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"I love affogato, and I love martini – so I thought why not combine the two to create the ultimate espresso martini?"
Recipe
Blood orange & cranberry fizz
Cocktail recipe
From St Ives comes this unique blood orange gin, mixed with Cointreau, cranberry juice, and topped with Laurent-Perrier Champagne.
Ingredients
25ml St Ives blood orange gin
25ml Cointreau
50ml cranberry juice
1/2 lime
Dash sugar syrup
Laurent-Perrier Champagne
Method
Served in a wine glass
Add all ingredients, except Champagne into a shaker and shake with ice.
Double strain over chilled martini glass/ Champagne flute.
Top with Laurent-Perrier and garnish with orange peel
St Ives gin
St Ives flavoured gins aren’t synthetic at all – they’re really smooth and mellow – and lovely to work with. You get a hit of flavour, but it’s subtle and not overly sweet.
Explore Cornwall with our 12 drinks of Christmas
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“Blood orange has just come into season too. All the oils from the orange peel garnish really add to the experience when you drink this. And orange as a scent is just Christmas distilled.”
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