Scoop Kitchen
Frozen Negroni
Gin, sweet vermouth and Italian red bitter aperitif spun with orange into a deep red-orange slush. Bittersweet and grown-up. Contains alcohol.
- Hands-on
- 5 min
- Freeze
- 24 h
- Program
- Frozen Drink
- Makes
- 4 glasses6 glasses
Nutrition
Per 100 g, estimatedPer serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint, about 109 g), estimated
Whole tubpint: 494 kcal, 1 g protein741 kcal, 2 g protein (709 ml24 oz). No common allergens in the ingredients. Contains alcohol: for adults only.
Ingredients
7 ingredientsTap an ingredient when it is in the bowl
421 of 473 ml631 of 709 ml
In the tubpintScale reads
Put the empty tubpint (or your pan) on the kitchen scale and press zero. Add each ingredient until the scale shows the number on the right.
Add right before spinning
Mix everything in one big bowl, then divide it evenly between 2 tubspints.
Steps
- Stir 25 g caster or granulated sugar2 tbsp caster or granulated sugar2 tbsp granulated sugar40 g caster or granulated sugar3 tbsp caster or granulated sugar3 tbsp granulated sugar into 120 ml water120 ml water½ cup water180 ml water180 ml water¾ cup water and 120 ml orange juice120 ml orange juice½ cup orange juice180 ml orange juice180 ml orange juice¾ cup orange juice for about 1 minute, until it dissolves.
- Stir in 60 ml Italian red bitter aperitif60 ml Italian red bitter aperitif¼ cup Italian red bitter aperitif90 ml Italian red bitter aperitif90 ml Italian red bitter aperitif¼ cup + 2 tbsp Italian red bitter aperitif.
- Pour the base into an empty tubpint. It stays well below the max fill line, which leaves room for what you add before spinning. Put the lid on and freeze on a level shelf for 24 hours.
- Dig a hole about 4 cm1½ in wide down to the bottom of the frozen tubpint. Pour in 45 ml gin3 tbsp gin3 tbsp gin70 ml gin70 ml gin¼ cup gin, 45 ml sweet red vermouth3 tbsp sweet red vermouth3 tbsp sweet red vermouth70 ml sweet red vermouth70 ml sweet red vermouth¼ cup sweet red vermouth and 15 ml Italian red bitter aperitif1 tbsp Italian red bitter aperitif1 tbsp Italian red bitter aperitif25 ml Italian red bitter aperitif1½ tbsp Italian red bitter aperitif1½ tbsp Italian red bitter aperitif, then lock it into the machine and run Frozen Drink.
To serve: Serve in heavy rocks glasses with a wide strip of orange peel, twisted over the glass first to release its oils.
My notes
Tips
- For an alcohol-free version, use an alcohol-free bitter aperitif, whisked flat if it is fizzy, in place of the red bitter, and the same amount of cold orange juice in place of the gin and vermouth.
- It is meant to be bitter, like the classic. For a softer, sweeter slush, stir 1 tbsp more sugar into the base.
- Sweet vermouth is a wine. Once the bottle is open, keep it in the fridge and use it within a month or two.
Why it works
Most of the bitter goes in the base to color the ice deep red, and the base still stays under 5% alcohol, so it freezes firm. Orange juice and sugar bring the base to about 15% sugar, and the gin, vermouth and the rest of the bitter loosen it into a slush.
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