How to make an Aperol Spritz - Summer in a Glass!

Aperol

🥗Healthier: Campari

💰Cheaper: orange liqueur

Campari offers a similar bitter flavor profile.

Prosecco

🥗Healthier: sparkling water

💰Cheaper: cheap sparkling wine

Sparkling water reduces calories while maintaining fizz.

Welcome to Drinks with Dave, today we're making an Aperol Spritz.

Explain that a spritz is a mix of wine or sparkling wine diluted with soda water.

Introduce Aperol as a bright orange bittersweet Italian aperitif.

Mention that Prosecco is the sparkling wine used, and it should be sweet to balance the bitterness of Aperol.

State that plain seltzer water or soda water is used for the spritz, avoiding flavored options.

Discuss the 3:1 ratio for the drink: 3 parts Prosecco, 2 parts Aperol, and 1 part soda water.

Begin by adding ice cubes to a wine glass to chill it.

Pour 2 oz of Aperol into the glass.

Add 3 oz of chilled Prosecco to the glass, eyeballing the measurement.

Top with 1 oz of soda water.

Gently stir the drink to mix the ingredients.

Garnish with a wedge of orange on top of the drink.

Optionally serve with straws.

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