I adore tasty cocktails presented in pretty glasses. Putting all the raw elements together and presenting them in an attractive way is a lot like designing.

 

I'll add more recipes when I remember to take more pictures.

Cucumber Gimlet

2 cucumbers

4 teaspoons lime juice

1 tablespoon sugar

1⁄2 cup gin

 

Juice the cucumbers in a juicer. You could also peel them, blend them with a handblender & then strain through a strainer if you don't have a juicer.

 

Mix the cucumber juice (will be about a cup) with all other ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a cucumber slice and enjoy.

Mellow Vodka Martini

half a melon (thereabouts)

4 teaspoons lime juice

1 tablespoon sugar

1⁄2 cup vodka

 

Juice the melon in a juicer. You could just blend with a handblender if you don't have a juicer, but the cocktail will be creamier as opposed to slick n smooth.

 

Mix the melon juice (about a cup) with all other ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a slice of melon and enjoy on a hot summer day.

Toasted Almond

1 measure of Amaretto

1 measure of Kahlua

4 measures of cream

 

I've used 'measure' here so you can figure out how much you want to make, just use the correct ratio.

 

Mix in a cocktail shaker with ice and pour into martini glass. Dust with cinnamon and toasted almond slivers (if you can be bothered!).

Very rich and very tasty!

Dirty Snowball

1 measure of Frangelico

1 measure of amaretto

1 measure of Kahlua

1 measure of Baileys

1 measure of white rum

1 measure of butterscotch schnapps

 

I've used 'measure' here so you can figure out how much you want to make, just use the correct ratio.

 

Shake over ice and strain into martini glass. Dust with cinnamon and/or chocolate powder!

Enjoy. I know I did.

Double Chocolate Martini

1 measure of vodka

1 measure of white creme de cacao

1 measure of Baileys

 

I'm not sure why this is called a double chocolate martini. As far as I can see, there's only the white creme de cacao. But hey - it tastes nice so what the heck.

 

Shake over ice and strain into martini glass. Dust with chocolate powder!

Very moreish...