Do you like the scent of Elderflower? Are you familiar with the Hugo Spritz Recipe with Elderflower? If you are a lover of aperitifs surely yes, if not, you can catch up and save this recipe!
Already thinking about the Christmas holidays? I am, of course, I have to please Google before Christmas arrives, so here I am with a recipe of my Favorite Cocktail! Yes, indeed, besides prosecco and white wines, my favorite drink for an aperitif with friends is the Hugo Spritz! I don’t actually like the classic spritz, too bitter for my taste, so for several years now, the Hugo Spritz with elderflower has been a strong entry in my drink list!
A fresh cocktail, a fragrant drink, very easy to prepare, and does not require bartender skills! So today I will explain how to prepare a homemade Hugo Spritz with elderflower! You will also find the video recipe I made to prepare it together step by step.
The drink that will accompany your aperitifs with family or friends during the Christmas period, ideal to serve with many snacks, one of which, that I highly recommend trying, are certainly the Christmas Trees with sandwich bread filled with tuna sauce, arugula, and cheese.
I made this refreshing beverage using the elderflower from Fabbri 1905 which you can purchase from the online store along with other products I have already used for my recipes! Remember that until December 20, you can use my 20% discount code by entering, before payment, FABBRIRICETTEDIBEA20! Take advantage to enjoy many delicious products made by this Italian company!
Below I leave you links to other recipes I have prepared using Fabbri 1905 products like gelatin with mint syrup or mint muffins. Very delicious and super colorful is the mint panna cotta, another dessert you can prepare is the candied ginger and chocolate chip plumcake, perfect for breakfast or snack. Additionally, you will find a savory recipe: the ginger and cheese crostini are a true delight for the palate! Each link will take you directly to the recipe you have chosen to read!
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 2People
- Cooking methods: No cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Summer, All seasons
- Energy 172.29 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 16.08 (g) of which sugars 13.62 (g)
- Proteins 0.17 (g)
- Fat 0.01 (g) of which saturated 0.00 (g)of which unsaturated 0.00 (g)
- Fibers 0.13 (g)
- Sodium 18.25 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 225 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for two homemade Hugo Spritz
- 10 oz prosecco
- 1.5 oz elderflower syrup (from Fabbri 1905)
- 3.5 oz sparkling water (or soda)
- 2 slices lemon (thinly sliced)
- A few leaves mint
- as needed ice (about 5 cubes per drink)
The doses indicated above are perfect for preparing two Hugo spritz with elderflower, if you have more people to serve this drink double or triple the doses.
It’s needless to specify that you will need ice, nice big cubes to best prepare this elderflower drink.
Tools to prepare homemade Hugo Spritz with elderflower
- 2 Glasses
- 1 Jigger
- 1 Knife
- 1 Cutting board
- 1 Teaspoon
Steps Hugo Spritz recipe with elderflower
Let’s start by cutting the lemon. Place the lemon after washing and patting it dry on a cutting board and with a knife, cut the lemon slices, one for each drink.
Wash and pat dry the mint, a few leaves in each beverage.
Arrange all the necessary ingredients on the work surface: the bottle of prosecco, the sparkling water or soda if you prefer, the elderflower syrup and finally the ice to ensure it doesn’t melt too much before starting the preparation of our aperitif.
We are finally ready to proceed. Pour 1.5 oz of elderflower into a cocktail glass, swirl the liquid on the bottom and sides so that the syrup can moisten the inside of the glass.
Add four to five ice cubes per glass, pour 5 oz of prosecco into each drink, then add the lemon slice. Finish each Hugo Spritz with sparkling water and finally the fresh mint leaves. Give a light stir with a teaspoon from bottom to top.
The drink is ready to be served to our guests or our family. I had invited my friend Gaia for lunch and we enjoyed the Hugo Spritz with elderflower along with Christmas Trees filled with tuna sauce!
Remember you can purchase the products from Fabbri 1905 with a 20% discount by entering the discount code FABBRIRICETTEDIBEA20 before payment directly from the online store.
Tips and variations:
Main tip: measure the quantities well, you risk having taste and flavor imbalances if the quantities differ from those indicated above.
Main variations: as already indicated in the list of necessary ingredients for this recipe you can replace the sparkling water with soda. You can also use lime instead of lemon. I tried both, the taste and thus the choice is up to you on which of the two citrus fruits to use as the final ingredient for this cocktail.
Main variations: as already indicated in the list of necessary ingredients for this recipe you can replace the sparkling water with soda. You can also use lime instead of lemon. I tried both, the taste and thus the choice is up to you on which of the two citrus fruits to use as the final ingredient for this cocktail.
