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Lynnette Marrero’s Toffee Negroni Cocktail Recipe

Name: Lynnette Marrero’s Toffee Negroni Cocktail Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: While almost any traditional aged rum works well in this recipe, other sherries won’t marry as well with the other ingredients. If Amontillado Sherry proves to be difficult to source, an Oloroso or Palo Cortado Sherry will work just as well in its place.; 1 ounce aged rum; 1 ounce Aperol; 1 ounce Amontillado Sherry; Grapefruit peel, for garnish

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Last updated: Feb 18, 2025 • 1 min read

World-class mixologist Lynnette Marrero’s Toffee Negroni teases out unconventionally nutty and caramelized flavors by using rum and sherry. By evening out the balance with Aperol, this cocktail is an ideal example of swapping out all the components of the Negroni structure while referencing the original classic cocktail. Jump to recipe.

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What Is a Classic Negroni?

The Negroni is the quintessential “equal parts” cocktail. A classic Negroni is composed of equal parts gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth, garnished with an orange twist and served on the rocks.

Origins of the Negroni Cocktail

Legend has it that in the early 1900s, at a cafe in Florence, Italy, a Count Camillo Negroni asked the bartender, Fosco Scarselli, for a boozed-up riff on an Americano—an even more easygoing concoction of Campari, sweet vermouth, and soda water. Scarselli subbed the soda water for gin, swapped the Americano’s customary lemon peel for an orange peel to differentiate the two, and the Negroni cocktail was born.

How to Make Lynnette Marrero’s Toffee Negroni

The Negroni is typically thought of as a gin cocktail, but the format takes well to modifications. Lynnette Marrero’s Toffee Negroni is a meaty, nutty Negroni variation. Rum replaces the traditional gin, Amontillado Sherry fills in for sweet vermouth, and Aperol takes the place of Campari. It’s all topped off with a grapefruit peel twist.

How to Make Lynnette Marrero’s Toffee Negroni

Lynnette Marrero’s Toffee Negroni Recipe

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makes

1 cocktail

prep time

5 min

total time

5 min

Ingredients

While almost any traditional aged rum works well in this recipe, other sherries won’t marry as well with the other ingredients. If Amontillado Sherry proves to be difficult to source, an Oloroso or Palo Cortado Sherry will work just as well in its place.

1 ounce aged rum
1 ounce Aperol
1 ounce Amontillado Sherry
Grapefruit peel, for garnish

1
Combine rum, Aperol, and sherry in a mixing glass.
2
Stir with plenty of ice, and strain into a rocks glass filled with ice cubes.
3
Garnish with a grapefruit twist.

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