Suze Tonic

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This drink, from Rebekah Peppler’s Apéritif: How to Cocktail the French Way, uses the bittersweet French liqueur Suze, but you can substitute Campari or high quality sweet vermouth. This calls for Angostura bitters but other bitters you have on hand would be equally delicious. Peppler recommends using a Q, Fever Tree, or Fentiman’s tonic water, all of which are less sweet than other major brands.

Reprinted from Apéritif: Cocktail Hour the French Way. Copyright © 2018 by Rebekah Peppler. Photographs by Joann Pai. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.