Whether you’re planning an engagement party or wedding, knock the socks off your guests’ feet with these tasty cocktails.
Passionfruit & watermelon margarita
Prep: 5 mins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fresh passionfruit pulp (approx. 7-8 passionfruit)
- 500g watermelon flesh
- 1/4 cup lime juice (60ml)
- 120ml silver tequila
- 60ml triple sec
To serve
- ice
- watermelon
- lime wedges
- coarse salt
Method
- Blend watermelon flesh until very smooth. Pass juice through a sieve if desired, discarding any solids.
- Add watermelon juice, passionfruit pulp, lime juice, tequila and triple sec to a jug with a handful of ice. Stir well.
- Pour salt onto a small plate to ½cm depth. Run a lime wedge around the rim of a glass and dip immediately into the salt. Fill the salt-rimmed glass with ice, repeat lime and salt rim with remaining glasses.
- Divide margarita mixture across the glasses, garnish with watermelon and lime to serve.
Tip: For a mocktail alternative: omit the tequila and triple sec, add 1/4 cup (60ml) fresh orange juice and 1 cup (250ml) sparkling water. Skip step 3, as the salt is not required.
Recipe courtesy Aussie Passionfruit [aussiepassionfruit.com.au]
Golden hour
Ingredients
- 45ml Kilderkin Larrikin ‘Sunburnt Country’ Gin
- 15ml ginger syrup
- 15ml lemon juice
- Lemon thyme
- Ginger ale
- Dehydrated citrus
Method
- Shake gin, ginger syrup and lemon juice with ice and a sprig of lemon thyme.
- Strain into a glass over ice and top with ginger ale to give it a golden appearance.
- Garnish with a dehydrated citrus slice and a stem of lemon thyme.
Recipe and image courtesy of Larrikin Gin.
The Kraken’s heart
Ingredients
- 45ml The Kraken Black Spiced Rum
- 30ml freshly pressed lime juice
- 5ml crème de mure
- 15ml fig and honey syrup
- 1 pinch of activated carbon (charcoal tablet)
Method
- Make fig and honey syrup by simmering and reducing 1 part honey, 1 part syrup of fig and 2 parts water.
- Shake all ingredients and strain into a double rocks glass over ice.
- Garnish with half a fig.
Recipe and image created and developed by The Kraken Black Spiced Rum.
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