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3 delicious cocktail recipes to try this festive season
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Simple to make and so delicious, we have you covered this entertaining season with these three cocktail recipes.
Christmas is always a time to gather with friends and family, and who doesn’t love a festive tipple to celebrate the season? And while it’s the season of indulgence, it’s always great to have some lighter cocktail options up your sleeve.
An easy way to add a refreshing and delicious flavour to your cocktails this Christmas, with a welcome health boost is Vita Coco. Coconut water is a favourite for post-workout hydration, smoothie bases and drink on-the-go, but did you know that it’s also a great addition to a cocktail or mocktail? Packed with vitamin C and naturally occurring electrolytes, once you have finished your cocktails you can also use it the morning after a late night!
Read on for three delicious and easy cocktail recipes to try this Christmas.
Coconut Espresso Martini
Ingredients
35ml vodka
20ml coffee liqueur
25ml Vita Coco pressed
25ml fresh espresso
5ml sugar syrup
Garnish
3 espresso beans
Method
- Add all of the ingredients into a shaker, fill with ice & shake hard for 8-10 seconds.
- Fine strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with three espresso beans.
Velvet Batida
Ingredients
50ml Disaronno Velvet Cream Liqueur
50ml Vita Coco Coconut Water
Ice cubes and crushed ice
Fresh coconut, to garnish
Method
- Add the Disaronno Velvet and the Vita Coco Coconut Water to a cocktail shaker (or lidded jar) filled with ice cubes.
- Shake hard until well chilled and blended.
- Strain into a highball glass filled with crushed ice.
- Garnish with a slice of fresh coconut.
Rhubarb Rose Coconut Sour
Ingredients
60 ml gin
22 ml raspberry rhubarb syrup (recipe below)
30 ml Vita Coco pure coconut water
30 ml rose water
30 ml aquafaba
A few ice cubes (optional)
For the Syrup
100g frozen raspberries
100g rhubarb, tinned
75g sugar
60ml Vita Coco pure coconut water
Method
- To make the syrup, add the frozen raspberries, rhubarb and coconut water into a small pan. Bring to the boil, then reduce to simmer for 10-15 minutes.
- Once the raspberries and rhubarb have broken down, remove from the heat and strain through a fine sieve into a clean pan. Add in the sugar, and return to the heat.
- Bring to the boil, whilst stirring frequently, then reduce to simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, then pour into a glass jar and allow to cool. For a thicker syrup, simmer for longer but this consistency works perfectly for this cocktail.
- To make the coconut sour, add all of the ingredients into a blender and blitz a couple of times until the cocktail is pale, frothy and has increased in volume. Alternatively, add all of the ingredients to a cocktail shaker, shake really well until frothy.
- Pour into a glass and serve.
Vita Coco coconut water is deliciously refreshing and packed with all the goodness of coconuts. Before Vita Coco, you needed a ladder and a machete to get great-tasting coconut water. Now all you have to do is grab a Vita Coco to get your taste of the tropics. And the best thing is that it can be used for many occasions.
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