Dan shows how to make a Holiday Spritz, the perfect refreshing and not-too-boozy cocktail for Thanksgiving dinner.
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This guy could be the real life version of Jerry from rick and Morty
Turkey fattening?
Little tip: No ice in the wine (it provides nucleation sites for the bubbles and makes it go flat faster). The sparkling wine should be chilled first anyway. Stir the other ingredients over ice. Don't shake, there's no liquor here so that would over-dilute it.
Looks yummy! I may have to buy Aperol and St. Germain.
Did you get that pouring glass at my 80 year old grandma's house??
Looks good but I don't have any of those spirits in my liquor cabinet. And not sure what I would use them for other than for this one. cocktail. OK, the sweet vermouth has many more applications.
Please give us more cocktail recipes, thank you
The combination of St. Germain and Aperol is amazing!
I wrote down the recipe so you don’t have to…
Thanksgiving Holiday Spritz – The Perfect Thanksgiving Cocktail
Serves 1
Key Takeaways
• Dry sparkling white wine works well with Thanksgiving dinner because there are a lot of fatty dishes (e.g. turkey, gravy, stuffing/dressing). The carbonation and acidity of these wines help cut the fattiness.
• As a rule, you want the wine to be sweeter than the food. Otherwise, the wine tastes really sour and not very pleasant. Since there are many sweet dishes served with a Thanksgiving meal, we add some sweetness to the wine with the liqueurs.
• Mixing your liqueurs separate from the wine will prevent overmixing of the bubbly wine which can flatten its carbonation.
Ingredients:
• 6oz. or ¾ cup dry sparkling white wine (e.g. Cava, Prosecco).
• ¾ ounce St. Germain, an elder flower liqueur.
• ½ ounce sweet vermouth
• ½ ounce Aperol liqueur
• orange zest (1/2-inch by 3-inch strip)
Directions:
1. Add the dry sparkling white wine to your glass along with a large ice cube.
2. In a separate glass, mix your St. Germain, vermouth and Aperol.
3. Pour your liqueur mixture over the top of the wine and ice cube.
4. Fold the orange peel into the glass to expel the oils/flavors into the drink. Rub orange peel on the dry inside and rim of the glass.
5. Drop orange peel in the glass
6. Serve immediately.
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Light, refreshing, and tipsy after the first glass. Perfection.
So adorable, such good ideas!
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i like drink recipes. pls do more.
I just go with a fruit-forward merlot.
I just picked up the St Germain from the liquor store. I have the rest of the ingredients.They said they have never sold it as much as they have today. I suspect I know why.
This drink is HORRIBLE: I followed the instructions to the letter except I used campari instead of aperol, jagermeister instead of St. Germain, an old, skunky bottle of martini rosso, and barefoot moscato for the wine. And a slice of grapefruit instead of orange because they looked the same. My guests were horrified and my dinner party was ruined, my reputation SOILED!.
An alternative to St.Germain is St.Elder, a domestic US Elderflower cordial. It's half the price of St.Germain. Granted it does not come in a gorgeous Art Nouveau bottle but it's a very very good product.
This is excellent…more "science" cocktails please!