CLASSIC COCKTAILS – Part two – COSMOPOLITAN

August 10, 2009 · Posted in Cocktails by Jay Newell, Drink of the week

COSMOPOLITAN

Ah, Carrie Bradshaw what have you done?!
James Bond took the Vodka Martini and gave it immortality! But Sex and the City nearly
ruined one of the great classics!
Until 1999, the Cosmopolitan was one of the hottest drinks around and it is easy to see why.
It was strong, tart and tasted like, just maybe, you shouldn’t be enjoyingthe flavoures too much… Invented by Cheryl Cook in 1988, perfected by Toby Cecchini and popularised by the immortal Dale de Groff, it is the quintissential New York cocktail!

It is quite easy to make and memorise, and quitehard to get wrong. However, making the drink bright red , like the girls on TV were drinking it is a sure fire way to screw it up. At its most basic, the Cosmo is a Kamikaze with a splash of cranberry juice and should be a pale pink. If your Cosmo is the colour of cranberry juice, chances are that thats all it will taste like!

The perfect garnish for this drink is a flamd orange zest, made by igniting the oils from an orange peel over the surface of the drink. This gives it a warm, rich aroma and enhances the flavours from the orange liquour.

1 1/2 oz Citrus Vodka
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz Cranberry juice

Shake all ingredients then fine strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with your flamed orange zest!

Jay

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