Christmas Eve Aperitivo

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Christmas Eve Aperitivo

Kick off your Feast of the Seven Fishes with this light and refreshing cocktail, featuring notes of tangerine, citron and anise.

Author: Francine Stephens
Recipe Type: Cocktail
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 1 cocktail

Recipe from: Honest Cooking

Ingredients

1 oz Kettle Citroen (or other citron-flavored vodka)
½ oz Meletti Anisette
1 tangerine (or 1.2 oz tangerine juice)
½ oz simple syrup
club soda

Instructions

1 Fill a Collins glass with ice. Set aside
2 Juice one tangerine over a strainer (to catch seeds). Set liquid aside.
3 Combine tangerine juice with vodka, anisette and simple syrup over ice. Stir until well mixed.
4 Refresh collins glass with two new ice cubes. Pour tangerine, vodka, anisette mixture into the glass. Top with cold club soda.

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