Tag: Gin
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Rhubarb & Strawberry Collins
If there’s one taste that epitomises the British summertime then it must be that of a perfectly ripe strawberry, bursting with sun-sweetened juice. Some of my earliest memories are of going strawberry picking at our local farm and of the sheer delight of finding the fruit, red and gleaming beneath trefoil leaves. We would fill…
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Lovage Cocktail
Lovage is a herb that seems to be rather out of favour at the moment. It occasionally appears as a component in restaurant dishes but I rarely see it in recipes and can’t recall ever finding it in a grocer’s shop or supermarket. Fortunately it’s pretty easy to grow from seed (or if you’re pressed…
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Rhubarb Ramos Gin Fizz
I’ve been intrigued by the Ramos Gin Fizz for some time, but until now have had trouble wrapping my head around the idea of mixing gin with cream. I couldn’t imagine how the balance of flavours and textures would work and worried about bitterness and curdling. However, a few weeks ago I was eating a…
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Kaffir & Clementine Gin Fizz
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m a little over January. I know that one should never wish the time away, but there’s something about this month that would test even the truest optimist. Perhaps it’s the rather melancholic sight of spent Christmas trees dropping their needles on the curb side, of unlit lights,…
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Lemon, Elderflower & Chamomile Posset
May is probably my favourite time of year in the UK. After a usually grey early Spring, the sun finally throws out real warmth, and the world responds with an abundance of fresh green growth. Radishes, peas and broad beans spring up in the vegetable patch, the herbaceous borders seem to fill out over night, and every…
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Elderflower, Pink Grapefruit & Rosemary Gin & Tonic
This weekend we’ve been incredibly busy in the garden. The sun has finally decided to shine on us, and so we’re taking the opportunity to weed, sow, plant and dig (not to mention building retaining walls and pick-axing and excavating new flower beds!). As a result we’ve not really had the time (nor the energy) to…
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Spiced Rhubarb Gin Fizz
The last time Maurice and I were down in London we visited Mr Fogg’s, a cocktail bar and gin parlour in the West End, themed around Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days. As I love a bit of whimsy, I was quite in my element perched on a chaise longue, sipping literary-inspired libations and nibbling quails’ eggs. (And…
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Cherry Blossom Martini
If there’s one sight that’s synonymous with Spring throughout the Northern Hemisphere, surely it’s the emergence of fruit blossoms, softly trembling through April’s sun and showers, and none are more celebrated nor prolific than those of the cherry tree. I can still recall the first time I encountered these delicate flowers. At the nursery I attended…