Sous Le Soleil Recipes

There's nothing wrong with a gin and tonic, but a rum and tonic is a sweeter, deeper surprise.

Provided by Rosie Schaap

Yield 1 drink

Number Of Ingredients 4

• Ingredients

The Negroni is enjoying a moment now. For bartenders and barflies, this deliciously complex mix of Campari, gin and sweet vermouth has become an easy way to fly one's flag as a knowing cocktail classicist. But the drink's rising profile has cast a shadow over its once-popular progenitor, the Americano. Without this refreshing Italian-born highball - Campari, sweet vermouth and club soda - there would have been no blueprint for the gin-loving Count Camillo Negroni to experiment with a century ago. (The drink's family line actually goes back even farther; the Americano grew out of a simpler aperitif that omitted the soda, called the Milano-Torino - Milano in honor of the birthplace of Campari, Torino for the vermouth.) While the Americano doesn't have quite the romance that's grown around the Negroni, it also doesn't have nearly as much alcohol. It's a lighter and saner choice for summertime drinking. A pitcher of Americanos enjoyed on the back patio during a hot afternoon will not leave you down for the, uh, count.

Provided by Robert Simonson

Categories     cocktails

Yield 1 drink

Number Of Ingredients 4

• Ingredients

My Scotch-whisky-inflected alternative to a Jack Rose.

Provided by Rosie Schaap

Categories     for one, cocktails

Time 5m

Number Of Ingredients 5

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 86, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams, Carbohydrate 4 grams, Fat 0 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 0 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 1 milligram, Sugar 3 grams

This tiki drink, believed to have been invented at the Kuala Lumpur Hilton in 1978, has recently lurched from obscurity to ubiquity. It is a favorite among mixologists, and a natural for home bartenders, because it contains only five ingredients: rum, Campari, pineapple and lime juices and simple syrup. The New York bartender Giuseppe Gonzalez tweaked the original, replacing dark Jamaica rum with the more intense blackstrap rum.

Provided by Robert Simonson

Categories     quick, cocktails

Yield 1 drink

Number Of Ingredients 6

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 211, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams, Carbohydrate 17 grams, Fat 0 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 0 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 10 milligrams, Sugar 15 grams

A homage to my mom, who loved the song of a similar name by Godard's muse Anna Karina.

Provided by Rosie Schaap

Categories     cocktails

Number Of Ingredients 5

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 85, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams, Carbohydrate 7 grams, Fat 0 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 0 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 2 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams