Cocktails from afar

Cocktails

FROM AFAR

Let these cocktails take you back to your favourite European destinations. Sundowners from where you’d rather be...

Terrace on Lake Como

Dreaming of the Italian sun? Be transported to T Bar at Grand Hotel Tremezzo with this delightful tipple by bartender Hatem Alouane.

Ingredients Serves one • 80ml Bourbon • 20ml Aperol • Pinch Saffron • 5 pink pepper berries • White celery, to garnish

Method Combine all ingredients in a shaker with a generous amount of ice. Shake vigorously and strain (to remove berry pulp) into a martini glass. Garnish with white celery.

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Made in Douro

The chief bartender at the Six Senses Douro Valley channels Portuguese flavours in this delectable concoction.

Ingredients Serves one • 30ml Ventozelo gin • 30ml Vista Alegre 10 Years white port • 30ml orange and mint syrup • 25ml rosemary syrup • 30ml lemon juice • 2 dash orange bitters • 1 egg white • Rosemary and black pepper, to garnish

Method Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and serve in a martini-style glass topped with rosemary and black pepper.

01 Terrace on Lake Como will knock your socks off 02 Made in Douro transports you straight to Portugal 02

“Vista Alegre white port enjoys fruited, vanilla notes. It’s sweet, soft, unctuous and slightly oaky. In short, it’s utterly delicious”