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9:00 AM 9th December 2019
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Cocktails For The Christmas Festivities

 
Rhubarb Cream

Whip up this simple but showy cocktail for Christmas Eve celebrations.

Ingredients:

40ml Slingsby Rhubarb Gin
75ml nutmeg and clove spiced 50:50 cream and milk mix
1 egg white
15ml sugar syrup
Cinnamon for dusting

Method:

Combine 200ml milk and 200ml cream in a 50:50 ratio with 2g of grated nutmeg and 2g of clove and leave for 3 hours in the fridge (use within 2 days).
Add all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker.
Shake and strain into a coupe glass and then sprinkle the top with cinnamon dust.

Winter Highball

Get the celebrations started on Christmas morning with this rich yet refreshing, long cocktail.

Ingredients:

30ml Slingsby Rhubarb Gin
20ml Chambord
A handful of blackberries
20ml lemon juice
10ml sugar syrup
Lemonade

Method:

Muddle the blackberries in the base of a glass.
Add the Slingsby Rhubarb Gin, Chambord, lemon juice and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker.
Shake and strain into the serving glass with ice and top up with lemonade.
Garnish with a blackberry, mint leaf and a dusting of icing sugar.

Chocolate Orange

It’s definitely not Terry’s, it’s all yours! Save this indulgent cocktail as an after dinner pick me up for Christmas Day!

Ingredients:

30ml Marmalade Gin
20ml Mozart Chocolate Cream Liqueur
100ml 50:50 cream and milk mix

Method:

Create the cream and milk mix by combining 50ml milk and 50ml cream.
Then add all of the ingredients to a shaker.
Shake and strain into a coupe glass and garnish with an orange peel twist.

Indulgence

Beat the boxing day slump with this stunning but oh-so-simple cocktail created with our Slingsby Vodka.

Ingredients:

25ml Slingsby Vodka
25ml espresso
25ml Kahlua
15ml Mozart Chocolate Liqueur

Method:

In a shaker, combine all of the ingredients.
Shake and strain into a chilled coupe glass.

If you would like more cocktail inspiration go to
https://www.spiritofharrogate.co.uk/cocktails/