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Negroni Recipe

Name: ZZ & Simone's Negroni Recipe
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 oz gin; 1 oz Campari; 1 oz sweet vermouth (red, 16–18% ABV); 3 cubes ice (large cubes or a single large sphere); 1 piece orange peel (for garnish); 6 cubes ice (for chilling glass and stirring)

Inspired by ZZ & Simone's

Time10m

Serves1

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Ingredients

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Cocktail

Optional: stirred and chilled glass

6 cubes ice (for chilling glass and stirring)

Method

Cocktail

Prepare glass

If you prefer a very cold drink, place the rocks glass in the freezer for 5–10 minutes or fill it with ice and let sit while you mix the cocktail; discard chilling ice just before serving.

Mix

Fill a mixing glass or shaker (not for shaking, but for stirring) with the 3 indicated large ice cubes. Pour in 1 oz gin, 1 oz Campari, and 1 oz sweet vermouth.

Stir

Using a bar spoon, stir the mixture for 20–30 seconds (about 15–20 full rotations) until well chilled and slightly diluted — the mixing glass should be cold to the touch and the liquid slightly viscous with tiny ice shards.

Strain

Discard the ice from the chilled rocks glass (if you used ice to chill it). Place one large ice cube or sphere in the glass. Strain the stirred cocktail into the prepared glass over the large ice.

Garnish

Express the oils of one piece of orange peel: hold the peel skin-side down 2–3 inches above the drink and give it a quick twist to spray oils onto the surface, then rub the peel around the rim and drop it into the glass as garnish.

Serve

Serve immediately. Sip slowly — a Negroni is spirit-forward and best enjoyed slightly cold with moderate dilution.

Optional: quick chill method

If you don't have a mixing glass, add the spirits to a shaker filled with ice and stir (do not shake) or shake briefly only if you prefer more dilution and a slightly frothier texture.