1. Searching For Cipango by Simon
Brandmayer - Grand Hyatt, Goa
Cosmo Explosion by Shishir Rane
- Hauz Khas Social, Delhi
The Majesty by Annu - A Ta Maison, Delhi Struck by Cupid by Gaurav
Soneja - ITC Grand, Mumbai
Ingredients
55ml rum
25ml fresh lime juice
22ml jasmine tea syrup
5ml Campari
15ml egg white
Ingredients
60ml citrus vodka
100ml cranberry juice
15ml triple sec
15ml lime juice
25gm candyfloss
Method
Shake and double strain all the ingredients
without ice. Top it up with some fresh
grapefruit zest. Brew jasmine tea and let it
soak for 5 minutes. Then mix it with sugar.
Pour the tea, along with the mixture into a
glass filled with crushed ice, and serve.
Ingredients
40ml whisky
20ml vermouth
5ml lime juice
5gm Earl Grey leaf
5gm hibiscus petals
2gm rose buds
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
Method
Simmer all the ingredients in
100ml water till the contents are
reduced to 75ml. Allow the liquor
to infuse and age for 24 hours.
Mix 10ml of the concoction with
vermouth, whisky and ice. Serve
in a chilled crystal glass.
Method
Take vodka, cranberry juice, triple sec and
lime juice in a mini acrylic shaker. Shake
well before pouring the mixture into a
martini glass with candyfloss on the side.
Serve it with a slice of Malta orange zest.
Ingredients
60ml vodka
30ml strawberry liqueur
4/5 fresh strawberries
1 tbsp vanilla ice cream
Crushed ice
Method
Take vodka, strawberry liqueur
and vanilla ice cream, and blend
all ingredients until smooth. Pour
into a crystal glass and garnish with
chunks of strawberries.
Mrs Robinson by Dimitri Lezinska
- The Good Wife, Mumbai
Ingredients
45ml citrus vodka
15ml triple sec
10ml lavender syrup
30ml lime juice
2tsp orange flower water
2tsp orange bitters
15ml egg white
Method
Mix citrus vodka, orange liqueur,
lavender syrup, triple sec and egg white
together, and shake it well. Strain in to
a rock glass filled with cubed ice. Top
it with orange flower water, a dash of
orange bitters and a whiff of sweet-
smelling lavender spray.
This Valentine’s Day, ditch that elaborate seven-course candlelight dinner for something
edgier and high-spirited. As you cosy up by the bar to whip up a storm of creativity and
flavour for your amour, we get some of the country’s most celebrated mixologists to share
their favourite cocktail recipes. Dim the lights and raise a toast to love.
By Dessidre Fleming
Cupid Struck
Cocktails
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