Blood Moon Recipe
Skyy Citrus / Fresh Squeezed Blood Oranges Aperol / Lemon Juice / Wycliff Sparkling Lemon Twist Garnish
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Ingredients
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Cocktail
Finish
Method
Cocktail
Juice and prepare
Roll the blood orange and a lemon on the countertop to loosen juices. Cut and squeeze enough blood orange to yield 1.5 oz (about 1 medium blood orange) and a lemon to yield 0.5 oz. Strain the juices through a fine mesh strainer to remove pulp and seeds into a jigger or small container.
Combine and chill
Add 2 oz SKYY Citrus, 0.75 oz Aperol, 1.5 oz strained blood orange juice, 0.5 oz strained lemon juice and 0.25 oz simple syrup into a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker with ice (about 6 ice cubes).
Shake
Shake vigorously for 10–15 seconds until the shaker is very cold and slightly frosted. This chills, dilutes, and integrates the bright citrus and bitter Aperol.
Finish
Strain and top
Double strain the cocktail into a chilled coupe or a chilled large Nick & Nora glass (or a rocks glass over fresh ice if preferred) using a Hawthorne and a fine mesh strainer. Gently top with 2 oz Wycliff sparkling wine poured slowly down the side to preserve effervescence.