Campari Spritz
The recipe to this beautiful, crimson colored Italian aperitif – Campari – remains a secret after more than 150 years. Infused with herbs, plants, fruit, and alcohol: it is more bitter as compared to sweet.
If you like Americano’s or Negroni’s, you have a bottle; that once opened will last anywhere from 1 year to 10 depending on how you store it. If you like a Campari Spritz; it’s most likely a hot summer day. Well……..a Campari anything really.
Campari Spritz
Campari was invented by Gaspare Campari in 1860 after decades of mixology and experimenting with bitters; in Novara, Italy – 30 miles west of Milan.Once settling on the very secretive recipe, Gaspare opened a Wine Shop in Italy’s oldest shopping mall, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, located in the heart of Milan, steps from the Duomo.Eventually the Wine Shop transformed into Camparino Galleria Aperitivo Bar in 1915.Aperitivo’s are a part of Italian culture between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m. After work and before dinner, Campari is King. It is a time to relax, visit with friends and prepare for dinner. So, light salty snacks are best. Potato chips or salted nuts go very well. Crisp and not too sweet on a hot summer day! This is our favorite Campari Spritz.
Ingredients
- 2 oz (4 TBSP) Campari
- 3 oz. (6 TBSP) Dry Rose
- 1 oz (2 TBSP) La Croix sugar free lemon or orange soda
- 1 thin slice lemon lime, or orange wheel
Instructions
- Fill a martini shaker half full of ice. Add Campari and Rose.
- Shake and strain into a glass. Add soda, stir and garnish with lemon or orange wheel.