Whisky Refresher
How to Make Whisky Refresher Recipe - preparation 2 minutesServes 4
Ingredients:
100ml/3½fl oz/⅓ cup whisky or bourbon
500ml/17fl oz/2 cups lemonade
Method:
1 Fill four tumblers with crushed ice. Pour in the whisky and lemonade.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Serves 4
Ingredients:
100ml/3½fl oz/⅓ cup whisky or bourbon
500ml/17fl oz/2 cups lemonade
Method:
1 Fill four tumblers with crushed ice. Pour in the whisky and lemonade.
Pina Colada
How to Make Pina Colada Recipe - preparation 2 minutesServes 1
Ingredients:
75ml/3fl oz/5 tbsp white rum
125ml/4fl oz/½ cup pineapple juice
50ml/2fl oz/¼ cup coconut cream
Method:
1 Blend the rum, pineapple juice and coconut cream with some crushed ice. Pour into a glass or a hollowed-out pineapple half.
Daiquiri
How to Make Daiquiri Recipe - preparation 2 minutesServes 1
Ingredients:
juice of ½ lime or ¼ lemon
1 tsp sugar
25ml/1fl oz/2 tbsp white rum
Method:
1 Shake the fruit juice, sugar and rum with some crushed ice. Pour into a frosted glass.
Dry Martini
How to Make Dry Martini Recipe - preparation 2 minutesServes 1
Ingredients:
50ml/2fl oz/¼ cup French vermouth
25ml/1fl oz/2 tbsp dry gin
1 stuffed olive
Method:
1 Shake the vermouth and gin together with some crushed ice. Pour into a glass and float an olive on top
Brandy Alexander
How to Make Brandy Alexander Recipe - preparation 2 minutesServes 1
Ingredients:
25ml/1fl oz/2 tbsp brandy
25ml/1fl oz/2 tbsp crème de cacao
25ml/1fl oz/2 tbsp double (heavy) cream
a pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
Method:
1 Mix together the brandy, crème de cacao and cream. Shake well. Dust with nutmeg.
Ruby Crush
How to Make Ruby Crush Recipe - preparation 5 minutes
Serves 10
Ingredients:
1 bottle sparkling wine
300ml/½ pint/1¼ cups Calvados
1l/1¾ pints/4 cups cranberry juice, chilled
450ml/¾ pint/1¾ cups sparkling water, chilled
Method:
1 Pour the sparkling wine, Calvados and cranberry juice into a glass serving bowl.
2 Add the sparkling water and some ice.
Whisky Sour
How to Make Whisky Sour Recipe - preparation 2 minutesServes 1
Ingredients:
juice of ½ lemon
1 tsp sugar
25ml/1fl oz/2 tbsp rye whisky
Method:
1 Mix the lemon juice, sugar and whisky, and shake well with some ice.
Pink Gin
How to Make Pink Gin Recipe - preparation 2 minutesServes 1
Ingredients:
2–3 drops Angostura bitters
25ml/1fl oz/2 tbsp gin
Method:
1 Put the bitters in a glass and turn it until the sides are well coated. Add the gin and top up with iced water to taste.
Iced Coffee
How to Make Iced Coffee Recipe - preparation 5 minutes plus chillingServes 2
Ingredients:
150ml/¼ pint/scant ⅔ cup cold espresso or strong black coffee, chilled
3 tbsp coffee-flavoured liqueur
125ml/4fl oz/½ cup single (light) cream, chilled
1 tbsp sugar syrup to taste
crushed ice
Method:
1 Stir the coffee and coffee liqueur together in a jug. Cover and leave to chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes or until ready to serve.
2 Stir in the cream and sweeten to taste with sugar syrup.
3 Put some crushed ice in two tall glasses and pour the coffee over. Serve immediately.
Gin Sling
How to Make Gin Sling Recipe - preparation 10 minutesServes 6
Ingredients:
2 lemons
3 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar
150ml/¼ pint/scant ⅔ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
150ml/¼ pint/scant ⅔ cup freshly squeezed lime juice
150ml/¼ pint/scant ⅔ cup gin
ice cubes
soda water
Method:
1 Rub half a lemon around the rim of each of six glasses. Put 1 tbsp sugar on a saucer and press the rim of each glass into the sugar.
2 Put the lemon and lime juices in a cocktail shaker or screw-topped jar with the remaining sugar and the gin and shake vigorously.
3 Cut the remaining lemon into six slices.
4 Serve the gin sling over ice, topped up with soda water.
Virgin Mary
How to Make Virgin Mary Recipe - preparation 5 minutesServes 2
Ingredients:
8 ripe tomatoes
a pinch of celery salt
dash of Worcestershire sauce
dash of Tabasco sauce
150g/5oz/scant ⅔ cup low-fat natural yogurt, well chilled
4 ice cubes, crushed
2 small celery sticks to serve
Method:
1 Quarter the tomatoes and put them in a blender.
2 Season with celery salt, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco sauce. Add the yogurt and blitz until smooth.
3 Fill two large glasses with crushed ice, pour the tomato mixture over the top and serve with the celery sticks.
Planters Tea Punch
How to Make Planters Tea Punch Recipe - preparation 10 minutes plus infusing and coolingServes 2
Ingredients:
2 tsp Indian tea leaves
5cm/2in piece cinnamon stick
2 tsp caster (superfine) sugar
1 large ripe mango
juice of 3 oranges
a few ice cubes
2 cinnamon sticks to serve
Method:
1 Put the tea leaves in a heatproof jug with the cinnamon and sugar. Pour in 225ml/8fl oz/1 cup boiling water and set aside to infuse for 5 minutes.
2 Strain through a fine sieve and set aside to cool.
3 Peel and stone the mango and chop the flesh. Blitz in a blender with the orange juice and cold tea.
4 Serve in two glasses with ice and cinnamon sticks.
Orange Soda
How to Make Orange Soda Recipe - preparation 5 minutesServes 2
Ingredients:
4 medium oranges
1 lemon
2 tbsp sugar syrup
a few ice cubes
soda water, chilled
Method:
1 Cut off the peel from the oranges and lemon, removing as much white pith as possible. Chop the flesh roughly, discarding any pips, and put in a blender and blitz until smooth. Sweeten with sugar syrup to taste.
2 Divide between two glasses and add a few cubes of ice. Top up with soda water and serve immediately.
Best Sangria
How to Make Best Sangria Recipe - preparation 5 minutesServes 8
Ingredients:
2 lemons, sliced
2 oranges, sliced
1 bottle red wine
50ml/2fl oz/¼ cup brandy
750ml/1¼ pints/3 cups lemonade
ice to serve
Method:
1 Put the lemon and orange slices in a large jug.
2 Add the red wine, brandy and lemonade to the jug and stir together to mix well.
3 Serve the sangria in tall glasses with plenty of ice.
Mulled Wine
How to Make Mulled Wine Recipe - preparation 10 minutes plus infusing cooking time 10–15 minutesServes 6
Ingredients:
2 oranges
6 cloves
1 bottle fruity red wine
50ml/2fl oz/¼ cup brandy
1 cinnamon stick, broken, plus extra to garnish
a pinch of mixed spice
2 tbsp granulated sugar
Method:
1 Cut one of the oranges into six wedges and stud each one with a clove. Squeeze the juice from the other orange.
2 Put the clove-studded orange wedges in a stainless steel pan with the orange juice, red wine, brandy, cinnamon stick, mixed spice and sugar.
3 Warm gently over a low heat for 10–15 minutes, then remove from the heat and set aside for 10 minutes.
4 Strain into a serving jug and serve in heatproof glasses.
Champagne Cocktail
How to Make Champagne Cocktail Recipe - preparation 5 minutesServes 8
Ingredients:
125ml/4fl oz/½ cup Grand Marnier or orange liqueur
4 tbsp grenadine
1 large orange, cut into 8 slices
8 sugar cubes
1 bottle champagne, cava or Prosecco, chilled
Method:
1 Divide the Grand Marnier and grenadine among eight champagne glasses.
2 Add an orange slice and a sugar cube to each glass.
3 Top up the glasses with the champagne, cava or Prosecco and serve immediately.
Veggie Cocktail
How to Make Veggie Cocktail Recipe - preparation 10 minutes plus chillingServes 6
Ingredients:
225g/8oz canned pimientos
juice of 2 lemons
1 onion, chopped
2 tbsp horseradish sauce
1 litre/1¾ pints/4 cups tomato juice
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
dash of Tabasco sauce
finely chopped spring onions (scallions) to garnish
Method:
1 Put the pimientos in a blender with the lemon juice, onion and horseradish sauce. Blitz until smooth.
2 Transfer to a jug and gradually stir in the tomato juice. Season to taste with the Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco.
3 Chill in the refrigerator. Serve in six tall glasses, garnished with spring onions.
Summer Fruit Cup
How to Make Summer Fruit Cup Recipe - preparation 10 minutesServes 6
Ingredients:
340g/12oz ripe melon
340g/12oz raspberries
1.2 litres/2 pints/5 cups chilled lemonade
450ml/¾ pint/1¾ cups Pimm’s
ice cubes
fresh mint sprigs to decorate
Method:
1 Quarter the melon and discard the peel and seeds.
2 Put the flesh in a blender and blitz until smooth. Sieve into a large serving jug.
3 Wash the raspberries and pat dry with kitchen paper. Add to the jug and top up with lemonade and Pimm’s.
4 Add lots of ice and stir together. Serve in six glasses, decorated with sprigs of mint.
Summer Berry Sherbet
How to Make Summer Berry Sherbet Recipe - preparation 10 minutes Serves 2Ingredients:
150g/5oz strawberries
150g/5oz raspberries
2 tbsp strawberry or raspberry syrup
1 egg white
4 ice cubes
Method:
1 Hull the strawberries. Wash all the fruit and pat dry with kitchen paper. Put them in a blender.
2 Add the fruit syrup and blitz briefly until smooth.
3 In a bowl, whisk the egg white until thick and foamy but not stiff. Add to the blender with the ice cubes.
4 Blitz for a few seconds until slushy. Pour into two glasses and serve.
Fruit Punch
How to Make Fruit Punch Recipe - preparation 10 minutesServes 4
Ingredients:
250g/9oz fresh pineapple
1 ripe papaya
1 large ripe mango
2 ripe guavas
2 passion fruit
a few ice cubes
300ml/½ pint/1¼ cups lemonade
300ml/½ pint/1¼ cups orange juice
Method:
1 Peel and core the pineapple, then roughly chop the flesh.
2 Peel the papaya and scoop out the black seeds. Roughly chop the flesh.
3 Slice the flesh off the central stone of the mango, then peel and chop the flesh.
4 Peel the guavas and discard the seeds. Chop roughly.
5 Halve the passion fruit and scoop out the seeds and pulp.
6 Put all the fruit in a blender and blitz until thick and smooth.
7 Transfer to a large jug and stir in some ice. Top up with lemonade and orange juice and serve.
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