Machiiii open the bottle!! It takes just one day, one drink to cleanse all the problems and stress of the week. Why wait for Friyay when you can enjoy your tipsy Thursday? To help you with your booze, we have listed a number of fruity cocktail recipes.
Sad, happy, frustrated, fulfilled, content? There's probably one way that you want to celebrate things, some alcohol right? But given that the holidays just got over and also, the endless Christmas and new year parties that you've been to have had you consume enough alcohol already. And now, let's look at a little healthier way to celebrater, alcohol-infused with juices and let's call it a "juice cleanse" hahaha. We've got you a number of fruity cocktail recipes to quench your tipsy Thursday thirst. Let's have a look, shall we?
1) Cosmopolitan
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Ingredients :
- 30ml vodka
- 15ml orange liquor
- Splash of cranberry juice
- Splash of freshly squeezed lemon
- Ice
- Lime slice to garnish
Procedure :
- Fill your Martini glass with ice and cold water to chill the glass while the drink is being prepared.
- Fill your shaker full of ice and pour the shots of alcohol and juices directly in the shaker, one by one.
- Shake! Shake the cocktail until the shaker becomes frosty on the outside.
- Empty the ice water from the Martini glass and pour the Cosmo. Garnish with a slice of lime and voila! Cheers!
2) Passion fruit Gin Fizz cocktail
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Ingredients :
- 1 ½ oz Gin
- 2 oz Passion Fruit Concentrated Drink Mix (if using juice use 3-4 oz)
- 5-6 drops of Lemon Bitters
- Soda Water, for topping
- 1/2 Passion Fruit Pulp, to garnish
Procedure :
- Fill a 16oz highball glass with ice, then add gin, passion fruit concentrated drink mix and lemon bitters. Top with soda water and stir to combine.
- Cut passion fruit in half, and scoop the interior out with a spoon. Lightly place the passionfruit pulp onto the top of the cocktail. Serve immediately.
3) Bronx
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Ingredients :
- 30ml gin
- 15ml triple Sec
- 30ml fresh orange juice
- 10ml simple syrup
Procedure :
- Pour all ingredients over ice in a martini shaker. Shake, then strain into chilled martini glass.
- Garnish with an orange slice.
4) Pina colada
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Ingredients :
- 1 1/2 cup ice
- 1/2 cup diced pineapple frozen
- 30ml pineapple juice
- 30ml coconut cream
- 20ml white rum
- Pineapple slices garnish
- cherries garnish
- umbrella garnish
Procedure :
- Put the ice, frozen pineapple, juice, coconut cream, rum into a blender.
- Blend until smooth and frosty.
- Pour the drink into a glass and garnish the rim with pineapple slices and cherries. Enjoy!
Also Read: These milk-based cocktails will make you like milk a lot more!
5) Blueberry sour
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Ingredients :
- 1 cup Blueberries
- 1 Orange peel
- 10ml Citric acid
- 10ml Blood orange juice
- 45ml Gin
- 20ml Soda water.
Procedure:
- Begin by putting the blueberries into a jug and squash using a cocktail muddler or the end of a rolling pin. Then pour in the gin and muddle a little more.
- Strain through a fine-meshed sieve, pressing down on the solids to extract all juice and gin. Discard the fruit pulp.
- Next pour the blueberry gin into a cocktail shaker with 4 cubes of ice and add the remaining ingredients. Put the top firmly on the shaker and give a good hard shake (at least 30 seconds)
- Strain the drink into cocktail glasses and garnish with blueberries and orange peel. Serve immediately.
6) Berry Margarita
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Ingredients :
- 45ml Tequila
- 15ml Triple Sec
- 1/2 cup Fresh Strawberries, Blackberries and Raspberries
- 60ml Lemon and Lime soda
- 10ml Sweet and Sour Mix
- 1tsp Margarita Salt
- 3/4 cups crushed ice
Procedure :
- Place mixed berries, margarita salt, ice in a mixer and blend until smooth.
- Strain the mixture and get rid of the pulp.
- Add the prepared mixture to a shaker and then add the remaining ingredients like tequila, triple Sec, sweet and sour mix, lemon-lime soda and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour your drink into a frozen margarita glass and enjoy your drink!
7) Red Mambo
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Ingredients :
- 30 ml Coconut Rum
- 1/2 cup Raspberry, pineapple
- 10 ml lime juice
- 10ml simple syrup
- 20ml lime soda
Procedure :
- Place raspberry and pineapple in a blender and blend it until smooth. Strain the mixture and get rid of the excess pulp.
- Add white rum, lime juice, simple syrup and juice in a cocktail shaker and fill with ice; shake until chilled. Strain into a rocks glass and fill with ice.
- Add soda and garnish with lime.
8) Cherry punch
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Ingredients :
- 1 lemon's juice
- 30ml vodka
- 30ml club soda
- 1/2 a cup of cherries
Procedure :
- Muddle 4-5 pitted cherries with 2 tsp sugar & the juice of one lime.
- Add 30ml vodka of choice
- Shake well with ice; strain over fresh ice & top with 30ml club soda/seltzer
- Garnish with a whole cherry & lime wheel.