Friday, March 9, 2012

Cocktail No 4- Super Star Lychee

60 ml Bacardi White Rum
30 ml Lychee Liqueur
30 ml fresh lemon juice
180 ml soda
Sliced Star Fruit for garnish

Pour the rum & liqueur in a tall glass over ice. Add the lemon juice & stir. Pour the soda & garnish with Star fruit.

Cocktail No 3- Very Berry Sangria

1 bottle fruit wine. (Have used Vin Ballet Apple here)
120 ml Brandy
Sprig of Spearmint
2 cups of mixed chopped berries
Ice
Mix berries & brandy in a large pitcher & leave to marinade for an hour. Add spearmint, wine & ice. Stir & serve.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Cocktail No 2- Apple Gin-tan

60 ml Gin
Juice of one lemon
60 ml Ginger ale
Apple juice
Ice

Pour the gin, ale, lemon juice in a tall glass. Add ice & stir. Top it with apple juice (optional a mix of apple juice & soda)

Lemonade Oriental- Cocktail 1

One of my 1st cocktail recipes posted. a creation inspired by the love of cooking Thai curries..with a refreshing touch of coconut water.

Lemon-grass syrup
100 gm sugar
100 ml water
5-6 stalks of lemongrass

Boil the sugar & water till the sugar is dissolved. Add lemon grass, bring to boil, stirring continuously. Remove from heat & leave to cool. Strain the syrup & refrigerate.

60 ml white rum
30 ml lemon-grass syrup
Coconut water
Juice of one lime
Ice
Lemongrass to garnish

Add ice, lime juice, white rum & syrup in a cocktail shaker. Shake & pour in tall glass. Top it with coconut water & Garnish with a stalk of lemongrass.

Roasted Chicken with Apricots

300 gm Chicken breast
1 tsp each of ground cinnamon, cumin, & garlic
Salt & pepper
4 strips of bacon
5-6 pieces of dried apricot
Olive oil
Chicken stock

Slice the chicken in 4 pieces & flatten a little with a mallet. Make a paste with cinnamon, cumin, garlic, salt, pepper, & olive oil. Marinade the chicken with the paste and leave in refrigerator for an hour. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees for 10 minutes. Grease a baking dish with oil. Place the chicken pieces, line each piece with a bacon strip. Place the apricot over, pour in the chicken stock. Let it bake for an hour. Add more stock if it gets dry. Serve with bread or cous cous.