Mona Lisa

Recipe from Gates Otsuji

Adapted by Rosie Schaap

Mona Lisa
Davide Luciano for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Gozde Eker.
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Gates Otsuji of the bar Le Bain at the Standard Hotel in New York created this refined, but lively spritzer. It riffs on the popular Aperol spritz, but, Otsuji notes, “the addition of vodka raises the A.B.V. of the cocktail just enough to take it from aperitif to anytime, and the orange juice adds some body to the texture." —Rosie Schaap

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Ingredients

  • ½oz. simple syrup
  • ½oz. orange juice
  • 1oz. Aperol
  • 1oz. vodka
  • Cava to top
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a shaker, combine simple syrup, orange juice, Aperol and vodka. Add ice, cap the shaker and shake briefly. Strain the ingredients into a collins glass over fresh ice, and top with cava. Squeeze two or three lemon wedges into the drink.

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KB

This is also very good with grapefruit juice instead of orange. I also doubled the vodka, because I don't play around.

Jill

I had no OJ, but did have blood orange cordial and dry Curaçao; we tried it both ways. The drink didn’t suffer. Neither did we.

Tera

This became a staple at Xmas. Wow is it good. We subbed white wine for the cava. I usually make it in a 1 quart Mason jar. 1 cup Aperol, 1.5 cup vodka, 1/2 cup simple coconut syrup and 1 cup OJ. Shake it up and keep in the fridge. Fill glass half with mix and half with wine. Mmmm. Careful they are dangerous.

KB

This is also very good with grapefruit juice instead of orange. I also doubled the vodka, because I don't play around.

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Adapted from Gates Otsuji, Le Bain, Standard Hotel, New York

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