Chill on Bonfire Night with a cool cocktail
TAKE the nip out of the air with these winter warmers, writes Sam Wylie-Harris.
There’s always a chill in the air as you stand and watch fireworks – but that provides a good excuse to warm yourself up afterwards with an autumnal tipple.
Here are some cocktails for bonfie night. ● Get your five a day with a Belle of St Clement.
It brings together the flavours of St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur (£19.50, 50cl, Asda) with the fragrance of jasmine tea and rosemary, laced with the sweetness of mandarin acacia honey syrup.
Ingredients: 10ml St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur, 5ml mandarin acacia honey syrup, 80ml hot silver tip jasmine tea, two drops of rosemary droplets/tincture, garnish with a sprig of rosemary.
Method: Build ingredients in a china tea cup and garnish with a fresh sprig of rosemary. ●Liqueur lovers will love this pimped-up hot chocolate cocktail. And they’re easy-peasy if you’ve also been on fireworks duty or at a display. Simply pour one of Sainsbury’s new Hazelnut, Chocolate or Coffee Liqueurs (£8 each, 35cl, Sainsbury’s) into a mug of hot chocolate, or add a dash or two to spike up an espresso. ●The By the Fireside cocktail brings the citrus to autumn. Pococello limoncello (£25, 50cl, Pococello) is cushioned with comforting Chase Marmalade Vodka (£40, 70cl, Waitrose & Partners).
Ingredients: 25ml Pococello, 25ml Chase marmalade vodka, 25g orange marmalade, spike of citrus, 50ml water.
Method: Warm all ingredients over a stove. Serve in a heat-resistant mug and garnish with a clove-studded lemon wheel.
(in store only) Beefeater 54 shots, £39.99, Lidl Monster firework selection box, £5.99, The Range Standard silver sparklers (5), 45p, B&M TNT Enchanted fountain, £7 or two for £10, Asda Mercury Menace 90 shot barrage, £20, Morrisons