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Campari Cocktails

By Food & Wine

Updated January 12, 2017

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These fantastic recipes include a rosy, gin-based old-fashioned and a citrusy Mediterranean Pink Lady.

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Mediterranean Pink Lady

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Angus Winchester loves limoncello and Campari and wanted to combine them in a classic-style (that is, not overly esoteric or fussy) cocktail. The result is a pretty pink drink that’s citrusy and crisp.

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Americano

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Campari-Fennel Aperitif

Credit: © Paul Costello

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Pleasantly bitter, herb-infused Campari is a bracing aperitif, especially when it’s blended with a little sparkling wine as it is here. Mixologist Neal Bodenheimer loves how the vivid-red Italian spirit tastes with fennel.

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Gin-Campari Old-Fashioned

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Dave Kwiatkowski creates this variation on an old-fashioned by swapping gin for the whiskey. A splash of Campari adds bitterness and a rosy color.

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Bridal Shower

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This cocktail reminds Mike Ryan of the strawberry-rhubarb pies his mother made every spring. He roasts the rhubarb for the drink’s syrup to caramelize the edges of the stalks and to accentuate their subtle, earthy bitterness. The syrup can be mixed with club soda for a pretty, nonalcoholic drink.

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Late-Harvest Wine and Campari Cocktails

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When he's grilling for pleasure on a hot summer night, Francis Mallmann invariably has a cool cocktail in his free hand. The extra-refreshing one here combines sweet wine and bitter Campari.

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Negroni

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Hidetsugo Ueno currently uses the exquisite French Dolin rouge vermouth in his Negronis, but you may want to experiment with different sweet vermouths—Martini & Rossi, Cinzano, Carpano Antica Formula—or try a bittersweet one like Punt e Mes.

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Amer Mousseux

Credit: © Frances Janisch

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Two bracing Italian liqueurs, Cynar and Campari, lend this quirky orange-accented sparkling cocktail a love-it-or-hate-it bitterness.

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Blood Peach Bellini

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The Blood Peach Bellini was originally made using superseasonal summer blood peaches. This uses Campari and grenadine to approximate the rare fruit’s flavor and color.