Cocktail Of The Week: Parasol’s Rude Cosmo – Recipe | The Good Mixer

This is an at-home return connected 1 of nan mainstays of our drinks list. At nan bar, we make it pinch Savoia Orancio, a fruity, spiced Italian aperitivo that’s not each that easy to find, but rosé vermouth does nan occupation almost arsenic well.

Rude cosmo

Serves 1

For nan syrup
70ml lingonberry juice, aliases cranberry juice
70g caster sweetener
1 mini fistful lemon verbena leaves, aliases nan finely grated zest of ¼ lemon

For nan drink
40ml good-quality blanco tequila – we usage Patrón
20ml rosé vermouth – Lustau Vermut Rosé, ideally
20ml lingonberry and citrus verbena syrup (see supra and method)
20ml caller lime juice
1 portion orangish zest, flamed to merchandise and caramelise nan oils

First make nan syrup. Put nan lingonberry juice, sweetener and citrus verbena successful a mini saucepan, power mildly to 70C, past time off to navigator astatine that somesthesia for 10 minutes, until each nan sweetener dissolves. Take disconnected nan heat, time off to cool and infuse, past strain into a cleanable vessel aliases jar, seal and shop successful nan fridge; it will support happily for a bully 2 to 3 weeks (mixed pinch acold soda water, it besides makes a awesome non-alcoholic spritz).

To build nan drink, measurement each nan liquids into a shaker, adhd a decent fistful of crystal and shingle hard. Double strain into a chilled nick & nora glass, garnish pinch nan flamed orangish zest and serve.

• Andy Kerr, co-owner,Parasol, London N16