Cocktail of the Month

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Sabot (Serves 1)

What better way to celebrate the height of the summer than with this champagne cocktail?!.. It’s essentially a White Lady topped with champagne, unsurprisingly this adds an extra special dimension; it’s lighter and even more drinkable! It may seem extravagant to use champagne in a cocktail but believe me it’s worth it; I’ve discovered a cheaper champagne which is perfect for cocktails – it’s the ‘Co-ops’ own brand, Les Pionniers, alternatively use a Crèmant from Bordeaux.

45ml gin

22.5ml Cointreau

22.5ml Lemon Juice

10ml sugar syrup

15ml egg white

A handful of ice

22.5ml champagne

A lemon twist to garnish (optional)

  1. Shake the first five ingredients with ice, then strain back into the shaker and shake again without ice (‘dry shake’)
  2. Pour into a cocktail glass (coupe) and top with the champagne, garnish with a twist of lemon peel if using.

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Cooking has always been something I've enjoyed, I have an extensive collection of cookbooks, some are well thumbed whilst others collect dust on the shelves; I can’t bear to get rid of any cook book, just in case one day I might use it for that one obscure recipe - light on a rainy day! I enjoy eating out and discovering new flavours, whether it’s just a local haunt or a ‘dress up’ to dinner restaurant - food is my hobby! In my opinion food is the one of the most important pieces of knowledge you need to know about any culture in order to really understand it, so when we go away, it’s not the local sights that I’m googling but the best place to eat! I'm not one of those fortunate cooks who can throw something together by looking at the contents of their fridge, I need a plan to work with, then I organise my fridge around the recipe. I am however a very organised person, you might even call me a control freak! I love the orderly fashion of a recipe, I find it soothing to have a plan in front of me, so the thought of trawling through my recipe books and trying new recipes is my idea of a perfect afternoon. But I realise that this is not everyones idea of fun, hence the birth of this blog. This blog is essentially for people who adore food but don’t have the time, patience or energy to search through cook books to find that winning recipe – that’s the job of Menu Mistress!

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