COCKTAILS & Canapés


Treat your guests to a tipple or two this Christmas...


H


ost your Christmas celebrations with festive fl air and eff ortless entertaining. FOODLOVER has pulled together sugar and spice and all things nice with our favourite festive cocktails and a selection of Christmassy canapés.


Christmas Cocktails RUBY WINTER CUP


The Ruby Winter Cup is a wintry version of a Pimm’s Cup. It’s a really simple cocktail with just a few ingredients and the warmth of the ginger ale helps to add a seasonal element to the drink.


Makes 1 40ml rum


20ml fruit cup 120ml ginger ale


TO GARNISH Choose from: Cinnamon Star anise Mint leaves Cloves Orange zest Redcurrants


1 Pour all the ingredients into a wine glass over ice cubes.


2 Garnish lavishly with seasonal winter ingredients.


SAINT BAVARIAN SAGE


The tonic in this cocktail adds a delicate hint of festive fi zz. Its herby tendencies make it a light and refreshing cocktail, perfect to counterbalance the decadent foods on off er at this time of year.


Makes 1


50ml dry gin 30ml fresh lemon juice 20ml icing sugar


7 sage leaves, plus 1 sprig to garnish


Mediterranean tonic water, to top up


Lemon slice, to garnish


1 Put all the ingredients, except the tonic water, into a cocktail shaker and shake well.


2 Strain into a highball glass fi lled with ice cubes, top up with the tonic water and garnish with a sprig of sage and lemon slice.


Both recipes from; Fever Tree - The Art of Mixing by Fever-Tree Limited, Published by Mitchell Beazley


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