shaker)
Make sure ice is firm and not beginning to melt; this will dilute your Negroni and give it a water downed taste.
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Gently Stir till ice is coated
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Strain and pour into an old fashioned glass over one big ice cube or spherical ice cube - available you can buy these moulds at most homeware stores.
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Orange twist - with a knife or peeler slice a large section of the orange rind off. If there is white pith try to remove as much as possible.
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Twist zest over Negroni to release oil and drop zest into glass.
