Name: Novara
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Red bitter liqueur; 15 ml Passion fruit syrup; 15 ml Lemon juice; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1/2 fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

1/2 fl oz

Monin Passion Fruit Syrup

1/2 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

2 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s (optional)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Novara contains 181 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.2% alc./vol. (36.4° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

Didn't know what to think going into this one. By the first sip, I knew this wouldn't last long in the glass. Like Beverly said, not as sweet as it looks.

Beverly Stanton 2y

Nice cocktail. Not as sweet as I thought it might be. Would recommend.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

This is nice. Not outstanding, but pleasant. Sort of a Tiki meets Aperitif. A little sweet with a tiki hint due to the passion fruit syrup.

fred88 3y

Highly recommended! I recommend adding 2 drops of saline solution to amplify the fresh citrus and to temper the sweetness of Campari.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Agreed! I've added saline to the recipe above. Many thanks.

Sherri Rita 4y

It is perfectly balanced in my opinion, thanks to the passion fruit. I don’t see how anyone who is open to Campari would be alienated by this one. Another for the regular rotation.

Ant Hern 5y

This is in one of my cocktail books as “Bittersweet Symphony” but it’s 30ml Gin & Campari, then the rest is the same. I guess cocktails are like songs… there are only so many “notes”. Inevitably someone will inadvertently recreate a previous cocktail. I need to dig out which book it was, because I’ve never seen the Bittersweet Symphony referenced anywhere else! Assuming it’s named after The Verve song, it could be mid 90s