Get the party started with these fantastic, colourful and totally delicious cocktail recipes that you and your guests will love!
Passion Fruit Caipirinha
Ingredients
• 3 limes
• 4 tablespoons golden caster sugar
• 75ml cachaça
• 1 ripe passion fruit
• crushed ice
Directions
Cut the limes into wedges and muddle them with the sugar in a cocktail shaker but keep two wedges separate. Once the sugar is dissolved, add the cachaça and most of the passion fruit pulp. Fill the shaker with crushed ice and shake vigorously. Pour the cocktail in suitable glasses, top with ice and garnish with the remaining wedges and pulp.
Pear Mojito
Ingredients
• 45ml rum
• 22ml lime juice
• 22ml simple syrup
• 30ml pear puree
• fresh mint leaves
• top up with soda water
Directions
In a highball glass, lightly press on mint leaves with a muddler. Add the rest of the ingredients except the soda water. Add ice and transfer into a shaker and shake. Add soda water and pour it back in a highball glass. Garnish with mint leaves.
Blackberry And Thyme Champagne Cocktail
Ingredients
• 3 Limes
• 4 Tablespoons of golden caster sugar
• 75ml cachaça
• 1 ripe passion fruit
• Crushed ice
Directions
Cut the limes into wedges and muddle them with the sugar in a cocktail shaker but keep two wedges separate. Once the sugar is dissolved, add the cachaça and most of the passion fruit pulp. Fill the shaker with crushed ice and shake vigorously. Pour the cocktail in suitable glasses, top with ice and garnish with the remaining wedges and pulp.
Vodka Rosé Lime
Ingredients
- Vodka
- Sweet rosé (sparkling works best)
- Lime juice
- Sliced lime
Directions
In a glass half-filled with ice, add 30ml of vodka. Follow with a splash of freshly squeezed lime juice. Top off with Sweet or Sweet Sparkling Rosé. Garnish with sliced lime.
The Firecracker
Ingredients
- 120ml cucumber vodka
- 4 cubes seedless watermelon
- 2 diced limes
- 60ml simple syrup
- 2 watermelon slices
- 2 cucumber slices
- 2 sprigs of mint
Directions
Combine vodka, watermelon cubes and lime in a cocktail shaker. Muddle well and add simple syrup and ice. Shake once more till it’s ice-cold. Rim glasses with cut lime. Fill glasses with ice and pour ingredients from the shaker. Garnish with watermelon slices, cucumber slices and a sprig of mint.
Lemonade Cocktail
Ingredients
• 180ml sugar
• 180ml water
• 430ml fresh lemon juice
• 125ml bourbon
• 1500ml ginger ale
• Lemon slices to garnish
Directions
Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves and simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat, add lemon juice, mint, bourbon and cool. Strain the mixture, add ginger ale and stir. Add ice and lemon slices to garnish.
Raspberry Lemon Drop Martinis
Ingredients
• 60ml fresh raspberries and more to garnish
• 90ml vodka
• 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice and slices to garnish
• 60ml lemon lime soda
• 4 tablespoons sugar
Directions
Muddle the raspberries with sugar. Press through a strainer, release as much juice as possible and remove seeds. Mix with vodka, soda, lemon juice and ice in a cocktail shaker. Pour and garnish with lemons and raspberries.
