What’s Valentine’s Day without a couple of cocktails? Here are two we love, made with sorbets found in our Sorbet Cocktail Mixers.
ROUGE YOUR KNEES
(pg 178, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream Desserts)
Red Raspberry Sorbet tastes grassy and fresh in this juicy cocktail.
Makes 1 drink
- One 4-ounce chunk (about 1/4 pint) Red Raspberry Sorbet
- 1/4 cup gin
- 1 to 2 ounces soda water
- Twist of lime
- Sprig of lavender
Lean the chunk of sorbet against the side of a tall glass. Pour the gin over and add soda water to your taste. Garnish with the lime twist and spring of lavender.
HAVANA DAIQUIRI
(adapted from the Hemingway Daiquiri, pg. 56, Vintage Cocktails)
One 4-ounce chunk (and 1/4 pint) Passion Fruit Sorbet
- 1 ounce white rum
- 1/4 ounce maraschino liqueur
- Squeeze of lime
- Sugar (for the rim)
Sugar the rim. Drop the Passion Fruit Sorbet in the center of the glass. Pour the rum and maraschino liqueur over the sorbet. Finish with a squeeze of lime, and top with an Amarena cherry.