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Recipe:
- 30ml gin
- 30ml Cynar
- 22.5ml fresh lemon juice
- 15ml simple syrup
- 2 thin orange slices
Combine the gin, Cynar, lemon juice, simple syrup and orange slices in a cocktail shaker, fill with ice and shake vigorously until the drink is sufficiently chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
A very nice aperetif drink, taste-wise you can think of it as a Negroni in a sour variation. The bitter orange of the Campari used in a Negroni comes here with the fresh oranges incl. the peel, the Cynar gives the rest of the vegetal bitterness.
For a sour it is nicely complex, it balances the juniper, artichoke, herbs, citrus and zesty orange, overall semi-bitter with fine, fresh acidity.
Source: “Regarding Cocktails” by Sasha Petraske & Georgette Moger-Petraske, Page 149
