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Rich N Saucy

Touchmai Radish — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:00:55 +0000

This fruity cocktail ain’t just for the chicks -it’s a rich, fruity option, but it has a bit more weight and punch behind it.

60mls Ketel One Citron or other lemon vodka
15mls berry dessert sauce or coulis
30mls pineapple juice
30mls orange juice
10mls lemon juice

-Add all ingredients to a Boston shaker and shake vigorously.
-Strain into a large martini glass
-Garnish with a lemon knot.

Stawberries & Cream

Touchmai Radish — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:00:05 +0000

This is surely a cocktail for the ladies, but what about serving it instead of a dessert at your next dinner party?

30mls Baileys
30mls Rubis
10mls cream
30mls milk
3 white sugar cubes
4 strawberries
1 blueberry

-Rim a rocks glass with sugar.
-Muddle three of the strawberries and white sugar in a Boston shaker then add the cream, milk, Baileys and Rubis. Then shake it like your mama taught you.
-Strain into the rocks glass and add ice to top up the drink.
-Garnish with split strawberry and a blueberry.

Green Fairy

Touchmai Radish — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:00:51 +0000

Modern absinthe might not be the same poison that enticed Van Gogh into slicing off his ear, but it should still be approached with caution. At up to around 70% alcohol, compared to 50 to 60% for vodka, it’s powerful stuff.

30mls absinthe
30mls apple schnapps
45mls apple juice
1 squirt of passionfruit pulp

-Add ingredients into Boston shaker and shake vigorously.
-Strain into a large martini or wine glass and garnish with an apple fan.

Clockwork Orange

Touchmai Radish — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:00:48 +0000

This beautifully balanced drink is fruity and spicy and lovely to warm you up in winter and the hazelnut undertones from the Frangelico set the whole thing on fire.

30mls vodka
15mls Galliano
15mls Frangelico
½ an orange
2 sugar cubes
Pinch of cinnamon

-Muddle the orange and sugar in a Boston shaker.
-Add a decent pinch of cinnamon.
-Add spirits and ice, then shake hard until ice cold.
-Fill a balloon glass with fresh ice and strain the cocktail mixture over the top, adding a dash of red orange juice if required.
-Garnish with a speared lemon wheel and cherry.

Fawlty Martini

Touchmai Radish — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:00:16 +0000

This beautiful cocktail was created by Touchmai Radish for the bar he works at but it was renamed. Philistines.

60mls Smirnoff citron
10mls elderflower cordial
45 pineapple juice
30 cranberry juice
3 basil leaves

-Add ingredients apart from basil into a Boston shaker and shake vigorously.
-Double strain into a large martini glass.
-Garnish with basil. Also known as BASEEEEEEEEEEL.

Strawberry Margarita

Touchmai Radish — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:00:04 +0000

This tequila-based beauty will be the life of any party, especially if you’re putting on a sombrero and munching into a taco. Why not make this simple drink next time you’re having people over for a burrito or fajita as a special treat?

45 mls Don Julio Reposardo tequila (or any other)
15mls Cointreau
4 Strawberries
50mls Lime Juice
10mls Sugar Syrup

-Muddle strawberries then put all the ingredients into a Boston shaker.
-Rim a large martini glass with salt.
-Shake and strain into the glass lass, and garnish with a lemon twist or strawberry.

Spring Surprise

Touchmai Radish — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:00:06 +0000

Use this mix fruit and fizz to welcome Spring, with watermelon, orange, apple and passionfruit flavours. It’s a party on your tongue and everyone’s invited! (I admit we need to work on our marketing, but seriously, it’s awesome.)

30ml watermelon liqueur
15ml Cointreau
30ml apple juice
15ml passionfruit pulp
Dash of sparkling wine, prosecco or champagne

-Add all ingredients except sparkling wine to a Boston Shaker and shake vigorously.
-Strain the shaken contents into a rocks glass filled with ice and top with sparkling wine.
-Garnish with a lid of dried pineapple wheel skewered with a cherry, or a simple bunch of fresh grapes.

BellaBaci

Master Radish — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:07:49 +0000

Dedicated to Touchmai’s beautiful girlfriend Bella, the one champagne wonder, this berry fizz is perfect for the girl’s night on the tiles.

20ml strawberry liqueur (Rubis)
10ml Chambord
5ml Campari
1 strawberry
3 blueberries
100ml champagne, prosecco or sparkling wine

-Add spirits and berries into a Boston Shaker, and muddle (in other words, smoosh).
-Shake mixture and strain into the bottom of a flute glass.
-Using a barspoon, float the fizz on the red mixture. (To learn how to execute a champagne float, click here)
-Garnish with a berry skewer.

Champagne Float

Touchmai Radish — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:06:37 +0000

Learn how to float champagne in a cocktail like a pro. Soon you’ll think you’re Tom Cruise in cocktail. OK, OK. Maybe not Tom Cruise. Bryan Brown?

Place the flat bottom end of the bar spoon, with ‘shovel’ end pointed upwards, on top of the mixture that you want to float the champagne onto.
Slowly pour the champagne onto the stem of the spoon allowing it to gently slide down on the mixture.
As you are pouring , move the bar spoon and champagne upwards keeping the flat base of the spoon on the top of the champagne until you reach desired amount of champagne.

(Instructions show the black arrow dictating the movement of the spoon with the yellow arrows showing the flow of champagne.)

Not-So Old Fashioned

Touchmai Radish — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:51:36 +0000

For the whiskey and bourbon lover, you can’t go past an Old Fashioned, but the star anise in this version gives a welcome kick you’re not expecting.

60mls Jameson or other whiskey
1 sugar cube
3 drops of Angostura Bitters
2 star anise ‘stars’
Orange Peel

-In a rocks glass, coat one sugar cube in bitters and dissolve in a dash of soda water.
-Add a few large ice cubes to rocks glass and pour in the Jameson.
-Add the star anise and the orange peel, then stir and serve.