Bombay Negroni
To work through my quest of trying out 101 Gin Cocktails, I thought I would start going through the list of cocktails listed on the Bombay Sapphire website before moving onto any other list of cocktails.
Why Bombay Sapphire Gin cocktail list? Bombay Sapphire is the first gin in my List of 303 Gins to try.
Sometimes I like to be methodical.
I started off with the basic Gin & Tonic, and then the Sapphire Mule, and next on the list was a Negroni.
Up until this point, I had never heard of a Negroni. Had no idea what it was. I had to look that up and Wikipedia came to my rescue.
Here are some facts about Negronis I have learned in the last year:
Negronis are Italian in origin
They are considered an aperitivo in Italian, meaning they are typically served before a meal because it is thought to stimulate appetite
As it is dry in nature, the Negroni is considered a classic cocktail
The name “Negroni” is actually derived from a Count in Italy who helped to inspire the cocktail and then later opened a distillery to produce a ready made version of the cocktail.
So how do we make this old fashioned cocktail? If we go according to the Bombay Sapphire website the ingredients required are:
25ml Bombay Sapphire Gin
25ml Martini Rosso Vermouth
25ml Martini Bitter
Orange Zest
How to make the Bombay Sapphire:
Fill a tumbler with ice
Pour ingredients into the tumbler and stir gently
Garnish with orange zest
I used Campari instead of Martini Bitter, as per BBC Good Food recipe.
For one reason or another, it took me a long time to buy and mix the ingredients. At first it was for practical reasons: I was busy looking after my mom, and then I was in Morocco, then found myself in the chaos of COVID-19.
It was May 2020 when I finally felt settled enough to go beyond Gin and Tonic variations and buy the ingredients. Even then I didn’t feel courageous enough to leave the familiar behind to try making a Negroni. I clung to the comfort of the basic G & T in the tumultuous beginnings of the coronavirus pandemic.
Only in September 2020 did I finally make the leap and mix the ingredients together. Once this cocktail hit my lips did I realize what I had been missing all this time. I was overwhelmed by the taste and how delicious it was. The Negroni quickly became my drink of comfort and choice.
I came to discover that you don’t just have to mix this cocktail with 1 ounce of each in equal measure: So long as you mix the cocktail in equal thirds, it remains delicious.
I was lucky enough to be able to source all the ingredients while stuck in Morocco and continue to enjoy this newfound beverage throughout much of Morocco’s 2021 Lockdown.
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