All you need for this tasty Chestnut Cup Cocktail are gin, Campari, lemon juice, and orgeat syrup!
As someone who has made it her job to post a cocktail a week, I get so excited when the new issue of Imbibe arrives! I immediately sit down and pour (pun intended) over it – looking for the next best cocktail to try. As someone who loves gin and Campari, I was thrilled to see The Chestnut Cup from The Chestnut Club in Santa Monica California.
We had just purchased Big Gin from Captive Spirits Distilling and thought this would be a great cocktail to give it a go. I encourage you to go check out their website, they have some cocktails that are definitely going on my list! Expect to see The Morning Paper and Heavy Petting on here soon!
Oh my, this was so good. As they describe in the magazine, “The richness of orgeat meets the bright bitterness of Campari and lemon.” We (meaning my husband) make our own orgeat – I’ll have to post the recipe sometime. Since we still had a few blood oranges left, we used it as a garnish.
Ingredients
- 1 oz gin
- 1 oz Campari
- 1 oz fresh lemon juice
- 3/4 oz orgeat
- orange slice for garnish
Instructions
- Put all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and add a single ice cube. Fill a glass 3/4 full with ice cubes. Strain cocktail into glass and top with crushed ice and garnish with an orange slice.
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Kristin says
March 17, 2015 at 3:14 pmMMMmmm. Another delicious looking drink!!
Marye says
March 17, 2015 at 5:50 pmThis looks so good! Dang… Come be my bartender
Karen @ Karen's Kitchen Stories says
March 17, 2015 at 10:37 pmI’m going to have to google orgeat. I love gin and Campari.
Chris @ Celebrations At Home says
March 18, 2015 at 9:26 amThis looks pretty with the blood orange garnish and perfect as I’m starting to incorporate more gin based drinks to my repertoire.
Kristina says
March 18, 2015 at 11:03 am…and we are all very happy you have made the weekly cocktail your job! this looks fresh and bright, so flavorful!
Jerusha (@TheDisneyChef) says
March 19, 2015 at 9:35 amI. Just. Died. That looks incredible!
Terri Steffes says
March 19, 2015 at 10:05 amI am not a gin fan but I just simply replace it with vodka! My daughter will be crazy for this one, though!
Liz @ I Heart Vegetables says
April 4, 2015 at 9:45 amOhh I love gin! It’s so refreshing! This cocktail is my kind of drink 🙂
Joy @ Joy Love Food says
May 20, 2015 at 6:35 amI love gin and Campari, this sounds delicious and the color is so pretty!
Pam Greer says
May 21, 2015 at 12:46 pmThen you would love this!
Mirlandra @ Mirlandra's Kitchen says
May 20, 2015 at 11:43 amYum! There are some great cocktails here. I like your take on this Italian liquor.
Pam Greer says
May 21, 2015 at 12:46 pmThank you!
Brandon @ Kitchen Konfidence says
May 20, 2015 at 1:01 pmCampari + gin is a tasty combination, but I’ve never tried with the orgeat! Sounds delicious. Cheers!
Pam Greer says
May 21, 2015 at 12:45 pmI think you would love it!
Lauren @ Wicked Spatula says
May 20, 2015 at 4:01 pmI don’t think I’ve ever had gin! This looks great though!
Pam Greer says
May 21, 2015 at 12:45 pmNever had gin!!!
Alyssa @ Simply Quinoa says
May 21, 2015 at 9:57 amI’ve never been a big gin fan, but this sounds awesome!
Pam Greer says
May 21, 2015 at 12:45 pmIt is!