I tried the TikTok-famous negroni sbagliato drink ‘House of the Dragon’ star Emma D’Arcy loves. The ingredients cost me $75 but it was worth it.

I like negronis (though I prefer them with mezcal over gin), but this one was a bit bitter when I followed the recipe strictly. It was better when I customized it. Insider/Mara Leighton I tried the negroni that’s taken over TikTok since Emma D’Arcy called it their favorite drink.

Users are enchanted by D’Arcy’s “seductive” delivery of “negroni sbagliato. . .

with prosecco in it. ” The drink is a light, summery iteration of a negroni — a relative to the Aperol sprtiz. A clip of actor Emma D’Arcy describing their favorite drink has blown up on TikTok.

@hbomax I’ll take one of each. #houseofthedragon ♬ a negroni sbagliato w prosecco l hbo max – hbomax “House of the Dragon” star Emma D’Arcy set TikTok ablaze with an October 1 video of an interview with co-star Olivia Cooke.  The clip shows D’Arcy answering the question, “what’s your drink of choice?” read by Cooke, with “A negroni .

. . sbagliato .

. . with prosecco in it.

“”Oh, stunning,” Cooke replied. The original TikTok has been viewed 11. 7 million times, and the “negroni sbagliato” audio has been used as the soundtrack to over 17,000 videos.

TikTok is awash with stitched recipes and reviews, explainers of the drink’s history, and corrections that “sbagliato with prosecco in it” was a clarification by D’Arcy for Cooke and technically redundant (so don’t order it that way). Viewers can’t get enough of the moment D’Arcy describes a ‘negroni, sbagliato. .

. with Prosecco in it. ‘TikTok/@HBOMaxViewers have become enamored with D’Arcy’s “deep” and “seductive” voice and the chemistry they think is palpable in Cooke-D’Arcy interviews.

On-screen, there may be some weight to this: Emily Carey (who plays the younger version of Cooke’s character Alicent and identifies as queer) previously told Insider her initial reaction to the script was that Rhaenyra and Alicent are “in love a little bit,” and that the actors played around with this on screen, as Insider’s Kim Renfro previously reported.  “It’s 100% something we were conscious of,” Carey said in August. “And so if it reads on screen, it was purposeful.

” What is the negroni sbagliato?Mara Leighton/InsiderThe negroni sbagliato is a negroni — Campari, sweet vermouth, and an orange garnish — but with prosecco in replacement of the typical gin. According to Bon Appetit, the cocktail’s folklore story is that a bartender accidentally added prosecco to the glass instead of gin one day.  In Italian, the word “sbagliato” literally translates to “wrong.

“Keen to find out what the internet’s current favorite drink actually tastes like, I decided to try my hand at making it. Altogether, I spent $75 buying the ingredients — prosecco, Campari, sweet vermouth, and a lone orange to be peeled for garnish. Mara Leighton/InsiderGin — herbaceous and pine-like — is my least favorite type of alcohol, though I don’t typically mind it in a good (read: balanced) negroni.

Typically, though, I order mine with mezcal.   I anticipated liking the negroni sbagliato. After all, we’re replacing gin (my least favorite part of the drink) with something I love: a light prosecco.

 The ingredients cost me around $75 — but it’s worth noting I was buying them from scratch, and a bottle of Campari or sweet vermouth will last me a long time. If I’m making drinks for a group, this seems like a good option; it’s light, requires less than 10 minutes to make, and you don’t need to use large quantities of any ingredient aside from maybe, depending on your preferences, prosecco. If you do plan on using a lot of prosecco, you can also buy an affordable option without much sacrifice in terms of taste, since most of that is coming from the other ingredients.

 I made the drink at home following this Food52 recipe (the cocktail is meant to be equal-parts everything, so standard recipes tend not to deviate):One ounce of CampariOne ounce of sweet vermouthOne ounce of prosecco (add more as you wish)One orange for garnish or dropped in as a sliceI filled the glass with ice. Mara Leighton/InsiderI dropped in an ounce of campari, and an ounce of sweet vermouth. Mara Leighton/InsiderNext, I splashed in an ounce of prosecco.

Mara Leighton/InsiderThe standard recipes are all equal parts, though you can add more prosecco as you see fit. Then I dropped a freshly cut orange peel into the mix. Mara Leighton/InsiderIt was a bit intensely bitter for my taste, so I added more prosecco and another orange peel.

Mara Leighton/InsiderThe prosecco is light and sparkling, so it increases how refreshing the drink tastes — but it doesn’t offset the bitter citrus negroni taste as effectively as a liquor might. If you love bitterness, this is fantastic news for you. If you want something sweeter and lighter, you’ll need to add more prosecco to dilute the sweet vermouth and Campari — which is what I did.

And then a whole wedge of orange. Mara Leighton/InsiderFinally, I added the orange, which also helped offset some of the Campari’s bitterness. This was a better ratio for me personally — less starkly bitter and more light and summery.

I like negronis (though I prefer them with mezcal over gin), but this one was a bit bitter when I followed the recipe strictly. It was better when I customized it. Insider/Mara LeightonOnce I added the orange wedge and played with the ratios until there was probably two-thirds of the light and fizzy prosecco in the glass, drinking it felt like being transported into a mid-summer afternoon — sitting on a sidewalk cafe, leisurely people-watching.

 As some taste-testers have noted, it also grows on you. At first, the bitterness is a punch to your taste buds. Like other negronis, as that initial shock dulled, it tasted more balanced.

All in all, once I played with the ratios, the negroni sbagliato was delicious and easy, and I’ll probably make it en masse for guests in the summer. Mara Leighton/InsiderThis was an easy cocktail to make — and I’ll likely make it in batches for summertime soirees. It’s also especially good for fans of the similarly refreshing-meets-bitter Aperol spritz.

I’d order it at a bar — though I’ll probably stick to heavier, smokier mezcal negronis for the winter. Given the 11 million views of the original TikTok, and the app’s blushing fixation on D’Arcy’s pronouncement of “sbagliato. .

. with prosecco in it,” the negroni sbagliato is an early contender for the drink of the season. Read the original article on Insider.