August 2015 recipe -Taste USA

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Ritz fizz 1

How to make ritz fizz 1 cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 Champagne flutes
equipment mixing glass
2 dashes blue Curaçao
2 dashes lemon juice
2 dashes Amaretto di Saronno
chilled Champagne, to top up
lemon rind spirals, to decorate

Method:
Pour the Curaçao, lemon juice and Amaretto into a mixing glass and mix together.

Transfer to Champagne flutes and top up with chilled Champagne. Stir gently to mix, decorate each glass with a lemon rind spiral and serve.

For a Ritz Fizz 2, mix equal measures of crème de cassis, Poire William and chilled Champagne and serve in chilled Champagne flutes. This is easy to drink but deceptively strong.

Ritz fizz 1

aria classic

How to make aria classic cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled Champagne flutes
2 brown sugar cubes
6 drops Angostura bitters
2 measures Grand Marnier
chilled Champagne, to top up
orange twists, to decorate

Method:
Put a sugar cube in the bottom of each glass and add 3 drops of bitters to each.

Add the Grand Marnier and stir briefly. Top up with chilled Champagne, decorate each glass with an orange twist and serve.

For a Frobisher, which is stronger stuff, fill highball glasses with ice, add a couple of shakes of Angostura bitters and 1 measure of gin to each one and top up with chilled Champagne.

aria classic

bellini

How to make bellini cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 Champagne flutes
equipment mixing glass
4 measures peach juice
8 measures chilled Champagne
2 dashes grenadine (optional)
peach wedges, to decorate

Method:
Mix together the peach juice and chilled Champagne in a large mixing glass. Add the grenadine (if used).

Pour into 2 Champagne flutes, decorate each glass with a peach wedge and serve.

For a Mango Bellini, to serve 1, a fruity variation on the theme, pour 3 measures of mango juice into a Champagne flute and top up with chilled pink Champagne.

bellini

champagne julep

How to make champagne julep cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment muddling stick
4 mint sprigs, plus extra to decorate
2 tablespoons sugar syrup
crushed ice
2 measures brandy
chilled Champagne, to top up

Method:
Put 2 mint sprigs and 1 tablespoon sugar syrup into each glass and muddle together.

Fill the glasses with crushed ice, then add the brandy. Top up with chilled Champagne and stir gently.

Decorate with mint sprigs and serve.

For a Champagne Cooler, which couldn’t be simpler, replace the sugar syrup with 1 measure of Cointreau.

champagne julep

e=mc2 cocktail

How to make e=mc2 cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 Champagne flutes
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
crushed ice cubes
4 measures Southern Comfort
2 measures lemon juice
1 measure maple syrup
chilled Champagne, to top up
lemon rind strips, to decorate

Method:
Put 8–10 crushed ice cubes into a cocktail shaker. Pour the Southern Comfort, lemon juice and maple syrup over the ice and shake until a frost forms on the outside of the shaker.

Strain into 2 Champagne flutes and top up with chilled Champagne. Decorate with a lemon rind strip and serve.

For Paddy’s Night, a sparkling green cocktail, pour 1 measure each of crème de menthe and Irish whiskey into a cocktail shaker with some ice cubes. Shake, strain into 2 Champagne flutes and top up with chilled Champagne.

e=mc2 cocktail

Riviera fizz

How to make riviera fizz cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled Champagne flutes
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
3 measures sloe gin
1 measure lemon juice
1 measure sugar syrup
ice cubes
chilled Champagne, to top up
lemon twists, to decorate

Method:
Put the sloe gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker and add some ice cubes.

Shake and strain into 2 chilled Champagne flutes. Top up with chilled Champagne, stir and decorate each glass with a lemon twist.

For a Classic Champagne Cocktail, the ultimate sparkling drink, place a sugar cube in each Champagne flute, saturate it with Angostura bitters then add 1 measure of brandy. Top up with chilled Champagne.

Riviera fizz

Lush crush

How to make lush crush cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled Champagne flutes
equipment muddling stick, cocktail shaker, strainer
4 strawberries, plus extra to decorate
2 dashes sugar syrup
4 lime wedges
2 measures Absolut Kurant vodka
ice cubes
chilled Champagne, to top up

Method:
Muddle the strawberries, sugar syrup and lime wedges in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add the vodka and some ice cubes.

Shake and double-strain into 2 chilled Champagne flutes. Top up with chilled Champagne, decorate each glass with a sliced strawberry and serve.

For a Champino, which is equally sparkling but rather less fruity than the Lush Crush, shake 2 measures of Campari with 2½ measures of sweet vermouth and plenty of ice, then strain into chilled martini glasses. Top up with chilled Champagne. This cocktail has a pleasant, bittersweet aftertaste.

Lush crush

buck’s twizz

How to make buck’s twizz cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled Champagne saucers
2 measures chilled orange juice
1 measure maraschino liqueur
2 measures Absolut Mandarin vodka
chilled Champagne, to top up
rindless pink grapefruit slices, to decorate

Method:
Pour the orange juice and maraschino into 2 chilled Champagne saucers.

Add the vodka and Champagne at the same time (this prevents excessive fizzing). Decorate with rindless pink grapefruit slices and serve.

For a Buck’s Fizz, that much-loved party drink, you need a mixture of orange juice and Champagne. Use about 250 ml (8 fl oz) of fresh orange juice to a bottle of chilled Champagne and mix them in a large jug.

buck’s twizz

lime fizz

How to make lime fizz cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled Champagne flutes
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
2 lime wedges
2 measures lime vodka
2 measures orange juice
ice cubes
chilled Champagne, to top up
lime rind twists, to decorate

Method:
Squeeze the lime wedges into a cocktail shaker and add the vodka and orange juice with some ice cubes.

Shake briefly and double-strain into 2 chilled Champagne flutes. Top up with chilled Champagne and decorate with lime rind twists.

For a Grand Mimosa, another fruity and refreshing sparkler, to serve 1, pour 1 measure of Grand Marnier and 1 measure fresh orange juice into a Champagne flute, add some ice and top up with chilled Champagne.

lime fizz

Russian spring punch

How to make Russian spring punch cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
ice cubes
1 measure crème de cassis
2 measures lemon juice
4 tablespoons sugar syrup
chilled Champagne, to top up
4 measures Absolut vodka
To decorate
lemon slices
mixed berries

Method:
Fill 2 highball glasses with ice cubes. Pour over the crème de cassis, lemon juice and sugar syrup.

Add the Champagne and vodka at the same time (this prevents excessive fizzing) and stir. Decorate each glass with a lemon slice and some berries and serve.

For a Kir Champagne Royale, which is not as strong as the Russian Spring Punch, to serve 1, put 1 teaspoon of vodka into a Champagne flute, add 2 teaspoons of crème de cassis and top up with chilled Champagne.

Russian spring punch

planter’s punch

How to make planter’s punch recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
4 measures Myer’s Jamaican Planter’s Punch rum
8 drops Angostura bitters
1 measure lime juice
4 measures chilled water
2 measures sugar syrup
ice cubes
To decorate
orange slices
lime slices

Method:
Put the rum, bitters, lime juice, water and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker and add some ice cubes.

Shake and strain into 2 ice-filled highball glasses. Decorate with slices of orange and lime and serve.

For a Tempo, a quick alternative to a planter’s punch, put 3 cracked ice cubes into each glass and pour 1 measure each of white rum and lime juice and ½ measure of crème de cacao into each one. Add a dash of

Angostura bitters, stir, top up with lemonade and decorate with slices of lime.

planter’s punch

Pimm's cocktail

How to make pimm's cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment muddling stick
ice cubes
2 measures Pimm’s No. 1
2 measures gin
4 measures lemonade
4 measures ginger ale
To decorate
cucumber strips
blueberries
orange slices
Fill 2 highball glass with ice cubes.

Method:
Add the remaining ingredients, one by one in order, over the ice. Decorate with cucumber strips, blueberries and orange slices and serve.

For On the Lawn, which is more powerful than the classic Pimm’s Cocktail but just as refreshing, fill 2 highball glasses with ice and fresh fruit, add 2 measures of Pimm’s No. 1 and 2 measures of gin to each one and top up with lemonade and ginger ale.

Pimm's cocktail

sangria

How to make Sangria cocktail recipe

serves 10–12

Ingredients:
glasses wine glasses
equipment very large jug
ice cubes
2 bottles light Spanish red wine, chilled
5 measures brandy
orange, lemon and apple wedges
lemon slices
cinnamon sticks
about 450 ml (¾ pint) chilled lemonade, to top up

Method:
Put some ice cubes into a very large jug. Add the wine, brandy, fruit wedges and one cinnamon stick and stir well.

Top up with lemonade when you are ready to serve, and stir. Serve in glasses decorated with lemon slices and cinnamon sticks.

For a White Sangria, use white wine instead of red. To serve 6 people, pour 2 large glasses of dry white wine into a jug, add 2 measures of lemon vodka, 2 of peach schnapps, 2 of peach purée, 1 of lemon juice and 1 of lime juice. Chill for 12 hours or overnight in the refrigerator. Just before serving, add ice cubes and 1 measure each of freshly squeezed lemon and lime juice and top up with lemonade.

sangria

bedtime bouncer

How to make Bedtime bouncer cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment mixing glass, straws
4 measures brandy
2 measures Cointreau
10 measures bitter lemon
ice cubes
lemon rind spirals, to decorate

Method:
Pour the brandy, Cointreau and bitter lemon into a mixing glass and stir well.

Put 8–12 ice cubes in 2 highball glasses and pour the mixture over the ice. Decorate with lemon rind spirals and serve with straws.

For a Bouncing Bomb, use Curaçao instead of Cointreau and top up with soda water rather than bitter lemon.

bedtime bouncer

long island iced tea

How to make long island iced tea recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
1 measure vodka
1 measure gin
1 measure white rum
1 measure tequila
1 measure Cointreau
1 measure lemon juice
ice cubes
cola, to top up
lemon slices, to decorate

Method:
Put the vodka, gin, rum, tequila, Cointreau and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker with some ice cubes and shake to mix.

Strain into 2 highball glasses filled with ice cubes and top up with cola. Decorate with lemon slices and serve.

For a Camber Sands Iced Tea, the British equivalent of the potent Long Island Iced Tea, shake 4 measures of lemon vodka with 200 ml (7 fl oz) of Earl Grey tea, 50 ml (2 fl oz) of cranberry juice and 12 mint leaves, a dash of sugar syrup, some lemon juice and plenty of ice. Strain over ice into 2 highball glasses and decorate with lemon slices and mint leaves.

long island iced tea

Tijuana sling cocktail

How to make tijuana sling cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment cocktail shaker
3½ measures tequila
1½ measures crème de cassis
1½ measures lime juice
4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
ice cubes
7 measures ginger ale
To decorate
lime slices
blueberries

Method:
Pour the tequila, crème de cassis, lime juice and bitters into a cocktail shaker. Add 8–10 ice cubes and shake vigorously.

Pour into 2 highball glasses without straining and top up with the ginger ale. Decorate with lime slices and blueberries and serve.

For a Border Crossing, which makes a good summer drink, use tequila gold instead of tequila, 2 measures of lime juice, 1 teaspoon honey and a several dashes of orange bitters. Top up the 2 highball glasses with ginger ale and decorate with blueberries and lime wedges.

Tijuana sling cocktail

Virginia mint julep cocktail

How to make virginia mint julep cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment muddling stick
18 mint sprigs, plus extra to decorate
2 teaspoons sugar syrup
crushed ice
6 measures bourbon

Method:
Muddle half the mint and sugar syrup in the bottom of each glass (or, traditionally, iced silver mugs).

Fill the glasses with crushed ice. Pour the bourbon over the ice and stir gently. Pack in more crushed ice and stir until a frost forms on the outside of the glasses. Wrap each glass in a table napkin and serve decorated with a mint sprig.

For a Mint Julep, which dates from 1803, use 4 measures of bourbon instead of 6 and add 8 dashes of Angostura bitters to the muddled mixture, then pour into 2 highball glasses.

Virginia mint julep cocktail

Classic martini cocktail

How to make classic martini cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled martini glasses
equipment mixing glass, strainer, cocktail sticks
ice cubes
1 measure dry vermouth
6 measures gin
stuffed green olives, to decorate
Put 10–12 ice cubes into a mixing glass.

Method:
Pour over the vermouth and gin and stir (never shake) vigorously and evenly without splashing. Strain into 2 chilled martini glasses, decorate each with a green olive and serve.

For a Smoky Martini, an interesting twist on the classic martini, to serve 1, put some ice cubes into a mixing glass, add ¼ measure dry vermouth and stir until the ice cubes are well coated. Pour in 2 measures of gin and 1 measure of sloe gin then add 5 drops of orange bitters. Stir well, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass and add an orange twist.

Classic martini cocktail

White lady cocktail

How to make white lady cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled martini glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
2 measures gin
2 measures Cointreau
2 measures lemon juice
lemon twists

Method:
Pour the gin, Cointreau and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker.

Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses, add a twist of lemon to each and serve.

For a Lady of Leisure, which is a pretty pink cocktail, use 2 measures of gin, 1 measure of Chambord and 1 measure of Cointreau, a dash of lemon juice and 50 ml (2 fl oz) of pineapple juice. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses and decorate with strips of orange rind.

White lady cocktail

Negroni cocktail

How to make Negroni cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 old-fashioned glasses
equipment mixing glass, strainer
ice cubes
2 measures Plymouth gin
2 measures Campari
2 measures red vermouth
soda water, to top up (optional)
orange wedges, to decorate

Method:
Put some ice cubes into a mixing glass and fill 2 old-fashioned glasses with ice cubes.

Add the gin, Campari and vermouth to the mixing glass, stir briefly to mix and strain over the ice in the glasses. Top up with soda water, if liked. Decorate each glass with some orange wedges and serve.

For a Bronx, a more citrussy version, use 2 measures of sweet vermouth instead of the Campari and 2 measures of dry vermouth instead of the red vermouth. Serve in 2 chilled martini glasses and top up with fresh orange juice.

Negroni cocktail

Tom collins cocktail

How to make Tom collins cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
4 measures gin
3 teaspoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons sugar syrup
ice cubes
soda water, to top up
lemon slices, to decorate

Method:
Put the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup into 2 highball glasses.

Stir well and fill the glasses with ice cubes. Top up with soda water, add a lemon slice to each glass and serve.

For a Pedro Collins, replace the gin with rum, and for a Pierre Collins, use brandy instead.

Tom collins cocktail

Cuba libre cocktail

How to make Cuba libre cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment straws
ice cubes
4 measures golden rum, such as Havana Club 3-year-old
juice of 1 lime
cola, to top up
lime wedges

Method:
Fill 2 highball glasses with ice cubes. Pour over the rum and lime juice and stir.

Top up with cola, decorate with lime wedges and serve with straws.

For a First the Money, a minty alternative to a Cuba Libre, muddle 8 lime wedges with 2 dashes of crème de menthe. Add some crushed ice, 2 measures of dark rum and 2 measures of coffee liqueur. Serve over ice in 2 old-fashioned glasses and top up with cola.

Cuba libre cocktail

Mojito cocktail

How to make mojito cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment muddling stick
16 mint leaves, plus sprigs to decorate
1 lime, cut into wedges
4 teaspoons cane sugar crushed ice
5 measures white rum soda water, to top up

Method:
Muddle the mint leaves, lime and sugar in the bottom of 2 highball glasses and fill with crushed ice.

Add the rum, stir and top up with soda water. Decorate with mint sprigs and serve.

For a Limon Mojito, a citrus version of the classic Mojito, muddle the quarters of 2 limes with 4 teaspoons of soft brown sugar and 16 mint leaves in the bottom of 2 highball glasses, then add 4 measures of Limon

Bacardi rum instead of the 5 measures of white rum. Stir and top up with soda water, if you like. Decorate with lemon and lime slices and drink through straws.

Mojito cocktail

Hair raiser cocktail

How to make Hair raiser cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment straws
cracked ice cubes
2 measures vodka
2 measures sweet vermouth
2 measures tonic water
lemon and lime rind spirals, to decorate

Method:
Put 2–4 cracked ice cubes into 2 highball glasses and pour over the vodka, vermouth and tonic water.

Stir lightly, decorate with the lemon and lime rind spirals and serve with straws.

For a Le Mans, another refreshing drink, replace the vermouth with Cointreau and the tonic water with soda water. Decorate with lemon wedges.

Hair raiser cocktail

Fragrance cocktail

How to make fragrance cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer, straws
ice cubes, plus crushed ice to serve
3 measures vodka
1 measure Midori
2 measures lemon juice
2 measures pineapple juice
2 dashes sugar syrup
2 lemon wedges

Method:
Put 8–12 ice cubes with the vodka, Midori, fruit juices and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker and shake.

Strain into 2 highball glasses filled with crushed ice. Squeeze a lemon wedge over each drink, drop it in and serve with straws.

For a Machete, which is not quite so sweet, shake 2 measures of vodka with 4 measures of pineapple juice and plenty of ice. Strain over ice into 2 highball glasses and top up with tonic water.

Fragrance cocktail

Horizon cocktail

How to make horizon cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled martini glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
3 measures Zubrowka Bison Grass vodka
1 measure Xante pear liqueur
2 measures pressed apple juice
2 teaspoons passion fruit liqueur
2 dashes lemon juice ice cubes lemon twists, to decorate (optional)

Method:
Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with some ice cubes.

Shake and double-strain into chilled martini glasses, decorate each with a lemon twist, if you like, and serve.

For a Cosmopolitan, another fruity vodka combination, shake together 2 measures of vodka, 1 measure of Cointreau, 2 measures of cranberry juice, the juice of 1 lime and some cracked ice. Strain into 2 chilled martini glasses and decorate with orange twists.

Horizon cocktail

mexican mule

How to make mexican mule cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment muddling stick
2 limes
2 dashes sugar syrup
crushed ice
2 measures José Cuervo Gold tequila
2 measures Kahlúa coffee liqueur
ginger ale, to top up

Method:
Cut the limes into wedges. Put half in each highball glass and muddle with the sugar syrup.

Half-fill each glass with crushed ice, add the tequila and Kahlúa, stir and top up with ginger ale.

For a Moscow Mule, an American favourite from the 1950s, put 6–8 cracked ice cubes in a cocktail shaker, add 4 measures of vodka and the freshly squeezed juice of 4 limes and shake well. Pour, without straining, into 2 highball glasses over ice and top up with ginger beer.

mexican mule

Goombay smash

How to make goombay smash cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 old-fashioned glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer, cocktail sticks
3 measures coconut rum
2 measures cachaça
1 measure apricot brandy
1 measure lime juice
8 measures pineapple juice
ice cubes
To decorate
pineapple wedges
lime twists
maraschino cherries

Method:
Put the rum, cachaça, brandy, lime juice and pineapple juice in a cocktail shaker and add some ice cubes.

Shake and strain over more ice into 2 old-fashioned glasses. Decorate each glass with a pineapple slice, a lime twist and some cherries and serve.

To make a Banana Royal, which has the same essential ingredients, to serve 1, blend some crushed ice with 1½ measures each of coconut milk and golden rum, 3 measures of pineapple juice, ½ measure of double

cream and a banana. Process until smooth and creamy then serve in a highball glass and sprinkle with desiccated coconut.

Goombay smash

Monte Carlo sling

How to make Monte Carlo sling cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment muddling stick, cocktail shaker, strainer, cocktail sticks
10 seedless grapes, plus extra to decorate
crushed ice
2 measures brandy
1 measure peach liqueur
2 measures ruby port
2 measures lemon juice
1 measure orange juice
2 dashes orange bitters
4 measures Champagne

Method:
Muddle 5 grapes in the base of each highball glass, then fill the glass with crushed ice.

Put all the other ingredients, except the Champagne, into a cocktail shaker and add more ice. Shake well and strain into the glasses. Top up with the Champagne, decorate with grapes and serve.

For a Fuzzy Navel, to serve 1, one of the easiest cocktails to prepare, simply pour 1½ measures of peach liqueur into a highball glass. Add plenty of ice and top up with fresh orange juice.

Monte Carlo sling

Brandy crusta

How to make brandy crusta cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled martini glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
lemon wedges
caster sugar
4 measures brandy
1 measure orange Curaçao
1 measure maraschino liqueur
2 measures lemon juice
6 dashes Angostura bitters
ice cubes
lemon rind strips, to decorate

Method:
Moisten the rim of each glass with a lemon wedge, then dip it in the caster sugar.

Put the brandy, Curaçao, maraschino, lemon juice and bitters into a cocktail shaker with some ice cubes and shake well. Strain into the glasses, decorate each with lemon rind strips and serve.

For a Rum Crusta, use dark rum and zesty Cointreau instead of the brandy and Curaçao, use lime juice instead of lemon juice and omit the bitters.

Brandy crusta

South for the summer cocktail

How to make south for the summer cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment food processor
4 teaspoons grenadine
4 measures tequila
6 measures orange juice
8 fresh pineapple chunks
crushed ice
pineapple leaves, to decorate
orange rind spirals, to decorate

Method:
Pour half the grenadine gently into each glass. Put the tequila, orange juice and pineapple chunks into a food processor or blender with some crushed ice and blend until slushy.

Pour the mixture over the grenadine. Decorate each glass with a pineapple leaf and an orange rind spiral and stir just before serving.

For a Tequila Sunrise, put 5–6 ice cubes in a cocktail shaker, add 3 measures of tequila and 200 ml (7 fl oz) of fresh orange juice and shake to mix. Strain into 2 highball glasses over plenty of ice, then slowly pour 2 teaspoons of grenadine into each one, allowing it to settle. Decorate each glass with an orange slice.

South for the summer cocktail

playa del mar

How to make playa del mar cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
2 orange slices
light brown sugar and sea salt, mixed
ice cubes
2½ measures tequila gold
1½ measures Grand Marnier
4 teaspoons lime juice
1½ measures cranberry juice
1½ measures pineapple juice
pineapple wedges, to decorate
orange rind spirals, to decorate

Method:
Frost the rim of each glass by moistening it with an orange slice, then pressing it into the sugar and salt mixture.

Fill each glass with ice cubes. Pour the tequila, Grand Marnier and fruit juices into a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker with ice cubes and shake vigorously for 10 seconds, then strain into the glasses. Decorate each glass with a pineapple wedge and an orange rind spiral.

For a Sunburn, another tequila gold cocktail, to serve 1, fill a highball glass with ice, add 2 measures of tequila gold, 1 tablespoon of Cointreau and 150 ml (1?4 pint) of cranberry juice. Decorate with an orange slice, if you like.

playa del mar

Offshore cocktail

How to make offshore cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 hurricane glasses
equipment food processor
2 measures white rum
2 measures tequila gold
12 mint leaves, plus extra to decorate
4 pineapple chunks
6 measures pineapple juice
2 measures single cream
crushed ice

Method:
Put the rum, tequila, mint leaves, pineapple chunks, pineapple juice and single cream in a food processor or blender with some crushed ice and blend until the mixture is slushy.

Transfer to 2 hurricane glasses, decorate with mint leaves and serve.

For an Acapulco, another cocktail combining rum and tequila, put 2 measures each of ordinary tequila and white rum in an ice-filled shaker with 4 measures of pineapple juice, 2 measures of grapefruit juice and 2 measures of coconut syrup. Shake well. then strain into 2 highball glasses filled with ice.

Offshore cocktail

Bourbon peach smash cocktail

How to make bourbon peach smash cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 old-fashioned glasses
equipment muddling stick, cocktail shaker, strainer
12 mint leaves, plus sprigs to decorate
6 peach slices
6 lemon slices, plus twists to decorate
4 teaspoons caster sugar
4 measures bourbon
ice cubes, plus crushed ice to serve

Method:
Muddle the mint leaves, peach and lemon slices and sugar in a cocktail shaker.

Add the bourbon and some ice cubes and shake well. Strain over cracked ice into 2 old-fashioned glasses.

Decorate each with a mint sprig and a lemon slice.

For a Rhett Butler, another fruity bourbon concoction, half-fill a shaker with ice, then add 4 measures of bourbon, 8 measures of cranberry juice, 4 tablespoons of sugar syrup and 2 tablespoons of lime juice and shake well. Strain into 2 old-fashioned glasses filled with ice.

Bourbon peach smash cocktail

Singapore sling cocktail

How to make singapore sling cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer, cocktail sticks
ice cubes
2 measures gin
1 measure cherry brandy
½ measure Cointreau
½ measure Benedictine
1 measure grenadine
1 measure lime juice
10 measures pineapple juice
1–2 dashes Angostura bitters
To decorate
pineapple wedges
maraschino cherries

Method:
Half-fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes and put some ice cubes into each highball glass. Add the remaining ingredients to the shaker and shake until a frost forms on the outside of the shaker.

Strain over the ice into the glasses. Decorate each one with a pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry and serve.

For a Gin Sling, shake the juice of 1 lemon, 2 measures of cherry brandy and 6 measures of gin with plenty of ice. Strain into 2 highball glasses filled with ice and top up with soda water.

Singapore sling cocktail

Berry collins cocktail

How to make berry collins cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment muddling stick
8 raspberries, plus extra to decorate
8 blueberries, plus extra to decorate
1–2 dashes strawberry syrup
crushed ice
4 measures gin
4 teaspoons lemon juice
sugar syrup, to taste
soda water, to top up
lemon slices, to decorate

Method:
Muddle half the berries and strawberry syrup in the bottom of each highball glass, then fill each glass with crushed ice.

Add the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup. Stir well, then top up with soda water. Decorate with raspberries, blueberries and a lemon slice.

For a Lemon Grass Collins, to serve 1, put 2 measures of lemon grass vodka in a highball glass full of crushed ice, then layer ½ measure of vanilla liqueur, a dash of lemon juice, some sugar syrup and top up with ginger beer.

Berry collins cocktail

Orange blossom cocktail recipe

How to make orange blossom cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment muddling stick, straws
8 orange slices, plus wedges to decorate
4 teaspoons almond syrup
crushed ice
4 measures gin
2 measures pink grapefruit juice
6 dashes Angostura bitters

Method:
Muddle half the orange slices and syrup in the bottom of each highball glass. Fill the glasses with crushed ice and pour in the gin.

Stir, top with grapefruit juice and bitters and decorate with orange wedges. Serve with straws.

For The Fix, an even fruitier gin cocktail, mix 4 measures of gin with a dash each of lime, lemon and pineapple juice and 1 measure of Cointreau in a cocktail shaker full of ice. Strain into 2 chilled glasses.

Orange blossom cocktail recipe

Moon river cocktail

How to make moon river cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled martini glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
ice cubes
1 measure dry gin
1 measure apricot brandy
1 measure Cointreau
½ measure Galliano
½ measure lemon juice
maraschino cherries, to decorate

Method:
Put some ice cubes into a cocktail shaker. Pour the gin, apricot brandy, Cointreau, Galliano and lemon juice over the ice.

Shake, then strain into 2 large chilled martini glasses. Decorate each with a cherry.

For a Maiden’s Prayer, pour 4 measures of gin into a cocktail shaker with some ice, add 4 measures of Cointreau and 2 measures of orange juice. Shake well, then strain into 2 chilled martini glasses.

Moon river cocktail

Strawberry daiquiri cocktail

How to make strawberry daiquiri cocktail recipe

makes 1

Ingredients:
glasses 1 chilled martini glass
equipment muddling stick, cocktail shaker, strainer
3 strawberries, hulled
dash of strawberry syrup
6 mint leaves, plus a sprig to decorate
2 measures golden rum
2 measures lime juice
strawberry slice, to decorate

Method:
Muddle the strawberries, syrup and mint leaves in the bottom of a cocktail shaker.

Add the rum and lime juice, shake with ice and double-strain into a chilled martini glass. Decorate with a strawberry slice and a sprig of mint.

For a Melon Daiquiri, to serve 1, shake 2 measures of rum, 1 measure of lime juice and ½ measure of Midori with plenty of crushed ice, then strain into a chilled martini glass. Decorate with a small wedge of melon.

Strawberry daiquiri cocktail

Pineapple mojito cocktail

How to make pineapple mojito cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment muddling stick, cocktail shaker, strainer
1 lime
12 mint leaves, plus extra to decorate
8 pineapple chunks, plus wedges to decorate
4 teaspoons brown sugar
4 measures golden rum
crushed ice
pineapple juice, to top up

Method:
Cut the lime into wedges and muddle with the mint, pineapple chunks and sugar in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add the rum and shake with crushed ice.

Pour into 2 highball glasses, top up with crushed ice and pineapple juice and stir. Decorate with a pineapple wedge and a mint sprig.

For a Pink Mojito, to serve 1, muddle 6 mint leaves, the juice of half a lime, 2 teaspoons of sugar syrup and 3 raspberries in a highball glass. Add a handful of crushed ice, then pour in 1½ measures of white rum and ½ measure of Chambord. Stir well, then top up with cranberry juice and decorate with mint sprigs.

Pineapple mojito cocktail

Red rum cocktail

How to make red rum cocktail recipe

makes 2

Method:
glasses 2 chilled martini glasses
equipment muddling stick, cocktail shaker, strainer
handful of redcurrants, plus extra to decorate
1 measure sloe gin
4 measures Bacardi 8-year-old rum
1 measure lemon juice
1 measure vanilla syrup
ice cubes

Method:
Muddle the redcurrants and sloe gin together in the bottom of a cocktail shaker.

Add the rum, lemon juice and vanilla syrup and some ice cubes.

Shake and double-strain into 2 chilled martini glasses, decorate with some redcurrants and serve.

For a Rude Jude, another delectable fruity concoction, put 2 measures of white rum and a generous dash each of strawberry syrup, strawberry purée and lime juice into a cocktail shaker with plenty of ice. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses.

Red rum cocktail

Papa doble cocktail

How to make papa doble cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment food processor
crushed ice
6 measures white rum
1 measure maraschino liqueur
2 measures lime juice
3 measures grapefruit juice
grapefruit slices, to decorate

Method:
Put a scoop of crushed ice into a food processor or blender with the rum, maraschino and fruit juices and blend until smooth.

Serve in 2 highball glasses with half grapefruit slices. This drink can be sweetened to taste with sugar syrup, although Hemingway, after whom this drink was named, never would have done so.

For a Cooper Cooler, another rum drink from the Caribbean, fill an old-fashioned glass with plenty of ice, add 2 measures of golden rum and a dash of lime juice and top up with ginger ale.

Papa doble cocktail

Valentine martini cocktail

How to make valentine martini cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled martini glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer, cocktail sticks
ice cubes
4 measures raspberry vodka
12 raspberries, plus extra to decorate
1 measure lime juice
2 dashes sugar syrup
lime rind spirals, to decorate

Method:
Half-fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Add all the remaining ingredients and shake until a frost forms on the outside of the shaker. Double-strain into 2 chilled martini glasses.

Decorate with the extra raspberries and a lime rind spiral on cocktail sticks and serve.

For a Watermelon Martini, squeeze the juice of half a lime into a cocktail shaker, add 8 chunks of watermelon, 3 measures of vodka, 1 measure of passion fruit liqueur and a dash of cranberry juice. Shake over ice then strain into 2 chilled martini glasses and decorate with a watermelon wedge.

Valentine martini cocktail

Gin garden martini

How to make Gin garden martini cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled martini glasses
equipment muddling stick, cocktail shaker, strainer
½ cucumber, peeled and chopped, plus extra slices to decorate
1 measure elderflower cordial
4 measures gin
2 measures pressed apple juice
ice cubes

Method:
Muddle the cucumber in the bottom of a cocktail shaker with the elderflower cordial.

Add the gin, apple juice and some ice cubes. Shake and double-strain into 2 chilled martini glasses, decorate with peeled cucumber slices and serve.

For an Apple Martini, mix 4 measures of vodka, 2 measures of apple schnapps and 2 tablespoons of apple purée in a cocktail shaker with plenty of ice cubes. Add a generous dash of lime juice and a pinch of ground cinnamon, shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses decorated with red apple wedges.

Gin garden martini

laila cocktail

How to make laila cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 chilled martini glasses
equipment muddling stick, cocktail shaker, strainer, cocktail sticks
4 lime wedges
4 strawberries
8 blueberries, plus extra to decorate
2 dashes mango purée
2 measures raspberry vodka ice cubes

Method:
Muddle the lime wedges, berries and mango purée in the bottom of a cocktail shaker.

Add the raspberry vodka and some ice cubes and shake vigorously. Double-strain into 2 chilled martini glasses, decorate with 3 extra blueberries on a cocktail stick and serve.

For a Rock Chick, which uses another fruit vodka, shake together 2 measures of blackcurrant vodka with a generous dash of peach schnapps and lime juice and plenty of ice. Strain into 2 chilled martini glasses.

laila cocktail

Green island fragrance cocktail

How to make green island fragrance cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer, straws
3 measures vodka
1 measure Midori
2 measures lemon juice
2 measures pineapple juice
2 dashes sugar syrup
ice cubes, plus crushed ice to serve
2 lemon wedges

Method:
Put the vodka, Midori, lemon juice and pineapple juice into a cocktail shaker and add the sugar syrup and some ice cubes. Put some crushed ice into the highball glasses.

Shake and strain over the ice into the glasses. Squeeze a lemon wedge over each drink, then drop it into the glass, and serve with straws.

For a Vodka Caipiroska, to serve 1, muddle together 6 lime wedges with 2 teaspoons of light brown sugar in an old-fashioned glass, then add 2 measures of vodka and top up with crushed ice.

Green island fragrance cocktail

Rising sun

How to make rising sun cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 old-fashioned glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
ice cubes
4 measures vodka
4 teaspoons passion fruit syrup
6 measures grapefruit juice
ruby grapefruit slices, to decorate

Method:
Half-fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes and put 6–8 ice cubes into each old-fashioned glass.

Add all the remaining ingredients to the shaker and shake until a frost forms on the outside of the shaker.

Strain over the ice in the glasses, decorate each with a ruby grapefruit slice and serve.

For a Harvey Wallbanger, a ’60s cocktail inspired by the Screwdriver, float a teaspoon of Galliano, the Italian herb-flavoured liqueur, over a mixture of 1 measure of vodka and 3 measures of orange juice and plenty of ice.

Rising sun

marguerite

How to make marguerite cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 old-fashioned glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
ice cubes, plus cracked ice to serve
6 measures vodka
juice of 2 lemons
juice of 1 orange
raspberry syrup, maraschino liqueur or grenadine, to taste

Method:
Put 8–10 ice cubes into a cocktail shaker. Pour the vodka, fruit juices and raspberry syrup, maraschino liqueur or grenadine over the ice. Shake until a frost forms on the outside of the shaker.

Strain into 2 old-fashioned glasses filled with cracked ice.

For a Screwdriver, one of the classic cocktails, use 1 measure of vodka to 2 measures fresh orange juice and serve over ice.

marguerite

Sex on the beach

How to make sex on the beach cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 highball glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
ice cubes
2 measures vodka
2 measures peach schnapps
2 measures cranberry juice
2 measures orange juice
2 measures pineapple juice (optional)
lemon and lime wedges, to decorate

Method:
Put 8–10 ice cubes into a cocktail shaker and add the vodka, schnapps, cranberry juice, orange juice and pineapple juice (if used). Shake well.

Put 3–4 ice cubes into each highball glass, strain over the cocktail and decorate with the lemon and lime wedges.

For Sex in the Dunes, a shorter drink with more of a kick, replace the cranberry juice and orange juice with 1 measure of Chambord, shake well and decorate each glass with pineapple chunks.

Sex on the beach

Storm at sea

How to make storm at sea cocktail recipe

makes 2

Ingredients:
glasses 2 old-fashioned glasses
equipment cocktail shaker, strainer
4 measures cranberry juice
2 measures pineapple juice
4 teaspoons elderflower cordial
16–20 ice cubes
3 measures Blavod vodka

Method:
Put the cranberry juice, pineapple juice and elderflower cordial into a cocktail shaker with half the ice

cubes and shake to mix, then strain into old-fashioned glasses over the remaining ice cubes.

Add the vodka slowly, which will separate briefly, and serve immediately.

For a Cape Codder, to serve 1, a longer, more refreshing drink, squeeze 6 lime wedges into a highball glass full of ice, add 2 measures of vodka and top up with cranberry juice.

Storm at sea