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The content and pictures of this post are copyright registered & protected ©myitaliancuisine This is another of my favourite cocktails, a classic but very simple drink that you can serve in many occasions, parties, luncheon cocktails, brunch etc... it's light compared to many other cocktails. You need, gin, dry Martini, red Italian vermouth and fresh orange juice (from red "sanguine" in my case). You need a shaker and a martini cocktail glass, ice cubes and in few minutes the Bronx cocktail will be ready! Ingredients: 6 parts of gin (3cl-1oz) 3 parts orange juice (1,5 cl- 1/2oz) 3 parts of red Italian vermouth (1,5 cl-1/2oz) 2 parts of dry Martini (1cl- 1/3oz) In a shaker, shake all ingredients together with ice cubes till cold, serve immediately in a martini cocktail glass.  If you like, you can garnish with an orange twist. Enjoy you Bronx cocktail!

The content and pictures of this post are copyright registered & protected ©myitaliancuisine The Mimosa cocktail, also called Buck's fizz, is a variation on Bellini, Rossini and Tintoretto cocktails. All using Prosecco, the dry Italian sparkling wine (not to be confused with the Moscato which is a sweet sparling italian wine which is not to be used for these recipes!). It's a so called : Medium drink. It's very easy to prepare, no shaker needed, only Prosecco and orange juice. I suggest you to use a quality Prosecco DOC or DOCG, very cool, and freshly sweezed orange juice, filtered in order to discart the pulp. Suitable for every occation, light and fresh... enjooy!    Ingredients: Prosecco DOC or DOCG (Quality Italian dry sparkling wine) 7,5 ml freshly squeezed orange juice 5pulp discarted) 7,5 ml 1 orange slice (decoration, optional) Maraschino cherry (decoration optional) Pour prosecco in a flute, add the orange juice, decorate with 1 orange slice an...

 The content and pictures of this post are copyright registered & protected ©myitaliancuisine While it has been largely reported that Negroni cocktail was invented in Florence in 1919 at Caffé Casoni now called Caffé Cavalli and thet Count Camillo Negroni invented it by asking Fosco Scarselli, the bartender,  to strengthen his favorite cocktail, the "Americano", by adding gin rather than the normal soda water,  the paper back book by Luca Picchi, "Sulle tracce del conte",  la vera storia del cocktail "Negroni" (the true story of the "Negroni" cocktail) affirms that the entire Count Negroni story is invented and it's nothing more than a marketing pamphlet to promote visits to Mr. Picchi's bar in Florence (see the comment on this post by one of the membrs of the Negroni family, Colonel Hector Andres Negroni, whom I thank very much for the useful informations). That said..... the "Negroni cocktail" is a huge worldwi...