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RECIPES FROM THE IDEAL BARTENDER
Drink and hospitality expert Christina Veira shares recipes from Tom Bullock's book on cocktails.
February 24, 2025 5:04 p.m. EST
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Black and Tan
Ingredients
300ml lemon juice
300 ml castor sugar
750ml Irish stout (chilled)
750ml (1 btl) Champagne (chilled)
Directions
Combine lemon juice and sugar and mix until sugar is fully dissolved.
Add block ice.
Slowly add Irish stout. Top with Champagne
Serve in flutes or cocktail glasses, with fruit of your choice as garnish.
Bombay Punch
Ingredients
125 ml oleo saccharum **
1 cup (250 ml) strawberries, sliced
1 cup (250 ml) lemon wheels
1 cup (250 ml) orange wheels
1 cup (250 ml) fresh pineapples, in pieces
375 ml brandy
375ml sherry
375 ml Madeira
2.5 btls Champagne
750 ml sparkling water
Directions
Combine oleo saccharum, fruit, brandy, sherry and Madeira in a punch bowl. At this stage, you can let it sit in the fridge for extra flavour.
Add block ice.
Top with champagne and sparkling water.
Serve in punch glasses, making sure each glass has some fruit.
Crimean Cup a La Marmora
Ingredients
350ml orgeat
150ml Jamaican rum
150ml Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
200ml brandy
1 btl (750ml) Champagne
1 btl (750ml) sparkling water
Directions
Combine orgeat, rum, maraschino liqueur and brandy in punch bowl.
Pack bowl with pebble or shaved ice.
Top with champagne and sparkling water.
Garnish with fruit of your choice.
Punch a La Romaine
Ingredients
1 btl Italian Champagne
1 btl Flor de Cana 12 Year Old Rum
60 ml Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2L blood orange - lemon granita
2L Italian meringue
Directions
In an ice cold bowl add blood orange & lemon granita (ice) and bitters
Fold in Italian meringue
Top with rum and champagne.
Mix gently until at perfect frothy and frozen.
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