CHRISTMAS COCKTAIL
FESTIVE
NEGRONI
Perfect as a pre-dinner tipple, give the classic Italian cocktail a festive feel with warming cinnamon, fragrant star anise and aromatic bay leaves.
INGREDIENTS
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 4 whole cloves
- 2 star anise
- 200ml gin
- Ice
- 100-200ml vermouth
- 100-200ml Campari
- Orange slices and fresh bay leaves, to serve
YOU WILL NEED
- 4-8 glasses
- Frying pan
- Medium sized jar
- Fine mesh sieve
METHOD
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1.Add the cinnamon, cloves and star anise to a dry frying pan and toast for 5 minutes, or until the spices are fragrant. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
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2.Tip all the spices into a jar and pour over the gin. Seal and chill for 48 hours to infuse.
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3.Strain the infused gin through a fine mesh sieve.
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4.Fill the glasses with ice.
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5.Mix the cocktail by tipping 25ml of the infused gin, vermouth and Campari into the glasses.
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6.Garnish with orange slices and bay leaves.
METHOD
-
1.Add the cinnamon, cloves and star anise to a dry frying pan and toast for 5 minutes, or until the spices are fragrant. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
-
2.Tip all the spices into a jar and pour over the gin. Seal and chill for 48 hours to infuse.
-
3.Strain the infused gin through a fine mesh sieve.
-
4.Fill the glasses with ice.
-
5.Mix the cocktail by tipping 25ml of the infused gin, vermouth and Campari into the glasses.
-
6.Garnish with orange slices and bay leaves.
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