Name: Polka Dot Negroni
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gentian liqueur; 20 ml Overproof gin; 20 ml Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth; 5 drop Grapefruit bitters

Polka Dot Negroni
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Photographed in a Modern America Nick & Nora

Ingredients:
1 oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
²⁄₃ oz	Beefeater Crown Jewel Gin
²⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
5 drop	Bob's Grapefruit Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist (expressed and discarded) & skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry in glass.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

If making with a more standard strength gin then add a splash more but ideally stick to the original recipe (which calls for a third more in volume of each ingredient) and use a 50%+ alcohol by volume gin. The result is a delicious, bite-sized bittersweet aperitivo.

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Variant:

White Negroni

History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2016 by Toby Maloney his The Violet Hour bar in Chicago, USA. Tony's original recipe calls for 45ml (1½oz) Salers, 30ml (1oz) Junipero gin, and 30ml (1oz) Dolin Blanc vermouth.

Nutrition:

One serving of Polka Dot Negroni contains 138 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
21.6% alc./vol. (21.6° proof)
15.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Alan Brown

10th June 2023 at 16:28

Absolutely agree, Simon, a delicious and bite-sized aperitivo. Punchy enough to satisfy, but with subtle and harmonious flavours. Definitely needs the discarded lemon twist.

Calvin Grant

10th June 2023 at 03:27

Dove right in and drank a double...and glad I did it was delicious! Delightfully delicate and and yet definitely a negroni. Made this with Suze and export strength Beefeaters (88 proof) +20% more. Eager to try this again with the lighter flavored Salers and hope to find a bottle of Beefeaters Crown Jewel.

Charl Engela

9th June 2023 at 23:00

Now this I could make and it looks delicious. I love Suze (my wife is called Suze and I love her too!) - a half shot of Suze in a G&T is a wondrous thing.

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