Luxe Beat Magazine MARCH 2015 | Page 83

Cocktails St. Patricks Day Cocktails Amarula Mint Splash St. Patrick's Surprise 1 shot fresh cream ½ shot amarula Cream ½ shot peppermint liqueur 1oz G'Vine Floraison gin ½oz blue curacao liqueur ¼oz white creme de cacao liqueur 1½oz freshly squeezed orange juice Place all ingredients into shaker with ice, shake and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with crushed peppermint crisp chocolate and add fresh mint. BY JUNIOR MERINO Foam: 1 egg white and a ¼ oz white creme de cacao – makes enough foam for 4 St. Patrick's Surprises. St. Patrick's Day is more than green beer and leprechaun's. Why not give these St. Patrick's Day cocktails a try? Éirinn go Brách! Black Opal L'avant Scène, BY JACQUES BEZUIDENHOUT CREATED BY JOHAN LEJEUNE, FOUQUET'S PARIS 1½oz Partida Reposado 1½oz Guinness draft ½oz tawny port ¼oz agave nectar (Cut with water. So the agave nectar is cut with equal parts water) Dash of Angostura Bitters 2oz Calvados Lecompte 5 years old ½ fresh kiwi o of iwi s ru 3 drops of grapefruit bitters 2 drops of aromatic poppy Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled wine glass or small pint glass without ice. Garnish with some grated or ground cinnamon powder. *KIWI SYRUP: IN A POT COMBINE EQUAL PARTS WATER AND SUGAR, CUBE 2 FRESH KIWI AND ADD TO MIX. BRING MIXTURE TO A BOIL AND REDUCE TO SIMMER UNTIL SUGAR IS DISSOLVED. DOUBLE STRAIN SYRUP IN TO AN AIRTIGHT BOTTLE AND REFRIGERATE. 1¼oz Calvados Boulard V.S.O.P. 10 mint leaves ½ lime (cut into 4) 1tsp of brown sugar ginger ale In cocktail glass muddle mint, lime and sugar. Add Calvados, ice, top with ginger ale and garnish with fresh mint sprig and lime wedge. PHOTOS AND RECIPES COURTESY OF AMARULA CREAM, G'VINE FLORAISON, PARTIDA, CALVADOS, AND JOHAN LE JEUNE, FOUQUET'S PARIS GUINNESS NOTE: TAKE A PINT OF GUINNESS BEFORE HAND AND USE A BAR SPOON TO STIR IT UP FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO REMOVE SOME OF THE CO2. In a cocktail shaker muddle fresh kiwi, add ice and remaining ingredients to shaker. Shake vigorously, double strain into a Martini glass and garnish with kiwi slice. Boulard Lime Julep 83