Five festive cocktails
This year, why not play mixologist and welcome guests with a festive aperitif
1. Old Fashioned
Classic cocktail combining a heady Kentucky whiskey and citrus flavours.
Ingredients | Serves: makes one Old Fashioned
60ml whiskey
15ml simple sugar syrup
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
Slice of orange or orange skin
Dark maraschino cherry
Ice
Method
Half fill a tumbler with ice. Pour over whiskey. Add sugar syrup and bitters. Lastly, stir and garnish with an orange twist and a maraschino cherry.
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2. Aperol Spritz
Fabulously festive and so easy to make, start your celebrations with a Spritz!
Ingredients
Ice
50ml Aperol
75ml Sensi Dry Prosecco
25ml Soda water
1 orange, sliced
Method
An Aperol Spritz is made using a 3-2-1 ratio. Fill a large wine glass with plenty of ice, add Prosecco, then Aperol. Top with soda water, stir and garnish with an orange slice and a paper straw.
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3. Margarita
Refreshing summer drink thanks to its combination of lime, salt and tequila.
Ingredients | Serves: Makes one Margarita
Ice
50ml tequila
25ml lime juice
20ml triple sec or Cointreau
Sea salt and lime wedges to garnish
Method
Sprinkle a tbs of salt onto a small plate. Rub the rim of a cocktail glass with a wedge of lime and then dip and twist the rim of the glass into the salt. Fill a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice, then add the tequila, lime juice and triple sec or Cointreau. Shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker feels cold and strain the mixture from the shaker into the prepared glass.
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4. Sangria
Some celebrations call for a jug of Sangria! This is an easy, make-ahead-of-time, cocktail.
Ingredients | Serves: 6-8 glasses
1 bottle red wine or non alcoholic sparkling red
1 cup of orange juice
½ cup brandy
1/4 cup caster sugar
1 orange and 1 apple, sliced
1 cup blueberries
1 cup sliced strawberries
275ml soda water
Method
In a large glass jug, add wine, orange juice, brandy, and sugar, stir. Add orange and apple slices, blueberries and strawberries. Cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours and then top with soda water and stir again before serving.
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5. Vodka or Gin Martini
Shaken or stirred, a vodka or gin martini is an elegant and bold aperitif.
Ingredients | Serves: makes one martini
Ice
50ml dry gin or 50ml vodka
1 teaspoon dry vermouth
Green olives or lemon or orange peel to garnish
Toothpick for the olives
Method
Place a martini glass in the fridge to chill for 10-minutes. For a stirred martini - Pour the gin or vodka, and the vermouth into a tall glass, filled with ice cubes. Stir the mixture with a spoon until the outside of the mixing glass is very cold and the drink is well mixed, taste. For a shaken martini - Add a handful of ice to a cocktail shaker, pour in the gin or vodka, add the vermouth and shake until the cocktail shaker is cold. Strain the martini into your chilled martini glass and serve with olives or a strip of citrus skin
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