3 COCKTAILS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

1. VALENTWINS

This recipe is made for sharing,  two cocktails made in the one shaker. Now ain’t that stinkin’ cute

INGREDIENTS

• 90ml (3oz) Vodka
• 60ml (2oz) Soho Lychee Liqueur (or equivalent)
• 3 Teaspoons Strawberry Jam
• 2 Teaspoons Honey syrup
• 60ml (2oz) Lemon Juice
• 60ml (2oz) Egg White (white from two eggs)
• garnish strawberry hearts float on top

METHOD

Add all the ingredients EXCEPT the garnish into a cocktail shaker and dry shake without ice. Add ice to the shaker and wet shake the ingredients. Fine strain the contents of the shaker into two coupettes and garnish each of the pair of drinks with some strawberry hearts.

2. THE FLOWER OF LOVE

The best way to say it with flowers on Valentines Day is with a bouquet made of colour changing gin. Lush.

INGREDIENTS

• 45ml (1.5oz) Empress gin (this is one of the butterfly pea flower gins
  so it is purple, any purple gin will work)
• 15ml (.5oz) St Germain Elderflower Liqueur
• 15ml (.5oz)Apricot Liqueur
• 15ml (.5oz) Lemon  juice
• 2 teaspoons wildflower honey syrup
• 1 dash rosewater
• Lemon peel to garnish

METHOD

Shake all the ingredients together EXCEPT the gin then pour into a martini glass. Add a lemon twist to garnish. Chill the gin down in a mixing glass full of ice. Then pour into the martini glass at the table for colour changing magic.

3. MY HEART’S ON FIRE
Finch swears by this recipe which is a big hit with Mrs Finch. Nice work.

INGREDIENTS

• 45ml Dark Rum
• 15ml Drambuie
• 5ml Dark Creme de Cacao

METHOD

Stir down the ingredients into mixing glass full of ice and then pour into rocks glass.

To garnish, put a wedge of peeled orange (about an eighth) onto a skewer, toss it in brown sugar, brulee the sugar with a blowtorch over the drink so the burnt sugar drips down into the drink. Add a large ice cube