Halloween is nearly upon us so to celebrate we thought we would share a Halloween cocktail recipe or two; perfect for a Halloween wedding. To be honest they look wonderful for any autumnal wedding – or indeed any wedding! For the teetotals amongst you (or the drivers) simply swap out the booze!
Honey and Pomegranate Cosmopolitan
Serves 3
Ingredients:
4 tbsp pomegranate juice drink from a carton
4 tbsp orange juice
4 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice (3-4 limes)
2 tbsp Rowse Clear Honey
6 tbsp vodka (optional)
Handful of ice cubes
Twist of orange peel, to garnish (optional)
Method:
- Honey and pomegranate makes a great alternative to the classic cosmopolitan. You can leave out the vodka for a mocktail. This amount makes 2-3 cocktails depending on the size of glasses.
- Put all of the ingredients apart from the orange peel into a cocktail shaker with the ice. Shake vigorously then strain into two or three cocktail glasses. Drop a twist of orange peel into each and serve.
The Spicy Lugger
Ingredients:
– Lugger Rum 50ml
– Strawberry & Lime Syrup 20ml*
– Angostura Bitters 2 dashes
– West Country Cider 30ml
– Sprig of Rosemary
– Spiced Powder**
Method:
- Fill up the cocktail mixer or directly into a rocks glass with all main ingredients and stir
- Fill glass with crushed ice and stir 5-10 times to chill drink
- Top up with more crushed ice and top up with cider rosemary and straw
- Light a match and hover this over the cocktail, with your other hand take your pre-batched spiced powder & gently dust this on top of cocktail which will result with a fire pit effect
*Strawberry and Lime Syrup: In a bowl, muddle 50g of sugar, 10 strawberries, the skin of two limes, and the juice of one lime. Leave for 10 – 30 minutes in fridge and strain syrup through a sieve.
**Spice Mix Powder: Mix equal parts of icing sugar, cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder.
The Cornish Corpse Reviver
With Tarquin’s Distillery in Cornwall
Ingredients:
40ml Tarquin’s Cornish Dry Gin
25ml Cointreau
25ml Dry Vermouth
25ml Lemon Juice
10ml Tarquin’s Cornish Pastis
5ml vial of Tarquin’s Blackberry Gin
Method:
- Place all of your wet ingredients, except from the vial of Blackberry Gin to an iced cocktail shaker and shake hard for 20 seconds.
- Double strain in to a rocks glass filled with ice, garnish with a lemon twist and then slowly drip over the Blackberry Gin.
Apple Dookin’
Ingredients:
200mls clear apple Juice
25mls Birch and Elderflower Wild Scottish Spirit
50mls Birch and Elderflower Wild Scottish Liqueur
Small cinnamon stick
2 large orange slices
Apple slices for garnish
Method:
- Add all ingredients except the apple slices in to saucepan and warm slowly trying to avoid boiling.
- Once heated through for a few minutes, to allow flavours to develop, pour in to a serving cup.
- Add small apple slices as garnish.
Please do drink responsibly and enjoy!
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For more Halloween wedding ideas read yesterday’s blog: Halloween Wedding Grown Up Glam Styling Ideas
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