{"id":80,"date":"2016-02-23T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enrilemoine.com\/2016\/02\/23\/sanguina-ron-de-venezuela-blood-orange-bitters\/"},"modified":"2017-03-22T15:45:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T19:45:40","slug":"sanguina-rum-blood-orange-bitterscocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enrilemoine.com\/en\/2016\/02\/23\/sanguina-rum-blood-orange-bitterscocktail\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanguina {Rum, Blood Orange and bitters cocktail}"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sanguina. The first time I saw and tried a blood orange, was in Italy, in Brescia to be precise, where they call them sanguinelli<\/em>. Coming from a country where there were only two varieties of orange: the ones to make juice (Valencia) and the ones we ate in wedges (California), that red blood orange fascinated me, like its juice that Italians suggestively call sanguinella<\/em>.<\/div>\n
\"Sanguina<\/a>Years later, while living in Southern California, I wanted to have\u00a0my own blood orange tree. This never happened and I ended up living in South Florida, where blood oranges are an exotic fruit imported from California and Texas.<\/div>\n
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In Italy, blood oranges grown in Sicily, in the fertile lands of the eastern provinces of Catania, Enna, Racusa and Siracusa are known as Arancia Rossa di Sicilia<\/em> and are protected by a denomination of origin (Indicazione Geografica Protetta.)<\/em><\/div>\n
\"Sanguina<\/a>When I recently saw blood oranges at the grocery store, I didn\u2019t think twice and bought a bag of these oranges characterized by the dark red pigmentation of its pulp, which is attributed to its high content of anthocyanin, a flavonoid which is a wonderful antioxidant.<\/div>\n
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History, geography and chemistry aside, it had been years, literally, since I wanted to make a drink with the unique Sanguinelli oranges. So, here I go.<\/div>\n
\"Sanguina<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
This concoction is made out of Ron de Venezuela<\/em> and of course blood oranges. Since I love bitters and amaros<\/em>, I added some bitter liquor (I used Luxardo Bitters) and Angostura orange bitters too.<\/div>\n
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I think this is the perfect well balanced aperitif I hope you like my recipe. Cheers to blood oranges!<\/div>\n
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