The Negroni is a classic cocktail. If you want to put a whimsical twist on a classic, Anthony DeSerio is your guy. Or, your bartender, if you’re lucky. For this week’s easy cocktail, Anthony mixes up a Negroni suspended in strawberry-rhubarb Jell-O shots set in orange peels. We’re calling it the Don Corleone Negroni, not because it was a cocktail we couldn’t refuse (though, indeed, we could not) but because, well. . .you know the scene.
These shimmering slices brought much merriment to the studio. We knocked elbows angling in on the plate to get the perfect glassy slice. Then we audibly slurped them right off their peels.
Best Jell-O shots ever.
Use a very sharp knife to cut your Jell-O shot "cups" into slices. If you use a steak knife or serrated bread knife, the presentation will be compromised and the Corleone family would not approve.
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Use a very sharp knife to cut your Jell-O shot "cups" into slices. If you use a steak knife or serrated bread knife, the presentation will be compromised and the Corleone family would not approve.
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Ingredients
- 1-1/3 oz. gin
- 1-1/3 oz. aperol
- 1-1/3 oz. sweet vermouth
- 4 dashes rhubarb bitters optional
- 1 package strawberry Jell-O (3 oz.)
- 2 oranges
Servings: one-ounce portions
Instructions
- Combine the gin, aperol, sweet vermouth, and bitters in a bowl and stir.
- In a sauce pan boil 8oz water.
- When water comes to a boil, add a 3 oz. package of flavored Jell-O and whisk until dissolved.
- Turn off heat and add the cocktail mixture and 4 oz. cold water.
- Whisk together off the stove.
- Cut an orange in half from stem side to bottom and remove the insides.
- Pour in your mixture and place orange shells with mixture in the fridge overnight.
- When ready to serve, use a sharp knife to cut the orange "cups" into slices.
