Drink: Good taste - Cocktail tips from the Atlantic Bar team
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Your support makes all the difference.These cockle-warming and blood-cooling cocktails will fill you with Christmas spirit, and the Passionart will even do it without alcohol. The pyrotechnic team of award-winning bartenders at London's Atlantic Bar share some of their hottest recipes with us, and concoct the Spiced Blazer especially for `The Independent Magazine'.
Spiced Blazer
2 shots brandy
1 sugar cube
1 slice lemon
half a stick cinnamon
7 cloves
Pour all ingredients into a warmed brandy glass, set alight by holding a match over the tilted glass, then carefully turn it by the base for around 30 seconds (see left). Extinguish with a damp tea towel. Allow the glass to cool before drinking.
Madroska
2 shots Russian vodka
1 shot orange juice
2 shots cranberry juice
2 shots apple juice
Pour each over ice into a highball glass. Garnish with a slice of starfruit on the rim, with a halved strawberry either side.
Honey Berry Sour
1.5 shots Krupnick vodka
half a shot Chambord liqueur
1 shot lemon juice
dash sugar syrup
dash egg white
Shake vigorously and serve straight up in a Martini glass or on the rocks in a tumbler. Garnish with three fresh raspberries.
Passionart
1 shot passion fruit juice
1.5 shot strawberry puree
3 shots apple juice
2 shots orange juice
dash lime juice
dash gomme syrup
Shake, and serve in a long glass over ice. Garnish with a slice of starfruit and halved strawberry either side.
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