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Spritz Rosé All Day from Spritz: Italy’s Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail, with Recipes, by Talia Baiocchi and Leslie Pariseau

"The sunshine-soaked cult of rosé has finally reached fever pitch and is now making regular appearances in cocktails all over America," write Baiocchi and Pariseau. "Here, the rosé creates a background for bittersweet Cocchi Americano and sweet-and-sour papaya shrub, all bound together with a dose of prosecco."

Reprinted with permission from Spritz: Italy's Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail, with recipes by Talia Baiocchi and Leslie Pariseau, copyright © 2016. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

Servings: 1

THE DRINK

2 ounces rosé

1 ounce Cocchi Americano

1 ounce papaya shrub

1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice

1 ounce prosecco

PAPAYA SHRUB

1 papaya

1 cup rice wine vinegar

1/4 cup sugar

Method

Add the rosé, Cocchi, papaya shrub and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker.

Stir well and strain into a wine glass filled with ice.

Top with the prosecco and add the garnish.

PAPAYA SHRUB

Add 5 to 8 chunks papaya, rice wine vinegar and sugar to a saucepan.

Simmer over very low heat for 20 minutes.

Cool for at least 30 minutes.

Strain, bottle, and refrigerate for up to one month.

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