Here are a few ideas sure to please any palate and add a bit of kick to your romantic n:
Hearts of Pom
2 oz Riazul Premium Silver tequila
1 oz pomegranate juice
1 oz Cointreau
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 pomegranate (optional)
Mix together ice, Riazul silver, pomegranate juice, Cointreau and lime juice into a cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into a glass. Garnish with a few pomegranate seeds.
Bramble en Rose
2 parts Hendrick’s Gin
1 part St-Germain
½ part Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
4-6 Fresh Blackberries
Lightly muddle blackberries in a rocks glass. Stir with remaining ingredients and crushed ice. Garnish with a blackberry and a rose petal
Passion Fruit Margarita (by Ignacio Cubillos of Jorge’s Tex Mex, Dallas)
1.5 oz Casa Noble Tequila
1 oz Passion Fruit Puree, Napa Valley
.5 oz Cointreau
Dash of Lime
Pour ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Pour into a glass rimmed with salt.
Imperial Martini (Introduced to me by Don Winspear)
2 oz. Russian Standard Imperia vodka
1/3 oz Remy VSOP Cognac
Pour over ice and shake well, strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
The Sweet Betty Shooter
1 oz Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka
1 oz Chambord
Splash of Lemon
Served in a shot glass
Love In The FIG City
(by Tomas Delos Reyes of the Standard Hotel, NYC)
2 oz Partida Reposado Tequila
1/2 oz Fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz Ginger Liqueur
1/2 oz Cinnamon syrup
3/4 oz Fig puree or half a fresh fig
Mionetto Brut Prosecco
Muddle, shake and fine strain over ice into a rocks glass. Top with Mionetto Brut Prosecco and garnish with a fresh fig wheel.
