Hugo Cocktail – with Prosecco or White Wine
The Hugo Spritz Cocktail is the younger, hipper cousin of the Aperol Spritz. The refreshing and bubbly Italian cocktail contains prosecco (or wine), elderflower syrup, soda water, mint, and lime.
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients
- 2 sprigs fresh mint
- 1/4 lime
- 2/3 cups (160 ml) chilled prosecco (or dry white wine)
- 1.5 tablespoons (20 ml) elderflower syrup/cordial (store-bought or homemade; if not on hand use elderflower liqueur)
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) chilled sparkling water (= soda water)
- Ice cubes
Instructions
- Rinse mint. Pick 3 mint leaves from the bottom of the sprig. Gently muddle between your fingers to release the oils and place in a wine glass.
- Cut a quarter of a lime into slices or small pieces. Squeeze out the juice of one or two of the pieces and add it to the glass together with the rest of the lime. You will not need to add more than ¼ of a lime cut in pieces/slices total per cocktail.
- Add prosecco, elderflower syrup and sparkling water. Gently stir to combine.
- Top with some ice cubes. Garnish with the remaining mint.
Notes
Non-alcoholic Hugo mocktail: For making a Hugo mocktail, replace the prosecco with white grape juice and add an additional squeeze of lime juice to make up for the sweetness of the grape juice. Or simply use non-alcoholic sparkling wine.