
There’s nothing quite like a perfect cocktail recipe for the festive season, and with just a few quick and easy steps you can have a Merry Christmas.
And you can do it with as few ingredients as possible.
Here’s how.
French Apple-Lime 75
Ingredients
Pomegranate and lime give a delicious boost to the classic gin and bubbles cocktail.
- 1/4 c. gin
- 1 1/2 tbsp. fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon Pomegranate Lime Syrup (recipe below)
- 1/4 c. sparkling wine
- Pomegranate seeds, to serve
- A touch of lime, to serve
Indications
- In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake the gin, lime juice, and pomegranate-lime syrup.
- Strain into a flute and add sparkling wine.
- Serve with a squeeze of lime and pomegranate seeds.
cosmopolitan
The Cosmopolitan is a pop culture icon that has become a modern classic for good reason: the cocktail is as flashy as it is delicious.
Ingredients
- 2 oz. vodka
- 1 oz. Cointreau
- 1 oz. cranberry juice
- 1 oz. fresh lime juice
- Lime wedge or twist, to serve
Indications
- In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake all ingredients until chilled.
- Strain into a coupe glass and serve with a lime wedge or twist.
Negroni
Originating in Florence in 1919, this sparkling Campari-based cocktail became a social media sensation..
Ingredients
- 1 oz. gin
- 1 oz. sweet vermouth
- 1 oz. countryside
- Orange touch, to serve
Indications
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass filled with ice and stir until chilled.
- Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass, then squeeze the orange twist and drop into the glass.
Blood orange spritz
This delicious aperitif is the love child of an Aperol spritz and a mimosa, and an absolute delight to share with the family at Christmas.
Ingredients
- 1/4 c. blood orange juice
- 1 tablespoon Aperol
- sparkling wine
- Touch of blood orange, to serve
Indications
- Fill a shaker with ice.
- Add the blood orange juice and aperol and shake well for one minute.
- Strain into a champagne glass and add sparkling wine.
- Serve with a twist of blood orange.
This recipe can be found on GoodHouseKeeping
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