Cardinale
IBA officialStirredMartiniCocktail glass
Ingredients
- Gin40ml1⅓ oz
- Dry Vermouth20ml⅔ oz
- Campari10ml⅓ oz
How to make it
Stir all ingredients with ice in a mixing glass until well chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with lemon zest.
About the Cardinale
A drier cousin of the Negroni, with dry vermouth in place of sweet. It is credited to Giovanni Raimondo at the Hotel Excelsior in Rome around 1950, reportedly made for a visiting cardinal.
Missing something?
- No gin? Use Old Tom Gin (Slightly sweeter)
- No gin? Use Genever (Maltier and rounder)
- No dry vermouth? Use Bianco Vermouth (Sweeter)
- No dry vermouth? Use Lillet Blanc (Fruitier and sweeter)
- No campari? Use Aperol (Lighter, sweeter and less bitter)