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Valentine’s Day special recipes

Valentine’s Day special recipes

Surprise your loved ones with these scpecially curated coktails recipes shared by experts

ByIANSlife Features

Swipe right for love

 

Swipe right for love

 

Ingredients

  • 30ML Tequila
  • 15ML Triple Sec
  • 60ML Rosé Wine
  • 15ML Fresh lime juice

 
Method

  • Combine all ingredients into a shaker and shake over ice for 10-15 Seconds
  • Fine strain all the ingredients into a coupé glass
  • Garnish with a slice of orange

 

A Certified Mindblower

 

A Certified Mindblower

 

Ingredients

  • 30ML White Rum
  • 30ML Irish Whiskey
  • 1 sprig of basil
  • Handful of Strawberries
  • 15ML Lime Juice

 
Method

  • Muddle strawberries in a shaker tin
  • Combine all ingredients into the shaker and shake over ice for 10-15 seconds
  • Fine strain all the ingredients into an old fashioned glass
  • Garnish with a strawberry and slice of orange held together with a toothpick
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Shared by Bhavya Verma, Assistant Manager – F&B, Courtyard by Marriott Bengaluru ORR


Vodka Cranberry
 

Vodka Cranberry


INGREDIENTS

  • 1½ Parts Absolut Vodka
  • 5 Parts Cranberry Juice
  • 1 Wheel Lime
  • Ice Cubes

 
HOW TO MIX

  • Fill a highball glass with ice cubes. Add all ingredients. Garnish with a lime wheel.

 

Smithfield Grocer

INGREDIENTS

  • ½ bottle of Jameson
  • 1 litre of pomegranate juice
  • 50g of chopped ginger
  • The zest and juice of 3 limes
  • 50g of sugar
  • 250ml of ginger beer Pomegranate seeds
  • Sliced limes

 
HOW TO MIX

  • Combine 1 litre pomegranate juice, 50g chopped ginger, zest and juice of 3 limes and 50g sugar into a blender. Blend everything up and sieve the mixture into a jug. Add ½ bottle Jameson and 250ml ginger beer. Serve in a short glass over ice. Garnish with lime slices and pomegranate seeds.


Monkey 47 Gin Julep
 

Monkey 47 Gin Julep

 

INGREDIENTS

  • 5 cl Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin
  • 1 cl simple syrup
  • 15 mint leaves

 
HOW TO MIX

  • Muddle all ingredients, shake it with ice cubes and double-strain into a silver mug filled with crushed ice. Garnish it with a mint leave.

 

Shared by Pernod Ricard

 


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