Ingredients 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice 1 ounce simple syrup (1:1 sugar-to-water ratio) 1 1/2 ounces Earl Grey tea-infused gin 1 egg white Lemon twist for garnish Sugar to rim the glass Instructions Wet the rim of a chilled martini glass with lemon or lime juice and turn it upside down into a saucer of sugar to cover the rim of the glass. Place the … Continue reading Earl Grey Martini
BY ANASTASIA CHOO Ingredients Olive oil 12 chicken thighs and drumsticks 2 red peppers, sliced 200g chorizo, cut into small chunks 1 large onion, roughly chopped 4 cloves of garlic, crushed 2 tbsp hot smoked paprika 1 tsp chilli flakes 3 litres chicken stock 375g paella rice Flat leaf parsley chopped to make 2 tbsp 1 lemon, halved Method Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/Gas4. Heat … Continue reading Spicy Spanish Chicken One Pot
Ingredients 1 bottle of Champagne 1/2 bottle of brandy 1 pint rum 1 pint arrack 2 oz of Maraschino liqueur 1 pint of pineapple syrup 4 oz. sugar 1 quart of boiling water 2 tsp green tea thin peel of one lemon thin peel of one orange Instructions Combine the brandy, rum, arrack, maraschino liqueur, pineapple syrup, sugar, lemon peel and orange peel in a … Continue reading Regent’s Punch
BY AMANDA CUMMINS The Sabatier knives were sharpened and brandished like cyber sabres. All because of Nigella Lawson’s tomato salad with salad cream which was posted as her Recipe of the Day. Twitter outrage ensued, which was picked up by mainstream media. There were a few who got the point of the recipe, in that they actually clicked on the link and saw the recipe … Continue reading The Sabatier Knives
Ingredients: 1 dash orange bitters 1 ounce Dolin dry vermouth 2 1/2 ounces Plymouth gin ice lemon twist Instructions: Place a mixing glass and a coupe in the freezer to chill at least thirty minutes ahead of time. In the chilled mixing glass, combine orange bitters, dry vermouth, and gin. Add ice to fill the mixing glass and stir quickly until well chilled, about … Continue reading The Perfect Gin Martini
Equipment needed One 5-gallon plastic fermentation barrel with lid Something for stirring the contents Milton baby sterilising liquid Large strainer Long clear plastic tubing (available from DIY stores) Funnel One 5-gallon plastic demijohn Rubber bung and airlock 30 wine bottles (ideally clear glass) 30 stoppers Ingredients needed Enough healthy apples to fill the 5-gallon barrel when quartered and cored… its best if you can get … Continue reading Make Your Own Apple Wine
Ingredients for a Winter Chambord Kiss: 50ml Irish Cream 25ml Chambord Ice Instructions for making a Winter Chambord Kiss:Â We start with Chambord on the rocks. Then the Irish cream. Finally, a stir and a fresh raspberry. Bon. The kiss is ready. (Courtesy: Chambord) Continue reading Winter Chambord Kiss
BY JOHN MILES Think of mead and images of loud and bearded, large, blonde Vikings drinking from horns and gnawing on chicken bones spring to mind. When you meet Bob Thornton, one of the exponents of the current mead revolution occurring across the land, your first thoughts are not so far off the mark (well, the bearded and massive bit). Bob’s the sort of a … Continue reading The Golden Mead Revival
