Quarantini Cocktail Competition Entries

Quarantini Cocktail Competition Entries

I’m not sure who said “Keep calm and drink a cocktail” or “You can’t buy happiness, but you can make cocktails which is kind of the same thing", but seeing the response to our Quarantini competition, it seems that many of you ARE keeping calm AND being creative on the cocktail front. Very impressive.

We had a fabulous response to our Quarantini competition and want to thank all of you who sent in such an eclectic array of drinkable delights.

One of my personal favourites was the Pink Paloma.
It looks positively good for you....

                        

- Lovingly mix the juice of one grapefruit

- Add the juice of one lime

- Pour over ice

- Top up with soda water

- Throw in a sprig of mint & slice of lime.

 
So far, so fresh and good for you… and then add a splash of gin.
Lockdown sorted.

 Thank you, Sophie, I tried one and true happiness was mine.

 

I rather liked the challenge set by the Lockdown Limbo. Could I get the dark rum to float so enticingly as Angie has managed to do?

 It's all gloriously simple (and yes I did!):-

- 1 shot white rum

- 1 shot spiced rum

- 1/2 a shot of almond syrup

- 1 tsp of orange marmalade

- 1/2 a shot of dark rum

- Sprig of mint

Simply shake the white rum, spiced rum, almond syrup and marmalade with a few ice cubes and pour into a glass. Gently pour and float the dark rum on top and garnish with mint. Et voila – happy in Limbo.

The “Work-from-home 4pm Espresso Quarantini" appealed to me, particularly the having a decadent shot of coffee to get you through that final part of the afternoon. Decadent, creamy, delicious .....
and I'm still awake!

 

 

You can recreate this alternative to a cup of tea as follows:

- 1 tsp of homemade sugar syrup

- 1 shot of Vodka

- 3 tbsp of cafetiere coffee

- 1 shot of Kalùa

- Ice

To get the best results, Annabel tells us, dance around and shake it up!

The Home-Schooling Hiatustini is surely a must for parents
throughout the nation

- 2 shots cachaca or other rum from back of drinks cabinet

- 1 tbsp orange liquor

- Juice from 2 limes

- Sprig of mint, ideally from garden

- Strawberry, ideally from garden

- Ice

Add all the ingredients to your cocktail shaker and give it a shake. Pour over your strawberry, relax and enjoy. Nicola recommends it is drunk ideally with no homework interruptions.

And finally, our winner, the Rose Delight, which which looks beautiful, smells beautiful and indeed tastes beautiful. Thank you, Helen.

 

- 2 shots of your favourite gin

- Muddled fresh raspberries

- Topped with frozen Rose Lemonade

- Garnished with frozen blueberries. Yum, yum, yum.

So as Luis Bunuel Portoles, the Spanish-Mexican filmmaker, said " If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say that I doubt it: where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead". A fine motto indeed.  

So having planned ahead, I'm off...

Best wishes, 

Wingfield Digby 

 

 

 

 

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