Garibaldi Spritz Recipe
Campari and plenty of orange juice lengthened with prosecco — a Garibaldi with bubbles, bittersweet and easy to drink.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 8%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Campari45 ml (1.5 oz)
- Fresh orange juice105 ml (3.6 oz)
- Prosecco60 ml (2 oz)
How to Make It
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Add the Campari and orange juice and stir.
- Top with prosecco and stir once more, gently.
- Garnish with an orange slice.
Garnish
Orange slice
What it tastes like
It has a bitter backbone, fruit notes come forward, it is carbonated and it is low in alcohol.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Campari
- The red Italian bitter, with a bitterness that is unmistakable. Aperol can replace it, but Aperol is half the strength and clearly sweeter, so the drink comes out softer.
- Fresh orange juice
- Fresh orange juice. Carton juice is sugar-adjusted, so it sweetens the drink and drops its acidity; when you squeeze your own, pull back a little on the syrup.
- Prosecco
- Italian sparkling wine, fruitier and less yeasty than champagne. It is what a spritz means by sparkling wine, and it has to be opened ice-cold.
The Story
A sparkling take on the Garibaldi, the Campari-and-orange drink named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, the general of Italian unification.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Garibaldi Spritz mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a highball glass.
- How strong is a Garibaldi Spritz?
- Roughly 8% ABV as served — lighter than a beer — a long-conversation drink that takes a second round.
- Can a Garibaldi Spritz be made without alcohol?
- Simply leaving the spirit out does not work — the body and the bitterness go with it. The 86 alcohol-free recipes in the catalogue are built to hit that balance from the start.
- Is a Garibaldi Spritz hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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