• You will be ushered straight into the kitchen.
• You will be offered a cocktail before you have a chance to sit down.
• There will be food. Lots and lots of food. Definitely wine. And most definitely dessert. And cocktails. Did I already mention the cocktails?
We occasionally have visitors who claim not to want, or like, cocktails (you know who you are). This is, naturally, very baffling to us, but I have got a couple of recipes up my sleeve for those rare people. These two cocktails can be drunk without any alcohol in mocktail fashion, but they are also quite light even with booze. If you are ever serving cocktails at brunch these are great candidates.
The Elderflower Collins (like any Collins) is definitely a drink for those who don’t like drinking much. It’s very light, very refreshing and can easily be made with either gin or vodka. If you have some St Germain* (and I thoroughly advise you get some if only to make the Red Queen) then add splash but it won’t be a Collins any more if we are being strict about cocktailing.
Cocktails for two: Floradora and Elderflower Collins and a giveaway
Ingredients
- Floradora
- Serves 1
- 2 measures 50ml gin
- 3 fresh raspberries
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp sugar syrup
- chilled ginger beer to top up
- lime wedges and fresh raspberries to garnish
- Elderflower Collins
- Serves 1
- 2 measures 50ml gin or vodka
- 1-2 tbsp elderflower cordial
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp St Germain optional
- chilled soda water to top up
- lemon wedges to garnish
- Method
- 1. In a highball glass stir the gin, cordial, lemon juice, St Germain together with plenty of crushed ice. Top up with soda water and add a couple of thin slices of lemon.
Instructions
- For the Floradora: put the gin, raspberries, sugar syrup and lime juice in your cocktail shaker. Muddle the raspberries with a spoon. Half fill the shaker with ice and shake hard for 30 seconds.
- Pour into a highball glass, add fresh ice and top up with ginger beer.
- Garnish with fresh raspberries and a lime wedge.
- For the Elderflower Collins: In a highball glass, stir the gin, cordial, lemon juice, St Germain together with plenty of crushed ice. Top up with soda water and add a couple of thin slices of lemon.
donna jones says
my favourite cocktail is pina colada
Carole Nott says
i like anything chocolate, so they are my favourite cupcakes
LaurensMum says
Pina Colada
Michelle O'Neill says
chocolate cupcake
Solange says
My favourite cocktail is a Long Island Iced Tea.
Ruby Spiteri says
Fav cocktail is Mojito x
Iris Waldburger says
I like the good old fashioned screwdriver and a coffee & walnut cupcake
corinne peat says
Love chocolate chip cupcakes
Stevie Fairbairn says
I like rum and peppermint.
weir shane says
mojitos xx – leanne w
Ruth Harwood says
Manhatten xx
Mickie Bull says
Long Island Iced Tea!
peter campbell says
favourite cocktail is a mojito
Pippa R Gerrard says
love a mojito… taste even better when drank in the sunshine 🙂
Johannah Carroll says
I'm very partial to a a Mojito. x
Big Bird says
I love Pina Coladas
Stacey Carnell says
Mojito <3
clairew137 says
Cupcake would be lemon.
Barbara Knight says
I do like a martini. As for cupcakes, it has to be chocolate.
Chanette Kennedy says
My favourite cocktail is a raspberry daiquiri