Valentine’s Cocktail Recipes: Love on the Rocks
February 14 is for lovers—those who love good cocktail recipes! Let these perfectly pretty cocktails endear you with warm hugs and sugar kisses, as they’re sure to capture any heart.
Love Is A Battlefield
1 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 ounce orange liqueur
1½ ounces cranberry juice
1½ ounces gin
Fresh cranberries
Add lemon juice, orange liqueur, cranberry juice and gin to a shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds and strain into a tumbler glass. Garnish with fresh cranberries.
Piece of My Heart
2 ounces vodka
¾ ounce triple sec
1 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
¾ ounce simple syrup
Edible rose petals and lemon slices for garnish
Add vodka, triple sec, lemon juice, simple syrup and a handful of ice to a cocktail shaker. Shake for 30 seconds until very cold. Strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with edible roses and a few lemon slices.
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
6 fresh raspberries
2 ounces lychee liqueur
1 ounce berry vodka
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Raspberries for garnish
Gently muddle fresh raspberries in the bottom of a rocks glass. Fill a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice. Add lychee liqueur, berry vodka and lemon juice. Shake and strain into chilled rocks glass. Garnish with raspberries.
What’s Love Got To Do With It
1-1/2 ounces gin
1 ounce pomegranate juice
1 ounce fresh lime juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
Pomegranate seeds and lime slice to garnish
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the gin, pomegranate juice, fresh lime juice and simple syrup. Shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a fresh lime slice and pomegranate seeds.
