Upgraded Blood Orange Screwdriver Recipe
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Servings:
2 Cocktails
Ingredients
  • ½ cup blood orange juice
  • ½ cup cane sugar
  • ½ tablespoon blood orange zest
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 4 ounces citrus-infused vodka
  • 1 ounce Aperol
  • 2 ounces blood orange syrup
  • 3 ounces fresh-pressed blood orange juice
  • Large ice cubes
  • Blood orange twist, for garnish
Directions
  1. To prepare the blood orange syrup, combine the juice with the sugar, zest, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat.
  2. Cook the syrup until it coats the back of your spoon.
  3. Cool, strain, and bottle the syrup.
  4. Combine the vodka, Aperol, syrup, and juice in a shaker or mixing glass.
  5. Stir with ice for 15 seconds until properly diluted and chilled.
  6. Strain the drink over large ice cubes in an old-fashioned glass.
  7. Express the oils from the orange twist over the surface of the drink, garnish with the twist, and serve.