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Cocktails add that zing to the summer season. With the making of those restaurant-fancy cocktail recipes becoming more and more complex, we tend to look for easy recipes. Find a selection of easy-to-make cocktail recipes in this article. Try the following simple summer cocktails.
Barbados Punch
Ingredients:
- Mount Gay Rum – 150 ml
- Sparkling apple juice – 600 ml
- Mint leaves – 15 (torn)
- Lime – 1 no. (sliced into 8 parts)
- Mint sprigs – a few
- Granny Smith apple – 1no. (sliced into 8 parts)
Method:
- Mix together all the above given ingredients in a big jug, add ice cubes.
- Pour into tall glasses and garnish with mint sprigs.
Tequila Gimlet
Ingredients:
- Don Julio Reposado tequila – 50 ml
- Lime juice – 10 ml
- Lime cordial – 10 ml
Method:
- Fill a tall glass with ice cubes till its half.
- Mix together the above given ingredients and strain into the glass and serve.
Carpe Diem
Ingredients:
- Strawberries – 10 (hulled and halved)
- Vanilla sugar – 2 tbsp
- Clear apple juice – 90 ml
- Lime juice – 30 ml
- Martin Miller’s gin – 150 ml
- Basil leaves – 8 (torn) and a few whole
- Cucumber slices – a few
- Sparkling wine – a little as per taste (chilled)
Method:
- Put the strawberries in a blender, add sugar and the juices and blend so that it is smooth.
- Add ice in a bowl and put this mixture into it, add the basil leaves and gin.
- Stir well and pour into a cocktail glass.
- Top with sparkling wine and garnish with a basil leaf and a cucumber slice.
Earl’s Punch
Ingredients:
- Earl Grey tea – 500 ml (slightly sweetened)
- Lemon juice – 100 ml
- Martell VS Cognac – 100 ml
- Lemon twists and Jasmine blossoms – a few
Method:
- Mix together all the ingredients (except the lemon twists and jasmine blossoms).
- Pour into teacups and garnish with lemon twists and jasmine blossoms.
Cherry Caipirissima
Ingredients:
- Simple syrup – ¾ ounce
- Lime – Half (cut into quarters)
- Cherries – 3 (hulled and halved)
- White rum – 2 ounces
Method:
- In a bowl, mix well the simple syrup, lime quarters and cherries with a wooden spoon.
- Pour in the rum and a few ice cubes.
- Shake well and transfer to cocktail glasses.
Italia Libera
Ingredients:
- White rum – 1 ounce
- Amaro – ¼ ounce
- Simple syrup – ¾ ounce
- Lime wedge – 1
- Setlzer – chilled
Method:
- Mix together in a shaker, the rum, the simple syrup and the lemon juice.
- Now add some ice cubes and shake together well.
- Strain into a tall glass with some ice cubes in it.
- Add the seltzer as a topping and garnish with lime wedge.
Spellbinder
Ingredients:
- Gin – 2 ounces
- Strega – ¼ ounce
- Dry vermouth – half an ounce
- Lemon peel strip – 1
- Cucumber – 1 long strip
Method:
- In a cocktail shaker, mix the vermouth, gin and strega.
- Add ice and mix together vigorously.
- Strain into a chilled glass, garnish with cucumber and lemon strips, and serve.
Absinthe Frappe
Ingredients:
- Absinthe – one and a half ounce
- Heavy cream – 1 ounce
- Lime juice – ¾ ounce
- Simple syrup – ¾ ounce
Method:
- In a cocktail shaker, put together all the ingredients and shake vigorously for about 25 seconds.
- Take a tall glass, pour the mixture, add a straw and serve.
Guadalajara Sour
Ingredients
- Blanco Tequila – 1 ¾ ounces
- Chilled rose – ¾ ounce
- Lemon juice – ¾ ounce
- Simple syrup – ¾ ounce
Method:
- Fill in the lemon juice, tequila and the simple syrup into a cocktail shaker, add ice cubes and shake hard.
- Take a chilled rock glass, add a few ice cubes, and strain the mixture from the shaker into it.
- Now, gently pour the rose on it and serve.
Raspberry cordial
Ingredients:
- Raspberries – 500 g
- Caster sugar – 500 g
- Red wine vinegar – 3 spoonfuls
Method:
- In a pan, put the sugar, vinegar and raspberries. Heat the pan in sim, mash until smooth and syrupy.
- Filter through a sieve by rubbing the mixture on it.
- Put the filtrate from the sieve into a pan, add 300 ml water and then filter again. Put together the pulp and the liquid.
- Stir and boil for a min.
- Cool and serve in glasses.
