Today, we are bringing you 5 Gin cocktails and their irresistible recipes, as well as some interesting facts about the history of Gin on World Gin Day, always held on the 2nd Saturday of June.
▪️Like many spirits, it emerged as a medicinal remedy.
▪️The 1st distillation took place in Holland in the 17th century as part of research into a solution for kidney ailments. This action was carried out by mixing ingredients such as: Rye, barley, corn and juniper.
▪️Hence its Dutch name “jenever” which comes from “genièvre”, and means juniper in French.
▪️Then, once the British soldiers discovered it, they introduced it to their islands as a drink.
▪️Gin Tonic is a Spanish mix, which is other places around the world is ordered as “Spanish-style gin”
? However, today we have 5 different and irresistible recipes, all with gin and each as tempting as the next.
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MARANELLA SILVER FIZZ
INGREDIENTS
PREPARATION
Shake all the ingredients with ice, take out the ice and shake again, double strain into a chilled Goblet glass.
SIGNATURE COCKTAIL: Pedro Jaén
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ROSE SUNSET SOUR
INGREDIENTS
PREPARATION
Shake all the ingredients without ice, add ice and shake again, double strain into a previously chilled Coupette glass.
SIGNATURE COCKTAIL: Safia Alhalabi
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ORANGE COLLINS
INGREDIENTS
PREPARATION
Shake all the ingredients with ice except the soda, double strain into a Highball glass filled with ice, finish with sparkling water.
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REDITE LADY
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/2 oz Gin
- 1/2 oz ginger liqueur
- 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 oz homemade honey syrup
- 1 barspoon of Sanz grenadine syrup
- 2 dashes of vanilla bitter
- 3/4 oz of egg white
- rosemary scent
PREPARATION
Shake all the ingredients with ice, take out the ice and shake again, strain into a Coupette glass.
SIGNATURE COCKTAIL: Liwa Alexandre Polo
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SHUKA MARTINI
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/2 oz Gin
- 3/4 oz lychee
- 1 barspoon of Sanz sugar syrup
- 1/4 oz of homemade sugar with Kaffir lime and cardamom
- 1 oz Sanz mango purée
- Fresh ginger
- Basil leaves
- Yuzu and red curry
PREPARATION
Crush the ginger and curry at the bottom of the cocktail shaker, add the other ingredients and shake, double strain into a previously chilled Coupette glass.
SIGNATURE COCKTAIL: Dario La Camera