Carmine's Negroni Recipe

Chill glass

Place a rocks glass in the freezer or fill it with ice and cold water while you prepare the cocktail to ensure the drink stays cold when served.

Measure spirits

Using a jigger, measure 1 oz Bombay Dry Gin, 1 oz Campari, and 1 oz Carpano Antica Vermouth into a mixing glass.

Add ice and stir

Fill the mixing glass with large ice cubes. Stir gently but steadily with a bar spoon for 20–30 seconds (about 20–30 full rotations) until the mixture is well chilled, slightly diluted, and slightly viscous. The mixing glass should frost on the outside.

Prepare serving glass

If you chilled the rocks glass with ice and water, discard the ice water and add 1–2 fresh large ice cubes or a single large cube to the glass.

Strain

Using a strainer, pour the stirred cocktail from the mixing glass into the prepared rocks glass over the fresh ice.

Express and garnish

Take an orange peel and hold it skin-side down over the drink. Give it a firm twist to express the citrus oils over the surface, then run the peel's outer edge around the glass rim and drop the twist into the cocktail as garnish.

Serve

Present the Negroni immediately. Serve with a small stirrer or coaster. Optional: provide an extra orange twist on the side.

Rinse and dry tools. Leftover vermouth should be refrigerated and used within a month for best flavor. Adjust gin/vermouth/Campari ratio to taste (classic is 1:1:1).