Cocktail Saturday: Four rum-based drinks for your weekend menu
Bring out the bartender in you and whip up some yummy cocktails.
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Have friends coming over? Or planning date night at home? Don't just settle for scotch on-the-rocks or a glass of wine, rather bring out the bartender in you and whip up some yummy cocktails.
We got the bar-chefs at Sofitel Mumbai BKC to spill their secrets to make your task simpler.
Ingredients White rum: 60 ml Grapefruit juice: 60 ml Lime juice: 10 ml Sugar syrup: 10 ml
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Sour mix: 60 ml Elderflower syrup: 5 ml Bitters Fresh grapefruit and edible flowers: To garnish
Method - Mix all the ingredients in a shaker with ice - Serve in a rock glass - Garnish with a piece of fresh grapefruit and edible flowers
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French Daiquiri Ingredients Dark rum: 60 ml Fresh sage leaves: 4-6
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Lime juice: 10 ml Sugar syrup: 10 ml Sour mix: 60 ml Bitters
Garnish: 1 fresh Basil leaf Dehydrated lemon
Method - Muddle fresh Sage leaves - Pour the ingredients in a shaker and mix vigorously - Serve in a Martini Glass - Garnish with fresh Sage leaf
* Dehydrate lemons with bitters
Hurricane Ingredients Dark rum: 45 ml Amaretto: 15 ml Pineapple juice: 60 ml Orange juice: 60 ml Lime juice: 10 ml Passion fruit syrup: 10 ml Grenadine syrup: 5 ml
For Garnish Fresh Pineapple Cherry
Method - Mix all ingredients in a shaker and shake vigorously with ice - Pour and serve mixture in a beer glass - Garnish with a piece of fresh pineapple and a cherry
Fresh Red Currant & Basil Mojito
Ingredients Dark rum: 60 ml Red currant: 6-8 Fresh mint leaves: 8-10 Lime Juice: 10 ml Sugar syrup: 10 ml
For Garnish Fresh Red Currant Mint Leaves
Method - Muddle mint and red currant - Mix all the other ingredients in a shaker - Pour and serve in a jar - Garnish with fresh red currant and mint
World Whisky Day: Give An Interesting Twist To Your Favourite Drink With These Recipes
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Whether you like your poison on the rocks or adulterated, you don't really need to wait for World Whisky Day to celebrate the smoothness and refinement of a good malt. But it's good reason to do so, nonetheless.
So this Whisky Day, we got the experts to share their favourite cocktail recipes.
From the cinnamon spice and caramel flavour of a whisky tiramisu to the sweet nuttiness of orgeat syrup and bitters in a new twist on a whisky sour, there's something for everyone.
Whether you like your poison on the rocks or adulterated, you don't really need to wait for World Whisky Day to celebrate the smoothness and refinement of a good malt. But it's good reason to do so..
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Ingredients:
Glenmorangie Original: 50 ml
Freshly squeezed lemon juice: 25 ml
Elderflower cordial: 10 ml
Orgeat syrup: 10 ml
Angostura Bitters: 1 dash
Garnish: Flamed orange zest
Method
- Take ice cubes in a cocktail shaker, add all the ingredients and shake
- Double strain into a glass and finish with flamed orange zest
(Courtesy: Glenmorangie)
Ingredients:
Glenmorangie Original: 50 ml
Freshly squeezed lemon juice: 25 ml
Elderflower cordial: 10 ml
Orgeat syrup: 10 ml
Angostura Bitters: 1 dash
Garnish: Flamed orange zest
Method
- Take ice c..
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Ingredients
Grant’s Family Reserve: 50 ml
Champagne:100 ml
Sugar Cube (soaked in bitters): 1
Method
- Take the sugar cube in a Champagne flute
- Add whisky and top with Champagne
- Garnish with a lemon twist
(Courtesy: Grant's Whisky)
Ingredients
Grant’s Family Reserve: 50 ml
Champagne:100 ml
Sugar Cube (soaked in bitters): 1
Method
- Take the sugar cube in a Champagne flute
- Add whisky and top with Champagne
- Garnish with a l..
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Ingredients
Monkey Shoulder: 50 ml
Aam Panna: 10 ml
Sugar: 5 ml
Lime: 15 ml
Glass: Old fashioned
Ice
Method
- Add all ingredients into an old fashioned glass
- Add crushed/cracked ice
- Mix thoroughly with a swizzle
- Top up the drink with more ice
- Garnish with a mango fan
(Courtesy: Monkey Shoulder)
Ingredients
Monkey Shoulder: 50 ml
Aam Panna: 10 ml
Sugar: 5 ml
Lime: 15 ml
Glass: Old fashioned
Ice
Method
- Add all ingredients into an old fashioned glass
- Add crushed/cracked ice
- Mix thorough..
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Ingredients
Glenfiddich 12: 60 ml
Dark chocolate sauce: 15 ml
Single cream: 15 ml
Gung Giri estate strong black coffee: 15 ml
Caramel syrup: 10 ml
Method
- Fill a shaker with ice. Pour in all of the ingredients and shake well
- Strain and serve straight up in a coupe glass
- Sprinkle with orange peel and cinnamon
Ingredients
Glenfiddich 12: 60 ml
Dark chocolate sauce: 15 ml
Single cream: 15 ml
Gung Giri estate strong black coffee: 15 ml
Caramel syrup: 10 ml
Method
- Fill a shaker with ice. Pour in all of the..
