Home cocktails with friends and family
Holiday time is here along with friends, family and celebrations. Here are some classic cocktail recipes to add something special to your parties.
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Paloma
Ingredients:
• 60ml of your best tequila
• 180ml grapefruit soda
• Lime wedge or grapefruit wedge
Method:
Combine tequila and grapefruit soda in a Collins glass with ice.
Garnish with a lime or grapefruit wedge.
Margarita
Ingredients:
• 60ml tequila
• 30ml Cointreau
• 30ml fresh lime juice
• Lime wedge
• Salt rim (optional)
Method:
If using a salt rim, rub a lime wedge around the rim of the glass, then roll the outside in sea salt.
Combine tequila, Cointreau and lime juice in a cocktail shaker with ice, and shake vigorously.
Strain into the glass over ice cubes.
Garnish with a lime wedge.
Dry Martini
Ingredients:
• 70ml dry gin
• 20ml dry vermouth
• 1 dash orange bitters
• Lemon peel and/or olive, for garnish
Method:
Combine gin, vermouth and bitters in a mixing glass with ice, and stir until ice cold.
Strain into a cocktail glass.
Press lemon oil over the drink and drop the peel into the glass along with olive (optional)
Mojito
Ingredients:
• 60ml white rum
• 20ml lime juice
• 15ml simple syrup
• 120ml soda water
• 6 leaves plus 1 sprig of fresh mint
Method:
Combine mint and simple syrup in the bottom of a cocktail shaker, and mix gently.
Add rum, lime juice and ice, and shake briefly.
Strain into glass with ice and top with soda water.
Garnish with mint sprig.
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Cosmopolitan
Ingredients:
• 45ml vodka
• 150ml orange liqueur
• 15ml lime juice
• 15ml cranberry juice
• Lime wheel, for garnish
Method:
Combine vodka, orange liqueur and juices in a cocktail shaker with ice, and shake vigorously.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a lime wheel.