It's Shakespeare's birthday... cocktail o' clock!

Hello Reader!

Spring has sprung! Isn't it wonderful? 


"O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day;
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away."

The Two Gentlemen of Verona (I, iii, 84-87)



It's also St George's Day AND Shakespeare's birthday, so to celebrate I thought I would take advantage of the balmy weather and make a summery, fruity, and frankly fabulous cocktail... with a Shakespearean theme! 
Now, I realise that so far on this blog I've written about art, architecture, books and music.... BUT NOT COCKTAILS. Well now the time has come to correct this heinous error.

I present to you... A Midsummer Night's Dream [Jen edition]*


You will need:
Vodka
Cherry Brandy
Tonic water
Strawberries 

High ball glasses [or tall tumblers- I am a great believer in using the correct/ nearest to cocktail glasses]
A blender/ food processor

1. Chop the green tops off the strawberries. If they are big strawberries, use 3 per cocktail, and slice into quarters. If they are small strawberries, use 5 per cocktail, and slice in half. Place in the blender and blend until it looks like a smoothie.

Be careful when using a knife...

Can you tell I only thought to do this blog post AFTER I finished making the cocktail?

2. ALCOHOL TIME. Measure 1 shot [50ml if you're feeling adventurous, 25ml if you're making it for your mum.... which I was] of vodka, and 1 shot [25ml regardless] of cherry brandy into the bottom of the glass.

3. Pour in the strawberry smoothie. Top up with Tonic water [the froth tastes AMAZING].

4. Mix thoroughly with a spoon or a jazzy straw. I like jazzy straws, but I didn't have one to hand this time :(

5. ET VOILA...

Whoops I had already drunk half of it before thinking... maybe I could turn this into a blog post.

It was all A Midsummer Night's Dream!

I hope you try it, if you do let me know. Even my mum liked it... and that's saying something!

Thanks for reading!

Jennifer


* This is called "Jen edition" as the original recipe calls for Strawberry Liquer and Russian tonic... neither of which I could locate after work today in local supermarkets. But the result turned out ok, so do try!