Blood Orange Aperol Spritz is a traditional Aperol Spritz made with blood orange juice and slices and then garnished with fresh rosemary.
If you follow my cocktail recipes, you know that I have proclaimed the Aperol Spritz as my signature cocktail this year. Today I’m mixing it up a little by using blood oranges instead of lemons or the traditional navel oranges.
I am crazy about blood oranges with their crimson red color inside and out and their sweet taste. They say that the blood orange season is December through May, but I think their season is much shorter in most markets. I usually find them mid-January to late February. I would love it if I could actually get them December – May.
If you’re not familiar with Aperol, it is an Italian aperitif with the flavor and aroma of orange so the blood oranges go perfectly in this cocktail. It has a nice blend of bitterness and sweetness.
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Blood Orange Aperol Spritz
Blood Orange Aperol Spritz is a traditional Aperol Spritz made with blood orange juice and slices and then garnished with fresh rosemary.
- Prep Time: 3 minutes
- Total Time: 3 minutes
- Yield: 1 cocktail 1x
- Category: Cocktails
- Method: Mixed
- Cuisine: Italian and American
Ingredients
- 1.5 ounces Aperol
- Juice from 1/2 blood orange
- 1-ounce simple syrup
- Prosecco
- Sparkling soda water
- Blood orange slices for garnish
- Fresh Rosemary for garnish
Instructions
- Fill an 8-ounce halfway with crushed ice.
- Pour Aperol over ice.
- Add the blood orange juice and simple syrup.
- Fill the glass almost full with Prosecco.
- Top it off with the sparkling soda water.
- Garnish with slices of blood orange and a sprig of fresh rosemary.
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