March 29, 2024

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New Year’s Eve cocktail recipes by NI bartender made easy

Our New Year’s Eve plans have been shattered, and we are going to have to make the most of being at home.

To help us, expert mixologist Graeme Hamilton, Bar Manager at The Rabbit in the heart of Templepatrick has shaken up two delicious cocktails for you to try.

These cocktails are easy to make and are the perfect recipe for the ultimate New Year’s Eve night in.

They’ll allow you to toast to the New Year with your family or via Zoom with your friends.

Festive Fiero

The Festive Fiero recipe is the perfect bittersweet combination which is guaranteed to tantalise your tastebuds.

Festive Fiero

Ingredients

50ml Martini Fiero

25ml Amaretto

25ml lemon juice

25ml raspberry syrup

To garnish

2 raspberries

¼  dehydrated orange

Icing sugar

Mint sprig

Method

Add cubed ice to a double old-fashioned glass and leave to one side.

Take a mixing glass and add 50ml Martini Fiero, 25ml Amaretto, 25ml lemon juice and 25ml raspberry syrup.

Remove ice from double old-fashioned glass and fill with crushed ice.

Add ice to the mixing glass and shake for ten seconds, then strain into glass.

Garnish with a raspberry skewer, dehydrated orange and a mint sprig dusted with icing sugar

Winter Berry Daquiri

For those wanting something more traditional, the Winter Berry Daquiri is the perfect aperitif and is deliciously fruity.

Winter Berry Daquiri

Ingredients

50ml Bacardi Carta Blanca

25ml lime juice

2 muddled raspberries

1 muddled blackberry

2 muddled strawberries

Two scoops of ice

To garnish

1 lime

1 strawberry

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Method

Fill a martini glass with ice and leave to one side.

Add 50ml Bacardi Carta Blanca, 25ml lime juice, fresh raspberries, blackberries and strawberries, and two scoops of ice into the blender. Blend for 15 seconds and pour into glass.

To serve garnish with a lime wheel and strawberry quarter.