Amaro Spritz

By Rebekah Peppler

Amaro Spritz
Ryan Liebe for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne.
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This simple recipe takes the 3-2-1 spritz formula to heart, relying on just three quality ingredients. Amari styles vary wildly in viscosity and flavor, from intensely bitter to lightly sweet and floral, which means different bottles match different moods. To make sure you’re always prepared, stock a few of the bitter liqueurs and start drinking. Current favorites include French China-China (spiced, earthy and orange-based), Sicilian Averna (sweet, citrusy), Californian Lo-Fi Gentian Amaro (juicy, floral) and Brooklyn-based Forthave Spirits Marseille Amaro (herbal, with warm spices). To these, add any hyper-regional bottles you’ve tucked into a suitcase. All spritz nicely, especially when paired with a lime wheel.

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Ingredients

Yield:1 cocktail
  • 2ounces amaro
  • 3ounces dry sparkling wine
  • 1ounce soda water
  • Lime wheel
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Fill a wine glass with ice, then add the amaro. Top with sparkling wine and soda water. Add the lime wheel directly into the spritz and enjoy immediately.

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Claude Funston

The mistake everyone makes is to add the sparkling wine after you put in the ice. When you do that, the wine fizzes up and you lose half the bubbles. If you want to do it best, pour the wine and then gently put in the ice with a tong. You will keep more of the bubbles. Then put in the amaro or Aperol or whatever.

Janine

Pshaw. A proper Aperol spritz w good quality ingredients is a joy forever. Had my first in Milan 10 years ago. Love making them at home.

SusannaRae

We grew up hearing my Dad always say after watching the Leonard Bernstein Young People's Concerts and lectures: "I guess I enjoyed it by mistake."

keith

Is there a difference between Montenegro Amaro and Amaro? I have the former at home and just want to know in case I don’t need to buy the latter.

KB

Great summer drink for the patio. We tried it with Lo-Fi Gentian Amaro, which I'd coincidentally purchased the day before finding this recipe, as well as with Amaro Lucano, which is more dark and herbal. Both tasty!

KL

Just back from Puglia and Bologna. Enjoyed an aperol spritz every evening. Delightful. Brought a bottle back with me.

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