December Days … a well earned drink!

Yes, Friday at last!

Many of us will be off out partying tonight trying not to misbehave in front of the Boss or embarrass yourself by dancing like a two-year old!

But what of those of staying home on Friday night, how about becoming a cocktail expert and mixing up a few lethal combinations?

A Sparkly Gin Cocktail

2 fl ozs of gin

Champers

1 sugar cube ( I like brown sugar for this)

half a lemon squeezed for the juice

Ice

Shake together the gin, sugar cube, lemon juice and ice, starin into a cocktail glass or a whisky tumbler and top up with bubbly.

My fave the Cosmo

1. 35ml/1½fl oz vodka

2. 15ml/½fl oz orange liqueur

3. squeeze fresh lime juice

4. 25ml/1fl oz cranberry juice

5. twist orange peel, to garnish

6. The vodka, orange liqueur, lime juice and cranberry go into a cocktail shaker, then fill with ice. Shake it baby and then strain into a cocktail glass

7. If you want to show off then hold the piece of orange peel over the glass and carefully flame with a match. If you haven’t singed it to a frazzle then drop in the glass! The orange peel, not the match

Or the very yummy Chocolate Raspberry Martini

1. 1 1/2 ounce raspberry vodka

2. 1 ounce white creme de cacao

3. Chill your ingredients beforehand. Pour them into a chilled martini glass – no need to stir or shake or anything.

4. You could dust some cocoa over it or perch a raspberry on the side. I like to freeze the raspberries and float them on top

This one is delicious and very addictive, it is called a Poinsettia

Champagne

a shot of  Cointreau

3 fl ozs cranberry juice

Put the Cointreau and cranberry juice in a chilled champagne flute.

Stir them and top up with champers.

To make it stronger you could a shot of vodka or tequila

Or avoid alcohol all-together, replace the champagne with ginger ale. (yeh right)

And finally for you non alcohol types, a mocktail or two

A friend of mine made this once, she called it a Holly Berrie

500g strawberries, hulled A wine glass full of cranberry juice 5 wine glasses of lemonade Put strawberries and cranberry juice in a blender, Blend until smooth.

Pour into 4 tall glasses and top with the lemonade. Decorate with more fruit

And then a delicious Berry Punch, this is also yummy warm, just leave out the soda water

1½ litres raspberry cranberry juice 3 wine glasses soda water 1 to 2 limes, squeezed for the juice, keep the peel as a granish 1 punnet raspberries 1 punnet blueberries 1 bunch of mint, tear up 1 extra lime, thinly sliced 1 bottle ginger ale or ginger beer. Add the whole lot into a large jug or punch bowl and watch it disappear

I have personally tried all these recipes (hic) and can vouch for them all being yummy and very very moreish

Enjoy and stay safe !

Gx

#Ginorgym #Gin #Scotland #Champagne #Cocktails #Friday #Mocktails #Glasgow