Americano (cocktail)
The Americano is a classic aperitif cocktail . It is made from Campari and Vermouth rosso. Orange and lemon are used as a garnish.
The ingredients are stirred over ice in a tumbler , topped up with a splash of soda if desired and garnished. The Americano was supposedly first served in the Gaspare Campari's bar, Café Campari, in the 1860s. Originally the cocktail was not called Americano, but Milano-Torino , which refers to the production cities of the two ingredients: the Campari is from Milan and the Cinzano from Turin.
The Americano became famous not least through Ian Fleming's James Bond , who ordered an Americano as the first drink in Casino Royale, the very first volume in the novel series.
Standard recipe
- Ice cubes
- 3 cl Campari
- 3 cl red vermouth
- 3 cl soda
- Garnish: orange zest
First you put ice cubes in a tumbler. Then Vermouth Rosso, then Campari and soda water are added and stirred briefly. To garnish you take an orange zest and distribute the essential oils by winding it on the edge of the glass, then you put the zest on the ice cubes.
Related drinks
A relative is the Negroni . It differs from the Americano only in one additional ingredient, the gin.
Another relative is the Americano Sbagliato (fake Americano), in which the 1: 1 mixture of Campari and Vermouth is added as a third component to sparkling wine, Prosecco or Asti Spumante, the mixing ratio according to taste.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Recipe ( Memento from February 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on the IBA homepage (as of June 28, 2010)
- ↑ unknown: Cocktail Americano Cocktail & Dreams