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Parked Car Cocktail

The instantly loveable Parked Car makes a superb party drink. It is highly alcoholic, but also full of flavour with a slightly sweet tinge, making it really easy- perhaps a little too easy- to sip. Part of its appeal is its colour- a wonderfully dainty pink.

INGREDIENTS:

• 30ml (1 oz) Campari
• 30ml (1 oz) white tequila
• 15ml (1/2 oz) Cointreau
• White of one egg

EQUIPMENT:

• Shaker
• Strainer
• Chilled Martini glass

MIXING METHOD:

Fill your shaker with ice and pour in all the ingredients. Shake vigorously for ten seconds to ensure that egg white has properly combined with everything else in the mix. Strain into the chilled Martini glass.

Add comment June 26th, 2007

Margarita Cocktail

This is perhaps the most famous party cocktail of all, and probably the best tequila cocktail ever made. Appealing, fresh, and vibrant, the Margarita is perfectly balanced. The taste of the tequila is tempered by the other ingredients, so that the hit is not of alcohol, but of something much more delicious and complex. The effect is boosted by the salt on the rim of the glass, which reinforces the flavours of the cocktail as you sip, and takes away the sharpness of lime, leaving only a thirst-quenching citrus taste.

INGREDIENTS:

• 30ml (1 oz) freshly squeezed lime juice
• 15ml (1/2 oz) triple sec
• 45ml (1 1/2 oz) white tequila
• Slice of lime
• Fine salt

EQUIPMENT:

• Shaker
• Strainer
• Frosted Martini or Margarita glass
• Saucer

MIXING METHOD:

First you need to “salt” the glass. Gently and evenly rub a thin slice of lime around the glass’s rim. Lightly roll the rim in a saucer of salt. Turn the glass upright and set aside to dry while you pour all the cocktail ingredients into an ice-filled shaker. Shake them well and strain into the glass. Although the salted rim is the main garnish, you can decorate with a twist of lime, too.

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Matador Cocktail

Thanks to the refreshing touch of apple, this cocktail is special. The apple juice and the orange tang of Cointreau, teamed with the sweeter flavours of golden tequila, can fool you into thinking this is a soft drink. Be warned- it is not! This is a happy cocktail for happy times, and will always put you in a wonderfull frame of mind.

INGREDIENTS:

• 30ml (1 oz) gold tequila
• 10ml (1/3 oz) triple sec (or Cointreau)
• 20ml (2/3 oz) freshly pressed apple juice

EQUIPMENT:

• Shaker
• Strainer
• Martini glass

MIXING METHOD:

Fill the shaker with ice and pour in all the ingredients. Shake the contents well and strain into the glass. Garnish with an orange peel, and serve with a small straw if you wish.

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Alligator Cocktail

Exotic and vibrant, the Alligator is a summer-holiday cocktail with a full spectrum of flavours: it takes you all the way from sweet, through sour, to sharp. It has a long, fruity finish and can easily be mistaken for a soft drink.

INGREDIENTS:

• 30ml (1 oz) tequila
• 20ml (2/3 oz) Pisang Ambon banana or other fruit liquer.
• dash pineapple sour
• dash lemon sour

EQUIPMENT:

• Shaker
• Strainer
• Tumbler

MIXING METHOD:

Fill the shaker with ice and pour in the ingredients. Shake well and strain into the glass. Garnish with a wheel of lime on the rim.

Add comment June 25th, 2007