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Adapted from Session Cocktails by Drew Lazor and the Editors of PUNCH

low proof negroni cocktail recipe

Tristan Willey’s low-proof variation on the Negroni replaces the gin with manzanilla sherry and dials back the Campari for a salty, lightly bitter take on the Italian classic that does not want for complexity. “Dry sherry has such a strong backbone,” says Willey. “It lends so much to a drink while asking so little of the drinker.”

Reprinted with permission from Session Cocktails by Drew Lazor and the Editors of PUNCH, copyright © 2018. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Penguin Random House.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1 1/2 ounces manzanilla sherry
  • 1 1/2 ounces manzanilla sherry
  • 1 ounce sweet vermouth, preferably Carpano Antica Formula
  • 1 ounce sweet vermouth, preferably Carpano Antica Formula
  • 3/4 ounce Campari
  • 3/4 ounce Campari

Garnish: expressed orange twist

Directions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass over ice and stir until chilled.
  2. Strain into a Nick & Nora glass.
  3. Express the orange twist over the glass and discard.