Pre Dinner

10 July 2018

By Claudio Teresa, bar manager  of cocktail bar Portale Botteghe, Marsala (TP)

For the cocktail:
• 30 ml Bitter, Negroni Antica Distilleria
• 40 ml Marsala Vergine Dry
• 2 tbs Blood orange oleo saccharum
• Top Home-made Soda flavoured with citrus blossoms

Method:
Built on the rocks

Glassware:
Double rock glass

Garnish:
Twist and orange peel

Procedure:
Mix oleo saccharum and blood oranges with Bitter by Negroni Antica Distilleria and Marsala, without ice; once the sugar is dissolved, top up the double rock with ice and dilute briefly. Top the drink with orange-blossom soda and decorate with orange peel.
A unique take on a traditional American cocktail with strong Sicilian influences, from oleo saccharum, made with essential oils of Marsalese blood oranges, to soda flavoured with orange-blossoms, which are increasingly used in the preparation of colognes due to their delicate citrusy aroma. The use of Marsala wine adds a regional flavour, in particular the dry Vergine type, with balsamic notes and hints of dried fruit that perfectly accompany the bitter freshness of Bitter, Negroni Antica Distilleria, 25% abv, a bold flavoured Italian aperitif with aromas of gentian, bitter orange and china. Bringing out the classic taste of a bitter-sweet aperitif, this cocktail has a highly persistent flavour that fully enhances the quality of Italy's local
products.

FOR AN ALL-ITALIAN APERITIF!