Make this: 2 classic Italian spritzes - Sauce Magazine

By Julie Cohen // September 17, 2021

A spritz is an easy cocktail to make at home, and it doesn’t even involve any fancy or hard-to-find ingredients. However you decide to make your spritz, if you make it at home, you will be saving your money for a future trip to Italy where you can drink all the spritzes your heart desires on the cheap. In the meantime, cin cin, and don’t forget the potato chips.

Classic Aperol Spritz
1 cocktail

3 oz. Aperol
2 oz. dry prosecco, chilled
1 oz. sparkling water, chilled
Orange slice, for garnish
Green olive, for garnish

• Combine ingredients, stir and serve over ice.

Spritz Hugo
1 cocktail

In northern Italy, the Spritz Hugo is just as ubiquitous as the Aperol Spritz. If Aperol is too bitter for your taste, the Hugo might be your new best friend.

In Italy, the star of the drink is elderflower syrup, but St. Germain is easier to find in St. Louis. Because St. Germain is a liqueur instead of a syrup, the ratios are slightly different.

4 oz. dry prosecco, chilled
1 oz. sparkling water, chilled
½ oz. St. Germain
Mint sprig, for garnish
Lime wheel, for garnish

• Combine ingredients, stir and serve over ice.