Shaking Up A Cupboard Cocktail

If when you think of cocktails, you think fruity, sweet, refreshing and ... expensive! You wouldn’t be the only one. When out in a restaurant or bar, most of us assume the cocktails are going to be the priciest drinks on the menu, and rightly so. Don’t get me wrong, they’re usually worth it with the blend of exotic juices, liquers and spirits. But you don’t have to venture out and spend a fortune to have one of these refreshing tipples. You can knock-up your favourite concoction in the comfort of your own home! So, if you’ve got a house party, girly night in, or you’re taking a bunch of friends back to your house after a night out but have no drink to offer them, fear not. We’ve found 5 cocktail recipes from mixedcocktails.com that you’ve unknowingly got sat in the midst of your kitchen cupboard...! CUBA LIBRE Ingredients - 1 parts Bacardi Gold Rum, 2 wedges of lime, 2 parts cola Instructions - Step one: Fill a glass with lots of ice; Step two: Rub one wedge of lime around the edge of the glass then drop both lime wedges into the glass; Step three: Pour in the Bacardi Gold rum, top up with chilled cola and stir gently; Step four: Make sure that you add the squeeze of lime over the ice before adding the Bacardi Gold rum. It all makes a difference BOMBAY MARY COCKTAIL Ingredients - 1 1/2 parts Bombay Sapphire Gin, 4 parts tomato juice Curry powder, 1 pinch of ground coriander, 3 drops soy sauce, 5 drops Worcestershire sauce, 2 drops tabasco sauce, 1 dash lemon juice Ice Celery Instructions - Step one: Pour everything into a clean jug and Stir; Step two: Strain it into a glass, garnish with celery, and serve GOLDEN FIZZ Ingredients - 2 parts Bombay Sapphire Gin, 1 part lemon juice or lime juice Sugar syrup, Half an egg yolk Slice of lemon and sprig of mint to garnish Soda (to taste) Ice Instructions - Step one: Put all of the ingredients into a shaker. Shake to foam up the egg yolk; Step two: Add ice. Shake to chill the liquid really well; Step three: Strain the mix into a glass filled with ice. Top up your glass with soda. Try a slice of lemon and a sprig of mint as a garnish. DAIQUIR COCKTAIL Ingredients - 3 parts Bacardi Rum 1 part lime or lemon juice Sugar to taste Ice Instructions - Step one: Place all ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake hard for a minimum of 30 seconds; Step two: There is no step two. You’re done! BEES KNEES Ingredients - 2 parts Bombay Sapphire Gin, 3/4 part honey syrup, 3/4 part lemon juice Ice Instructions - Step one: Chill your glass (the easiest way is to fill it with ice). Put lots of ice and all of the ingredients into a shaker; Step two: Shake hard for about 20 seconds to chill the liquid really well then strain the mix into the glass.