The Valentino

The Valentino
The Valentino is one of our favourite cocktails to drink this time of year.
This incredible drink is an aperitivo, a twist on a classic Negroni, and is often made with gin, Campari and vermouth.
We make ours a little differently as wanted to introduce the rich,
buttery quality of a great Blanco Tequila, pair that with some
cardamom to boost those aromatics, and then spice things up with a cacao and chilli finish using bitters.
Served ice cold and straight up, it needs no garnish and is the
perfect aperitivo to warm you up on these chilly February evenings!

So what is a Valentino?
A variation on the Negroni theme, and named after Rudolph Valentino, the original recipe is said to be:
🍸60ml Gin
🍸15ml Campari
🍸30ml Sweet Vermouth
From the classic Negroni recipe, the Valentino increases the amount of gin, and decreases the amount of Campari, to create a more spirit forward and drier cocktail, served straight up.
Many recipes utilise vodka as the base spirit but we love the extra caramel and butter notes that a good tequila brings to the drink, so opted for a little twist on the original, and spiced it in line with the season!

Our Spiced Valentino Recipe Ingredients
Simply follow the steps below…
🍸55ml VIVIR Blanco Tequila
🍸25ml Asterley Bros ESTATE Sweet Vermouth
🍸20ml Campari
🍸25ml Filtered Water
🍸10ml Creme de Cacao
🍸2 dashes Cocoa Bitters
🍸1 dash Cardamom Bitters
🍸1 dash Ghost Chilli Bitters
Method
Combine all the ingredients above and stir over ice for 90 seconds.
Garnish with a slice of red chilli!

The Valentino features our Estate Sweet Vermouth. Find a bottle at our online store now.

ESTATE. English Sweet Vermouth
£24.95

"Fantastic taste, excellent quality. Recommended to me by the head barman at Scofields in Manchester for negronis. Exquisite."

Louis G. - Asterley Bros Customer

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