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Bitter French

By Gary Regan

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Pinkcolored cocktail in fluted cocktail glass on a small round table.
Photo by Kelly Puleio

This cocktail is a sort of marriage between a French 75 (a classic drink that combines gin, citrus, and Champagne) and a Negroni, created by New York bartender Phil Ward.

Ingredients

1 ounce Plymouth gin
1⁄4 ounce Campari
1⁄2 ounce fresh lemon juice
1⁄2 ounce simple syrup (1:1 sugar:water)
Champagne
Garnish: 1 grapefruit twist

Preparation

  1. Shake the gin, Campari, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice, then strain into a chilled champagne flute. Top with champagne. Squeeze the grapefruit twist over the drink, then discard.

The Negroni book cover with photo of stemmed cocktail glass on a black table.
Reprinted with permission from The Negroni Copyright 2013, 2015 by Gary Regan. Photographs © 2015 by Kelly Puleio. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. Buy the full book from Amazon.
TagsCocktailAlcoholBeveragesCampariAmaroLiqueurChampagneSparkling WineWineGinQuickEasy5 Ingredients or FewerCookbooks

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