In a previous life, many moons ago now, I worked almost every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night as a bartender. This basically meant that I operated on little weekend sleep for the 4 years I was at university, pulled my fair share of beers and made countless bourbon and cokes (which seemed to be the popular drink of choice amongst the younger clientele at the time).
A highlight of these years was being rostered on in the cocktail bar from time to time, as opposed to the nightclub, where I could have fun creating cocktails.
And while these days my weekends are far more laid back (with sleep deprivation coming in the form of a newborn rather than an 8-hour bartending shift), I still do love creating cocktails when the opportunity arises.
Take this Santorini Sunrise, for instance – which we served at our recent Father’s Day lunch. It was a simple cocktail, and far from the ‘unique’ cocktails popping up on drink menus today, but it was fresh and fruity – and just the sort of cocktail I was wanting to serve.
A tasty little addition to the MCP cocktail list come Summer time!
What about you? What is you favourite cocktail?
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cocktail
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- 30 ml vodka
- 20 ml peach schnapps
- 100 ml orange juice
- 50 ml pineapple juice
- grenadine to drizzle
Ingredients
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- Combine vodka, peach schnapps and juices in a shaker, and shake with ice. Pour into a glass (also with ice).
- Drizzle grenadine down the side of the glass to create a sunrise effect. Garnish with pineapple slices.