Photograph: Murray Corridor • Meals Styling: Jessie YuChen. Photograph: Murray Corridor • Meals Styling: Jessie YuChen
The Contessa, a contemporary creation of John Gertsen, a bartender at Boston’s now-closed Drink, replaces two of the Negroni’s three substances: Campari is swapped for the lighter and extra orangey Aperol and dry vermouth substitutes for candy. It’s extra just like the Negroni’s third cousin than a direct descendant.
Yield: Makes 1 cocktail
Time: 5 minutes
- 1 oz. Aperol
- 1 oz. dry vermouth
- 1 oz. gin
- Lemon or orange twist, for garnish
Directions
- To a cocktail shaker crammed midway with ice, add the Aperol, vermouth, and gin. Shake till chilled, about 15 seconds. Pressure into a calming old style glass stuffed with ice. Squeeze the lemon twist excessive and drop it into the glass.
