One of the best things about World Cocktail Day is the chance to try out new flavours and combinations. Mixologists can use this day to showcase their skills and create innovative cocktails that will impress. From fruity and refreshing to bold and complex, the possibilities are endless. It is a fantastic way to revere the art of mixology and showcase the creativity and innovation of cocktail makers worldwide. Whether you're a professional mixologist or a cocktail enthusiast, this day is perfect for trying new recipes and experimenting with new flavours. And echoing similar thoughts, Aniket Chaudhary, Mixologist, Chérie, shares his recipes for four cocktails.
Aniket also has a few handy tips for making cocktails at home. He underlines the importance of shaking a cocktail properly. He says, "It's the quintessential skill needed for so many drinks, but one that even professionals can struggle with the shaking movement, but it needs to be controlled. I advise you to get accustomed to how frosty cold the outside of a shaker feels on your hands; the rest is trial and error."
He recommends trying different movements until you can comfortably rattle a large volume of ice moving across the full length of the shaker (it should sound very loud as it hits either end) for around thirty seconds or more. Practice with water to see how much air you can add to the mix. You'll initially feel slightly ridiculous, but it will give you great control over your shaken drinks.
Lacto Love
Lacto love is a combination of rich cream and saffron with a hint of sweetness. I bet you won't find a cocktail this creamy and that too paired with gin.
Ingredients
- Saffron-infused gin - 60ml
- Saffron syrup -10ml
- Rich cream - 60ml
Method
Shake all the ingredients in a mixer and pour them into a crystal cocktail Martini glass. Garnish with edible flowers and saffron.
Berry Negroni
As you all know, Negroni is a classic cocktail, but we present it with a twist that makes it Chérie Signature. We infuse Campari with fresh ingredients like orange peel and create homemade vermouth with berries which gives you a kick of fruity taste.
Ingredients
- Strawberry-infused gin - 30ml
- Orange peel-infused Campari - 20ml
- Vermouth infused with berry tea - 20ml
Method
Pour all the ingredients into a crystal rock glass with round ice and stir it. Garnish it with a stamped orange peel and place a stick with bhakarwadi on top of the glass.
Spice Sour
Spice Sour is our special twist on the classic Whiskey Sour. We use premium whiskey with flavours of spices like cinnamon and star anise, which gives you a tempting flavour of spices in unique glassware.
Ingredients
- Red label whisky - 60ml
- Lemon juice - 15ml
- Hazelnut syrup - 15ml
- Cinnamon syrup - 10ml
- Anies syrup - 5ml
Method
Shake all the ingredients in a mixer, pour it into a chilled martini glass, and garnish with burned cinnamon.
Game Changer
Butterfly Blue Pea Tea is a caffeine-free herbal tea used to infuse gin which gives a blue colour accompanied by elderflower cordial syrup made from tiny white elderflowers. We use edible gold dust to provide a magical presentation on stirring the cocktail. A secret ingredient is added, which changes the cocktails from blue to purple, which justifies why it is called a Game Changer!
Blue pea tea infused gin - 60ml
Elderflower syrup - 15ml
Lemon juice- 10ml
Gold dust - 1 pinch
Method
Shake all in a mixer, pour it into a long-stem cocktail glass, and garnish with a white edible flower.