Campari (ital. Campari) is the Italian liqueur on the basis of herbs and fruit with pronounced bitterish taste. Creators still keep the recipe and ingredients of this bitter which appeared in 1861 a secret. By different calculations from 40 to 68 herbs, spices and fruit are its part.
Campari possesses a peculiar bitterish sharp taste with citrus, wood and earth notes. This liqueur enters in top-20 the best liqueurs of the world and is used during creation of a set of cocktails. The best-known them them: Garibaldi or Campari orange, negron, americana, спритц.
Garibaldi – the classical and most popular cocktail on the basis of Campari invented in the 60th years of the 19th century and since then won international recognition. It can be found in the menu of any good bar or restaurant in an every spot on the globe, and its preparation takes only several minutes. 50 ml of Campari, 100 ml of orange juice, segment of a lemon and ice cubes will be necessary for you. Just throw ice cubes into a tall glass (highball glass), pour in liqueur with juice and decorate with lemon segment. Garibaldi is ready.
Americana – the cocktail according to one of versions created by Gaspar Campari. According to other legend it was thought up by the famous writer Ernest Hemingueyem. For its preparation 50 ml of Campari and sweet red Vermouth and also any quantity of a soda pop are necessary (to taste). Pour in alcohol in a wine glass, add soda and decorate with lemon segment. Negroni – the cocktail which is thought up in 1919 in Florence. He received the name thanks to the count Negroni who ordered Amerikano cocktail in bar and asked to add to it gin instead of soda. For preparation of this invigorating cocktail you need about 30 ml of Campari, gin and red Vermouth. Take the toggle-switch (it рокс – a wide low glass) and fill it with ice cubes to the brim, pour in drinks and mix everything bar false. Decorate a glass with orange segment. Spritts – the low alcohol cocktail used, as a rule, as aperitif. According to one of the version he was born in the middle of the 19th century, on another – during World War I. In both cases to emergence of spritets people are obliged to military, mixing wine with mineral water. Structure: 40 ml of Campari, 40 ml of Galliano, 10 ml of sparkling water, 100 ml просекко (the Italian dry sparkling wine) and also oranges, lemons and ice to taste. Mix ingredients in a highball glass and decorate with segments of a lemon and orange.