Cocktail Recipes

If you are planning a party, why not add some sophistication to the event by wowing your friends with your cocktail making skills?

They might sound complicated but there are lots of cocktail recipes which are really easy to make. You don't even need ots of expensive kit: many supermarkets now sell cocktail shakers or you can improvise with kitchen equipment you already have.

Bloody Mary

You will need:
1 measure vodka
2 measures tomato juice
1/3 measure lemon juice
1 dash of Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper to taste

Shake the ingredients well with ice and strain into a wine glass.

Garnish with celery leaves.

Moscow Mule

You will need:
Juice of 1/2 lime
Large twist of lime peel
1 1/2 measures vodka
ginger beer to top up
Pour the lime juice into a tall tumbler and drop in the twist of peel.

Add ice cubes and pour in the vodka.

Top up with ginger beer.

Stir and decorate with lime slices.

Caipirinha

You will need:
2 tsp granulated Sugar
1 Lime (8 Wedges)
2 1/2 oz Cachaca
Muddle the sugar into the lime wedges in an old-fashioned glass.

Fill the glass with ice cubes.

Pour the cachaca into the glass. Stir well.

Kir Royale

You will need:
1 shot of Cassis
Champagne or sparkling wine

Pour the Cassis or raspberry liqueur into the bottom of a champagne glass and fill with Champagne. Garnish with the lemon peel.