Sunshine Cocktails

21 Jan 2016
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If you’re missing the summer sun then FOUR brings you some of the best cocktails with Grand Marnier to really brighten up your weekend…
Grand Margarita

Ingredients

30ml Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge

40ml Don Julio® Blanco

20ml freshly squeezed lime juice

Method

Pour all ingredients in a shaker, fill with ice cubes, shake vigorously and double strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a lime wedge and half of the glass with a salt rim.

Lady Marmalade

By Julien Lafond, inspired by Salvatore Calabrese’s breakfast martini

Ingredients

3 spoons of orange and tangerine marmalade (optional)

1 spray peach bitters over the drink (optional)

35ml Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge

15ml Ketel One Vodka

25ml freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice

20ml egg white

Method

Pour all the ingredients in a shaker except the peach bitters.Fill with ice, shake vigorously and strain into a coupette. Finish with a spray of peach bitters over the drink. Garnish with a mint leaf.

The Moonwalk

By Joe Gilmore, celebrating the return of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969.

Ingredients

20ml Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge

1 dash grapefruit bitters (can be replaced with orange bitters if necessary)

1 white sugar cube

1 dash orange flower water

Champagne top

Method

Top with Champagne and finish by twisting a grapefruit zest over the glass, before discarding.

Grand Esprit

Ingredients

30ml Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge

15ml elderflower cordial

120ml soda water

Method

Build in a highball glass filled with ice cubes, add the garnish and a straw, then stir.

Garnish

Half an orange wheel and a strawberry cut in quarters.