Negroni
Cocktail avec alcool
Catégorie : Alcoolisé
Ingrédients
- 3 cl de campari
- 1 rondelle de orange
- 3 cl de gin
- 3 cl de vermouth rosso
Préparation
Pour the Campari, vermouth, and gin over ice into an old fashioned glass Garnish with an orange slice.
Histoire
The Negroni is an iconic Italian cocktail, generally dated to the early 20th century. Its most widely accepted origin places it in Florence around 1919, at the Caffè Casoni — later the Giubbe Rosse — where Count Camillo Negroni is said to have asked his bartender to strengthen an Americano by replacing the soda water with gin. The recipe then took shape around an equal base of gin, sweet vermouth, and Campari, garnished with orange.
Before this version, the Negroni belonged to the family of cocktails known as Americano, very popular in Italy in the late 19th century. The Americano already combined Campari and red vermouth, lengthened with soda water; adding gin gave rise to a drier, stronger, and more complex variation. This evolution reflects the growing influence of English spirits on European bar culture in the early 20th century.
While the Count Negroni story is the most famous, it relies mainly on oral tradition and has sometimes been disputed. Some alternative accounts attribute the creation to Florentine bartenders, but the name Negroni quickly became established to refer to this mix. Its international popularity then grew over the course of the century, until it became an essential classic of aperitif culture, known for its balance of bitterness, sweetness, and aromatic strength.