Halloween is here and it’s time to transform and shape up into your favorite character as you get ready to organize the perfect house party for your friends. Pumpkin-spicy lattes, spooky decorations and lots of candy are essential, but Halloween seems incomplete without some delicious, yet spooky sips! Read on because these cocktails are sure to make your evening a little spooky and a lot delicious. You don’t have to be a seasoned mixologist to whip up these delicious cocktails. Whatever you choose, you can’t go wrong with this selection, so get creative and don’t forget to add a touch of goulash garnish!
ghost eyes
material
60ML White Rum
75ML Lychee Juice
10ML Blue Curacao Syrup
Top up with Ginger Ale
preparation
Build ingredients over ice and slowly pour blue curaçao over the top. Serve with 2 litchis filled with black olives in highball glasses. Beware, spirits are always watching.
killer zombie
material
60 ml white rum
40 ml orange juice
40 ml pineapple juice
10 ml lemon juice
10 ml Grenadine Syrup
preparation
Build on ice. Pour grenadine into a pipette/dropper, and invite your guests to press it into the drink. Garnish with orange wedges and cherries on a cocktail stick.
Twinkle in the Dark by Drunken Botanist
material
60 ml vodka
15 ml lavender
15 ml cherry syrup
10 ml lemon juice
shaken and fine tension
preparation
First we mix the cherries in the shaker then we shake the lemon juice, lavender syrup, cherry syrup and vodka vigorously and then pour into the martini glass garnish with the cherries.
Pumpkin Spice Sour
material
50 ml johnnie walker black label
30 ml Pumpkin Spice Cordial*
10 ml lemon juice
1 teaspoon honey
10ml egg white
preparation
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker
fill shaker with ice
Turn off shaker and shake for 15 seconds
Sieve finely in chilled cupboard glass
Garnish with lemon peel and enjoy
Serve in cold cupboard glasses
* Cut the pumpkin pieces in a centrifugal juicer (like an apple) and extract the juice. Per 250 ml pumpkin juice, add 100 g sugar, 1 tsp mixed spice (cinnamon, cardamom, star anise, all spice dram), 0.5 tsp citric acid. Stir to dissolve and strain through a cloth.
Tim’s Top Tips for Halloween Cocktails
• If you don’t have a centrifugal juicer, make sure you use a high-powered blender to blend the steamed/boiled pumpkin into a velvety-smooth texture. Otherwise, it will break when mixed with other ingredients.
• If you have fruit (yes, pumpkin is a fruit) that is on the verge of perishability, adding alcohol can capture peak ripeness.
• If you choose a coupe glass, there is more in the form of pumpkin in the drink. The coupe is taut and has a round bowl instead of the V shape of a standard cocktail glass.
Cajun Margarita by Deepak Jial – Bar Manager, Piano Mann
material
2 oz silver tequila
2 oz lime juice
2 oz orange juice, fresh
1/2 oz jalapeno simple syrup
1 jalapeno, thinly sliced for garnish
1 large jalapeno, seeded and halved
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1/4 cup sea salt
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tsp lime zest
method
Making Jalapeno Simple Syrup
Put water and sugar in a small saucepan and cook on low heat. Stir it to help dissolve the sugar. Once all the sugar dissolves, add jalapenos and boil for another 10 minutes. Turn off the heat, and let the jalapenos stand for 10 to 30 minutes. The longer you keep the sharpness, the more syrupy it will become. Taste and when you are happy with the taste, let cool and then strain into a glass jar and put in the fridge to cool. If you need it right away, put some in the freezer and take it out when it cools. It can be kept in the fridge for 3-4 weeks.
making chili salt
Mix all ingredients for chili salt in a small bowl. Then spoon in a circle on a small flat plate about the size of your margarita glass.
preparation
Rub a slice of lime around the rim of the margarita glass to moisten it. Then turn it face down on the plate with the chili lime salt mixture to coat the rim.
Place all margarita ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. shake well. Pour into margarita glass with ice and salted rim (use Chili Salt recipe). Add a few slices of jalapeno for garnish.
by the lake
material
40 ml Belvedere vodka
15 ml fino sherry
25 ml fresh lemon juice
25 ml honey water
2 pieces fresh cucumber
preparation
Pour all ingredients into a shaker over cubed ice and shake vigorously. Sieve finely in a chilled cup. Garnish with fresh cucumber.
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