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May 17, 2010

Limoncello Yellow Belly Martini

Good evening,

Well, supposedly the sunshine is on its way and what better way to enjoy the sun, than with a refreshing cocktail! I was having a look through a few cocktail recipe books recently and thanks to Twitter and the guys at The Cocktail Club, I decided on a great refreshing Limoncello cocktail, here it is…

Yellow Belly Martini

- 1 shot citroen vodka

- 1 shot of freshly squeezed lemon juice

- 1 shot limoncello liqueur

- 1/8 shot of sugar syrup

- 1/2 shot of chilled mineral water

Method

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lemon zest twist.

Now this drink is very ‘lemon’ in tasting as you would expect, but it really is a great refreshing cocktail and one that must be enjoyed in the sunshine!

Hope you like,

Thanks for reading,

Andy

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May 9, 2010

Something for the Weekend – 09/06/10

Good evening,

I have just added last weeks recipes from Something for the Weekend, even though I watched the show last week, we have been very busy at The Cocktail Store this week so not had chance to upload them. Anyway this weekend Wayne Collins gave us a couple of fantastic forgotten Vodka cocktails. So here they are…

Balalaika

Ingredients

- 25ml/1fl oz fresh lemon juice
- 1 small free-range egg white
- 2 tsp fine caster sugar
- 50ml/2fl oz vodka
- 25ml/1fl oz triple sec
- bitters, to serve

Method

Place the lemon juice, egg white, sugar, vodka and triple sec into a cocktail shaker, with a handful of ice. Shake well, then strain the cocktail into a coupette glass. Garnish with the angostura bitters.

Pink Martini

Ingredients

- 3 dashes orange bitters
- 50ml/2fl oz chilled vodka
- 20ml/¾fl oz dry vermouth
- 2 tsp grenadine syrup
- lemon twist, to garnish

Method

Place the orange bitters, vodka, vermouth and grenadine syrup into a cocktail mixer with a handful of ice. Shake well, then strain the cocktail into a martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

That’s all for this weekends recipes from Wayne Collins,

Until next time…

Andy

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April 26, 2010

Something for the Weekend – 25/04/10

Good evening,

Apologies for being a little bit delayed this week… This weeks cocktails were once again made by Wayne Collins, however one recipe is for a ‘Mocktail’ this week. If you haven’t heard of the word ‘Mocktail’ before, it refers to a cocktail that doesn’t contain alcohol. Here are the recipes…

Start Me Up (Mocktail)

Ingredients

- 1 free-range egg, preferably organic
- 1 small banana
- 1 tbsp runny honey
- 50ml/2fl oz pomegranate juice
- 50ml/2fl oz milk
- 50ml/2fl oz guarana drink

Method

Blend all of the ingredients, with a handful of ice, in a blender until smooth.

Run a Tab

Ingredients

- handful mixed summer berries
- 2 tsp grenadine syrup
- 50ml/2fl oz orange isotonic fruit drink
- 25ml/1fl oz raspberry vodka
- champagne, to top up

Method

Mix the mixed berries, grenadine syrup, isotonic drink and raspberry vodka in a cocktail shaker. Strain the cocktail into a champagne flute and top up with champagne.

That’s all for this week.

Until next week,

Andy

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April 16, 2010

Lemon Curd & Cocktails… Yum Yum

Good afternoon,

Well, I was on my lunch break and I spotted some lemon curd tarts that I haven’t had for ages (probably since my school days!), so it got me thinking, how do I make lemon curd and what cocktails would they go in, so I had a search through a few recipe books and found out how to make lemon curd. Here it is…

Lemon Curd (makes about 4-6 jam jars)

- 4 lemons, rind and juice
- 4 eggs
- 110g butter
- 450g sugar

Method

Grate rind of lemons and squeeze out juice. Put sugar, rind and juice, butter and beaten eggs into a large basin on top of a pan of simmering water. Stir with a wooden spoon until thick and curd coats the back of the spoon. Pour into warm sterile jars, cover, seal and label. Refrigerate.

As simple as that…

Now for a tasty cocktail…

Curds & Wa-Hey!

- 2oz Citrus Vodka
- 1 Bar Spoon Vanilla Sugar
- 1oz fresh lemon juice
- 1oz fresh lime juice
- 3 Bar spoons of Lemon Curd
- Digestive biscuit (garnish)

Method

Firstly, rim the cocktail glass with lemon juice, then finely crumble the digestive biscuit and roll the digestive crumbs around the rim of the glass. Add all ingredients with ice into a cocktail shaker. Give it a good old shake and double strain into the chilled martini/cocktail glass.

Now if that doesn’t enlighten your taste buds, I’m not sure what will!

Thanks for reading,

Andy

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April 12, 2010

Something for the Weekend – 11/04/10

Good morning,

Well the cocktails returned this weekend after Something for the Weekend skipped a weekend and they were made by cocktail maestro, Wayne Collins. Spring has been in the air recently and because of that, these cocktails were themed around Spring. I hope you enjoy them!

Cabernet Caipirihna

Ingredients

- ½ lime, quartered
- 4 fresh blackberries
- 2 tsp vanilla syrup
- 2 tsp blackberry liqueur
- 25ml/1fl oz caçhaca (sagatiba)
- 50ml/2fl oz cabernet cauvignon
- lime slice, to garnish
- blackberry, to garnish

Method

Place the lime, blackberries, vanilla syrup, blackberry liqueur and caçhaca into a cocktail shaker, with a handful of ice, and shake well. Strain the cocktail into a tumbler filled with crushed ice and top up with the cabernet cauvignon. Garnish with a slice of lime and a blackberry.

Spring Spritzer

Ingredients

- 25ml/1fl oz orange flavoured vodka
- 25ml/1fl oz freshly squeezed blood orange juice
- 2 tsp grenadine syrup
- 75ml/3fl oz viognier wine
- sparkling apple juice, to top up
- apple slice and blood orange slice, to garnish

Method

Add a handful of ice to a large wine glass, then add the vodka, orange juice, grenadine syrup and viognier. Fill up the glass with sparkling apple juice and garnish with a slice of apple and blood orange.

Thats it for this weeks Something for the Weekends cocktails.

Thanks for reading,

Andy

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