Cosmopolitan cocktail
Ingredients
45ml lemon vodka
15ml triple sec
30ml cranberry juice
10ml lime juice
ice
For the garnish
orange zest, or a lime wedge on the rim of the glass.
Method
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
To make the garnish: hold a 3cm round piece of orange zest about 10cm above your cosmo and very carefully wave it over a lit match or lighter flame. Bend the outer edge of the zest in towards the flame so that the orange oils are released, then drop the zest into your drink.
Passion fruit martini
Ingredients
2 ripe passion fruits (they should have a crinkly appearance), halved
60ml vanilla vodka
30ml passoa
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp sugar syrup
prosecco, to serve
Method
Scoop the seeds from one of the passion fruits into the glass of a cocktail shaker, add the vodka, passoa, lime juice and sugar syrup. Add a handful of ice and shake well, strain into 2 martini glasses, top up with prosecco, then add half a passion fruit to each. Serve immediately.
Caipirinha
Ingredients
2 limes, chopped into wedges, plus extra lime wedges to serve (optional)
6 tbsp golden caster sugar
200ml cachaça
few handfuls crushed ice
Method
Put the lime wedges in a large jug with the sugar, then use a muddler or the end of a rolling pin to break them down. Release as much juice from the wedges as possible, and let it mix with the sugar to create a syrup – you can also do this with a large pestle and mortar. Discard the lime peel.
Divide the syrup and cachaça between four glasses, then top with the crushed ice. Serve garnished with lime wedges, if you like.
Recipes courtesy of BBC GoodFood.
