{"id":5694,"date":"2013-04-28T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T02:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2013-05-02T00:28:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T07:28:31","slug":"the-backsplash-cocchi-americano-rosa-and-solerno-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/the-backsplash-cocchi-americano-rosa-and-solerno-cocktail\/","title":{"rendered":"The Backsplash – Cocchi Americano Rosa and Solerno Cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.
\n– Humphrey Bogart<\/em><\/div>\n


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Nowhere is Bogie’s sentiment more apt than when used to describe the vicissitudes of a home remodel. Selecting a backsplash for my kitchen has sent me into a tizzy<\/em>. A tizzy<\/em>, in case you are not familiar with the term, is Bart’s chosen descriptor for that peculiar state of mind that overcomes me when I am overwhelmed, angry or quite undone. It is not a compliment.<\/p>\n

Help however, is not far behind, and it comes in the form of a cocktail, the Backsplash<\/em>. This one is a combination of Cocchi Americano Rosa<\/a>, the newest vino aromatizzato<\/em> (aromatized wine) from The House of Cocchi and Solerno<\/a>, a liqueur made of Sicilian oranges and lemons. The citrus in both liquors marry beautifully and the kiss of bitter in the Americano Rosa lends a most adult finish.<\/p>\n

The formula is simple. It is 1:1, equal parts of both liquors shaken with ice and strained into a chilled cocktail glass. Please note I said cocktail glass, not salad bowl. I am referring, of course, to those eight or ten ounce abominations appropriate only for dessert… or photography. A proper cocktail is measured in ounces, not cup proportions. To my mind, two or three ounces is enough. More than that, and by the time I get to the bottom, my cocktail is room temperature, a sad state of affairs indeed.<\/p>\n


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2 oz. Cocchi Americano Rosa<\/a><\/p>\n

2 oz. Solerno<\/a><\/p>\n

orange wheels for garnish<\/p>\n


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Chill the cocktail glasses. Fill a cocktail shaker half full with cracked ice and add liquors. Shake for thirty seconds. Strain into chilled cocktail glasses.<\/p>\n


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Garnish with an orange wheel. Serve.<\/p>\n


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I have no affiliation with any product, manufacturer, or site mentioned in this article.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. – Humphrey Bogart Nowhere is Bogie’s sentiment more apt than when used to describe the vicissitudes of a home remodel. Selecting a backsplash for my kitchen has sent me into a tizzy. A tizzy, in case you are not familiar with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[539,3],"tags":[1554,833,1576,820],"class_list":["post-5694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beverages","category-default","tag-cocchi-americano-rosa","tag-cocktail","tag-humphrey-bogart","tag-solerno"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pYzzK-1tQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5694"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5738,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5694\/revisions\/5738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}