Chloe Leal
Celebrate Spring in style
When the heat begins to rise, it is always great to quench your thirst with a delicious cocktail. These 5 cocktails will make you taste spring! Whether it’s a Sunday Lunch, Friday after work or even a mid week celebrations we recommend you give at least on or two of these cocktails a try this spring!
Passion Fruit martini recipe from: Author: Lucy Parissi
Passion fruit martini
This passion fruit martini is elegant and sophisticated and just so, so lovely.
Refreshing and tangy – a Martini for those who love passionfruit!
3 fresh passionfruit
2 measures | 50ml | 1.7fl oz Coldpress Pink apple juice
2 measures | 50ml | 1.7fl oz vodka
1 measure | 25ml | .8fl oz passionfruit liqueur
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
½ tbsp Monin passionfruit syrup
½ tbsp sugar syrup
Fill your martini glass with ice. Halve the passionfruit. Slice one thin sliver and set aside. Scoop the rest out the flesh / seeds into a small sieve. Press at the pulp with the back of the spoon and extract the juice (into your cocktail shaker).Add all the remaining ingredients and fill the shaker with ice. Shake vigorously until frost forms on the outside of the shaker.Discard the ice from the martini glass. Strain the cocktail into the glass. Decorate with a fine slice of passionfruit.
La Passeggiata cocktail recipe Twenty Dinners
La Passeggiata
This cocktail is named after the traditional evening stroll of Italy. At dusk, Italians take to the streets and piazzas to people watch, relax, flirt, and to see and be seen.This is a variation on the godfather of all Italian cocktails: the Negroni. Here, though, I replace the traditional bitter red Campari with Salers, a French aperitif made from roots, herbs, and citrus. It is bitter and sweet with notes of anise and citrus. Also, Cocchi Americano replaces the sweet vermouth. It’s delicate and complex with notes of orange flower, pear, honey, and citrus, which balances wonderfully with the Salers. The fennel garnish—known for its magical quality to both stimulate and suppress the appetite (only in Italy!)—rounds this out as the perfect drink for a summer evening.—Nino
1 1/2 ounces dry gin3/4 ounce Cocchi Americano3/4 ounce Salers2 dashes of grapefruit bittersSlice of fennel or fennel fronds
Stir together the gin, Cocchi Americano, Salers, and bitters over ice until well chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with fennel.
Bloody Mary cocktail recipe Twenty Dinners
Bloody Mary
This is a great basic recipe. You can build, add, and adjust depending on your own taste. Add garnishes such as radishes, olives, sweet peppers, hot peppers, pickled vegetables, or our favorite—an oyster. Play with different ingredients like changing the acid component from citrus to vinegar. I really like adding some smoked pimentón for smoky depth or pickle brine to give it a salty kick.
2 ounces vodka4 ounces tomato juice1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice1/2 ounce Worcestershire saucePinch of freshly ground black pepperPinch of celery salt2 or 3 dashes of hot sauceBar spoonful of prepared horseradish1 stalk celery
Shake all ingredients except the celery with ice and strain into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with the celery.
Aperol Spritz Recipe from : Bon Appetite
Rose – Aperol Spritz
The Aperol Spritz is a bit more adult than a soda, but still sweet and friendly, orange-and-rhubarb flavored with just a hint of grapefruit-rind bitterness.
¼ cup Aperol
½ Cup of Soda Water
1 750ml bottle sparkling rosé, chilled
Orange wedges (for serving)
Mix Aperol, and soda water and then stir in the rosé. Serve spritz in large ice-filled wine glasses. Garnish with orange wedges.
