On the menu: Negroni
Friends, I have taken some gross photos this week. This creative frustration drove me to put away the camera for a bit the other day and sit down with a cocktail. Except I couldn’t quite put the camera down: I documented this particular drink with my phone. And with my camera. I guess I didn’t really put the camera down after all. So…I sat down with a cocktail the other day. My cocktail of choice was the Negroni, and it couldn’t be simpler to make. Equal parts gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth are stirred together to create a bright vermilion elixir that looks like it tastes of either Kool-Aid or cough syrup. Both assumptions are crazy wrong.
The Negroni is, in fact, deliciously bitter. SO bitter. Campari is a grapefruit liqueur, and although I have not convinced my palate that grapefruit is an acceptable source of sustenance, it handles the sharp bitterness of Campari quite well. The bitterness is mellowed out by the vermouth, and the body of the drink is thinned out a bit by the gin. It is a stupendous combination.
Happy weekend, friends! Unwind this evening with a tasty cocktail.
(Oh! I should tell you: my pal Emma is giving a talk on cooking with goat cheese tomorrow at Took A Leap Farm in Houlton, ME. We’ll be there with bells on!)
Negroni
introduced to me by The Amateur Gourmet
1 oz gin
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz Campari
Combine all ingredients in a glass with ice, stir, and serve.
If you’re feeling particularly fancy, you can garnish it with an orange peel. For the record, I have never done so. Garnishing isn’t really my thing.
I’m glad you’re coming around to the side of grapefruit acceptance, for it is one of my favorite flavors. That said, I’ve never had Campari. I’m not even sure if we have it up here. Hmm.
Thanks for the plug, eee! I hope you wear actual bells tomorrow:D
I found Campari at Hannaford, so I think you’d be able to find it as well.
And post cooking demonstration–I didn’t wear bells, but I LOVED your dress!
Thank you:) I did see Campari at the store later on Friday, now I just have to get a durn job so I can afford it!
I waited for months before I finally splurged on a bottle. It’s pretty pricey.
This is my husband’s favorite cocktail ever! He was happy to see this on your blog.
Nice! I didn’t specifically mention it, but it’s also my all time favorite cocktail.
man, i hate gross photo weeks. it’s even worse if you’ve made something completely lovely and you just can’t get the photos right. HATE that. i’ve been there too many times to count, and it IS so frustrating and at some point, you hit a wall and you just can’t do anything about it.
i could have used this drink. I’ve never had a Negroni, but it sounds like something i would love. I need to do some liquor restocking around here anyway.
oddly enough, i love the photos in this post. that last Instagrammy one is GORGEOUS and i kind of want to print out a full-size version and hang it on my wall. no kidding.
today i’m especially touched by this because i had a Gross Photo Day yesterday. it was dark and rainy and i really should have known better. and yet.