Five simple limoncello cocktails
All are delicious as they are, or you can garnish with a slice of lemon, lime or orange, or a sprig of mint or thyme.
Spritz
60ml limoncello
90ml prosecco
30ml soda water
Fill a large wine glass with ice. Add the limoncello, top with the prosecco and soda water, and stir gently.
Sorrento mule
45ml limoncello
45ml gin
15ml lemon juice, freshly squeezed
150ml ginger beer
Fill a tall glass with ice. Add the first three ingredients, stir, then top with ginger beer and stir gently again.
Negroni d’Amalfi
30ml Campari
30ml red vermouth
30ml limoncello
Put a large ice cube (or a few regular ice cubes) in a rocks glass or short tumbler. Add the ingredients and stir.
Lemon drop
60ml limoncello
30ml vodka
15ml lemon juice, freshly squeezed
Put the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously, then strain into a martini glass.
Sgroppino
15ml vodka
15ml limoncello
Scoop of lemon sorbet
Prosecco, to top
Mix the vodka and limoncello in a mixing glass with ice, then strain into a coupe. Add the lemon sorbet and top up with prosecco.
