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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.

Fill a regular glass halfway with ice.

Pour 2 oz of Aperol into the glass.

Add 1 part of soda water.

Add 3 parts of Prosecco.

Cut a wheel of fresh orange, cut it in half, and put it inside the drink.

For the pro version, serve in a chilled wine glass with clear ice.

Pour 2 oz of Aperol into the chilled wine glass.

Add 3 parts of Prosecco.

Add 1 part of soda water.

Lightly stir with a bar spoon once.

Instead of an orange slice, make orange zest and pin it on the glass rim with zigzag scissors.

For the third version, mix elderflower tonic with Aperol and freeze it into cubes.

Use two elderflower tonic and Aperol cubes in a chilled wine glass.

Pour 1.5 oz of Aperol over the cubes.

Pour 3 parts of regular Prosecco.

Add 1 oz of high-quality soda water.

Gently stir with a bar spoon.

Garnish with dry orange.

Equipment Needed

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