The Italian 75

INGREDIENTS

• 10 ml of lemon juice
• 5 ml of sugar syrup
• 30 ml of Italian Gin
• 60 ml of Prosecco DOC Brut
• 2 cherries marinated in Kirsch or Maraschino
• 1 tsp of the cherries syrup
• Lemon, the zest
• Ice cubes

PROCEDURE

This drink can be prepared directly into the glass. Alessandro suggest to always cool the glass beforehand with lots of ice. This will keep your drink cool and prevent the ice to melt too quickly and dilute your drink. (Throw away residual water)

Pour sequentially the lemon juice, the sugar and the Gin in the glass.

Stir well to mix the ingredients.

Top up with the Prosecco DOC brut and gently stir the drink (stir once only to avoid losing bubbles).

To finish, add the cherries along with their syrup and do not stir, but let it sit.

To garnish, the Maestro suggest to use the zest of the lemon. All the aromatic essential oils of the fruit are into the zest, we should use those to elevate the drink. Take a whole zest with the help of a potato peeler, get close to the glass edge and ‘squeeze it’ on its top; you can actually see the oils be released onto the glass rim. Now gently brush the rim with the zest and place it into the drink. This ritual is an essential step to make great cocktails.

Enjoy straight away.

Recipe by Alessandro Palazzi and Danilo Cortellini