Chef Mattia Agazzi of the ultra-chic modern Italian restaurant, Gucci Osteria, situated in Beverly Hills impressed this week’s Drink of the Week.
Gucci Osteria is a group of latest Italian eating places with places in Florence, Beverly Hills, Tokyo, and Seoul. It’s a partnership between two of the most important names in Italy for meals and trend, three Michelin star chef Massimo Bottura and the Italian trend home Gucci. Open for lunch and dinner, the intimately designed Gucci Osteria holds 1 Michelin star and is helmed by the formidable 33-year-old chef Mattia Agazzi.
The Normanne Rosso or ‘The Crimson Norman’ is impressed by the basic Lemon Drop. Utilizing the standard vodka and lemon, Southern Italian limoncello is then layered in with home made ginger syrup so as to add complexity and depth to the basic libation.
Normanne Rosso
Cocktail courtesy of Normal Supervisor Christian Philippo
Components:
- 2 oz Vodka
- 1/2 oz Ginger syrup*
- 3/4 oz Limoncello
- 1/2 oz Prickly Pear juice
- 3/4 oz Lemon juice
Preparation: Put together the rim of a Martini glass by moistening with lemon juice and dipping it into Italian purple cake sugar. Then, add all of the substances to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Pressure into the ready Martini glass. Serve instantly.
*Ginger syrup
In a pot, mix 1 cup of sugar, 3/4 cup water, and 1 cup sliced and peeled ginger root. Deliver to a boil then scale back warmth and cook dinner till sugar is dissolved. Enable to chill utterly, then pressure out ginger items. (Can even use store-bought, just like the Liquid Alchemist ginger syrup!)
