10 Great Cocktails To Make This Valentine’s Day
Just because you’re stuck at home doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate Valentine’s Day in style. Whether you’re on the hunt for a new drink to add to your cocktail-making repertoire or want to make the most of the spirits you’ve already got, these are the recipes to try…
Chocolate Espresso Martini: Copalli Cacao
Serves
Serves 1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
40ml of Copalli Cacao
15ml of sugar syrup
20ml of coffee liqueur
20ml of espresso
Chocolate shavings
Ice cubes
Method
Step 1
Add all of the ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.
Step 2
Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Step 3
Garnish with 3 coffee beans or chocolate shavings.
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Flame of Love: Grey Goose
Serves
Serves 2
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
50ml of Grey Goose vodka
50ml of fino sherry
Method
Step 1
Stir the spirits in a cocktail shaker. Strain into a well-chilled cocktail glass.
Step 2
Set aflame an orange zest over the drink, then use as a garnish.
By Any Other Name: Grey Goose
Serves
Serves 1
Total Time
10 Minutes
Ingredients
50ml of Grey Goose vodka
20ml of rose water simple syrup (2 parts sugar, 1 part water, 6 dashes of rose water)
15ml of fresh lemon juice
50ml of rosé champagne
Method
Step 1
Shake and strain over the centre of the sorbet in a straight-sided coupe glass. Top with champagne.
Step 2
Garnish with the basil leaf and serve immediately.
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Balsamic Berry Old Fashioned: Scott Harris, Catoctin Creek Distillery
Note: The berry syrup can be made and stored separately and is great splashed over ice-cream.
Serves
Seves 1
Total Time
15 Minutes
Ingredients
45ml of Roundstone Rye
15ml of aged balsamic vinegar
2 raspberries, to garnish
15ml berry syrup
For the berry syrup:
180g of blackberries
180g of raspberries
125g of sugar
250ml of water
Method
Step 1
To make the syrup, bring mixture to a simmer for 10 mins, puree and strain.
Step 2
Combine all the ingredients over ice and stir in a rocks glass. Garnish with two raspberries.
Swipe Right: Whitley Neill
Serves
Serves 1
Total Time
15 Minutes
Ingredients
40ml of Whitley Neill London Dry Raspberry Gin
60ml of cranberry juice
10ml of grenadine
Fever-Tree Aromatic Tonic, to top-up.
Method
Step 1
Add ice to a rocks glass followed by all of the ingredients.
Love Letter: Whitley Neill
Serves
Serves 1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
40ml of Whitley Neill London Dry Gin
1 fresh strawberry
15ml of lemon juice
15ml of white creme de cacao
Method
Step 1
Add all the ingredients into a shaker and shake with ice. Serve in a coupe glass and garnish with a heart-shaped chocolate.
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French Kiss: Slingsby Gin
Serves
Serves 1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
50ml of Slingsby Rhubarb Gin
50ml of pineapple juice
20ml of lime juice
25ml of Chambord
Method
Step 1
Shake all ingredients with ice before straining into a coupe glass.
Playing Gooseberry: Slingsby Gin
Serves
Serves 2
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
35ml of Slingsby Gooseberry Gin
15ml of elderflower cordial
10ml of lemon juice
Prosecco
Lemon peel twist
Method
Step 1
Build all ingredients in a chilled flute glass, top with prosecco, then garnish with the lemon peel.
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Lychee Martini: Pink Marmalade
Serves
Serves 1
Total Time
7 Minutes
Ingredients
50ml of Pink Marmalade gin
20ml of lychee puree
50ml of lychee juice
20ml of lemon juice
1 egg white
3 raspberries on a cocktail stick
Method
Step 1
Pour all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker.
Step 2
Shake hard for at least 12 seconds for the egg white to infuse and give the drink a foamy top.
Step 3
Pour contents into a martini glass and garnish with 3 raspberries on a cocktail stick, balanced on the rim of the glass.
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Pink Lady: Monkey 47
Serves
Serves 1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
45ml of Monkey 47 gin
20ml of lemon juice
15ml of applejack
1 egg white
2 dashes grenadine
Method
Step 1
Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker.
Step 2
Add a handful of ice cubes.
Step 3
Shake and strain into a nice coupette glass. Garnish with a cherry.
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