Fancy Faux Cocktails

by Deborah English — December 29, 2007

New Year's Party at your place this year? Maybe just a few cocktails before the revelry begins? Fancy yourself as a budding Cocktail "Mixologist?" This year, surprise and delight your non-drinking friends with gorgeous, almost perfectly healthy "faux cocktails" that will get them into the party spirit and keep them flying right into 2008.

Apricot Supreme

9oz/270ml Hi-ball Glass
5oz/150ml Apricot Nectar
2oz/60ml Orange Juice
½oz/15ml Lemon Juice

Shake with ice and pour. Garnish with mint leaves, an orange slice, and a straw.

 

Banana Berry Smoothie

8oz/170ml Champagne Flute
½ ripe Banana
2oz/60ml Orange Juice
3 Tbsp mixed red berries

Blend with ice and pour. Garnish with a wedge of banana and a straw.

 

Bee Sting

8oz/200ml Old Fashioned Glass
3oz/90ml Apple Juice
1oz/30ml Orange Juice
2tsp runny honey
½oz/15ml Lime Juice

Blend with ice and strain. Garnish with a sugar-frosted apple slice.

 

Champagne Mocktail

9oz/260ml Tulip Champagne Flute
1 Sugar Cube
1oz/30ml Apple Juice
4.5oz/120ml Lemon-Lime Mineral Water

Build over ice. Serve as-is: clean and classy.

 

Fauxtini

3oz/90ml Martini Glass
½oz/15ml Lime Juice
Dash Lemon Juice
2oz/60ml Tonic Water

Stir with ice and strain. Garnish with a green olive on a toothpick. A classic beauty.

Oramato

8oz/240ml Footed Hi-Ball Glass
3oz/90ml Tomato Juice
4oz/130ml Orange Juice

Shake with ice and pour. Vitamin packed.

 

Passionata

8oz/230ml Hurricane Glass
1 tsp Passionfruit Pulp
2oz/60ml Grapefruit Juice
Dash Lime Juice
Dash Grenadine
Mineral Water top-up

Blend with ice and pour. Garnish with a lime slice on the side of the glass. Terrifically tangy.

 

Pina Con Nada

9oz/270ml Footed Hi-Ball Glass
3oz/90ml Pineapple Juice
2oz/30ml Coconut Cream
½oz/15ml Sugar Syrup

Blend with ice and pour. Garnish with a pineapple wedge, a strawberry, and two straws. Seriously good.

All you need now is a few basic Cocktail Bar tools to get going. The " Casino Bar School " will tell you what you need.

Happy Mixing!