Amaro Recipes

RamazzottiTonic Water

A long, easy amaro and tonic over ice with an orange twist

Amaro AbanoEgg WhiteLemon JuiceSimple Syrup

A rich amaro sour with lemon and a silky egg-white top

Amaro NardiniGinger BeerLime Juice

Nardini's amaro in place of the rum, long over ice with ginger beer and lime

Amaro di AngosturaSimple SyrupLime JuiceAromatic Bitters

Angostura's own sour, built on aromatic bitters by the ounce

Bourbon WhiskeyAngeleno AmaroAromatic Bitters

A Californian amaro standing in for the vermouth in a whiskey cocktail

Rye WhiskeyAvernaAngostura Aromatic Bitters

Modern Manhattan variation with Averna amaro replacing vermouth

ConcertoEspresso

Espresso "corrected" with a shot of Concerto, Don Ciccio's coffee-and-cocoa amaro

Vecchio Amaro del CapoTonic Water

Calabria's freezer-cold amaro stretched long over tonic

CynarArborio RiceVegetable StockShallot+6

Creamy Italian risotto finished with Cynar, where the artichoke-based amaro reinforces the vegetable stock

Amaro dell'ErboristaProsecco

A honey-sweetened Marche amaro under prosecco, in a flute

White RumAmaro dell'EtnaMint LeavesLime+2

A mojito with a Sicilian amaro in it, bitter orange and liquorice under the mint

Fernet-BrancaMascarponeEgg YolksEgg Whites+4

Classic Italian tiramisu with Fernet-Branca in the espresso soak — an amaro-forward twist on the Veneto original

CardamaroLime JuiceHoney SyrupGinger Beer

A herbal mule: wine-soft amaro with honey, lengthened with lime and ginger beer

Amaro 18 IsolabellaSoda Water

Eighteen herbs, seltzer and a lemon peel, which is how Italy drinks it

Lo-Fi Gentian AmaroBlanco TequilaGrapefruit SodaSalt

A paloma with gentian amaro standing beside the tequila

Amaro LucanoChinotto

Basilicata amaro lengthened with Italy's own bitter-orange soda

Aged RumAmaro MelettiMint LeavesOrange Bitters+1

A rum swizzle built on the sweetest of the Italian amari, over crushed ice

GinAmaro MontenegroSweet VermouthAngostura Aromatic Bitters

A Negroni with Amaro Montenegro in the lead and the proportions inverted

Bourbon WhiskeyAmaro NoninoAperolFresh Lemon Juice

Modern equal-parts cocktail with bourbon, Aperol, and amaro

Amaro PasubioCola

An alpine vino-amaro over ice with cola, which works better than it reads

Amaro CioCiaroGinCampariElderflower Liqueur+2

Six ingredients around a bitter orange amaro, shaken and served over ice

Rabarbaro ZuccaProseccoSoda Water

A smoky-rhubarb spritz: rabarbaro amaro, sparkling wine and soda

GinRye WhiskeyAmaro MelettiElemakule Tiki Bitters+1

An equal-parts stir of gin, rye, amaro and quinquina

Smoked Walnut BourbonAmaro SibillaWalnut LiqueurXocolatl Mole Bitters

A Manhattan for four, deepened with a honey-sweetened Marche amaro and walnut liqueur

Amaro TosoliniProseccoGinger Ale

A Friulian amaro spritz built on ginger ale as well as prosecco