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Cacao Negroni

In Southern California, cocktail lovers remember the moment they first tasted the Taco Truck cocktail by Beau du Bois, who created it for Los Angeles bar The Corner Door. The mezcal Negroni with pineapple and cinnamon-infused Campari inspired Brandon Ristaino, founder and beverage director of Ventura’s Jaguar Moon, to create his own take. “We pushed in a slightly different direction of cacao versus pineapple, though,” he says. For the bar, they infuse their own bitter blend with cacao nibs (see below). But to simplify it for the home bartender, they use chocolate bitters as well as a pineapple rum backed with mezcal.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 oz. Planteray Stiggins Fancy pineapple rum
  • 3/4 oz. Campari
  • 1/2 oz. mezcal
  • 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
  • 3 dashes chocolate bitters
  • Tools:mixing glass, barspoon, strainer
  • Glass:double Old Fashioned
  • Garnish:grapefruit twist

Preparation

Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass followed by ice. Stir to chill and strain into the glass over a large ice cube. Garnish.
Optional: Cacao-Infused CampariAdd 2 oz. of cacao nibs to 1 liter of Campari and let infuse for 72 hours. Afterward, strain and refrigerate. Will keep for 3 weeks in the refrigerator. In the cocktail recipe, swap out the Campari and chocolate bitters for the infused Campari.

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