Food Recipes Campari Soda With Orange Balance out Campari's bitter notes with a sweet citrus twist. By Ananda Eidelstein Ananda Eidelstein Instagram Website Ananda Eidelstein is a vegetable-loving food writer, recipe developer, and editor. She is the former Senior Food Editor at REAL SIMPLE magazine. Prior to writing and editing feature stories, having her own monthly vegetarian column, and developing over 300 recipes during her time at RS, she was the Assistant Food Editor at Rachael Ray Every Day. She has also gained experience in the test kitchens of Martha Stewart's Living, and Saveur magazines, in catering, TV, and a Michelin-starred restaurant in New York City. Ananda is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute, now known as the International Culinary Center, with nearly a decade of culinary and food media experience. Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Updated on September 11, 2022 Print Share Share Tweet Pin Email Hands On Time: 5 mins Total Time: 5 mins Yield: 1 cocktail Many cocktails are so boozy that by the time dinner rolls around, you're toast. Instead, this low-ABV sparkler is not only light on alcohol content, the herbs in Campari are said to prepare the stomach for eating. (Read: prepping for big holiday meals.) Orange juice balances out the bitter notes, while the strip of orange zest mirrors it, but if that's too much, you can opt for a sweeter orange slice instead. This recipe calls for a generous pour of soda water, so if you like the taste of Campari, start with a ½ cup and adjust to taste from there. Ingredients ¼ cup (2 ounces) Campari ¾ cup club soda, chilled 2 teaspoons fresh orange juice 1 strip orange zest Directions Pour Campari into a wine glass. Fill glass with ice; top with club soda and orange juice. Garnish with orange zest. Greg DuPree Print