Celebrate the season
Fully immerse yourself in the festive season by filling your playlist with Christmas songs, setting a stunning Christmas table and impressing your guests with a few delicious festive tipples…
The season to gather with family and friends, embrace everything cosy and celebrate the end of yet another year, we most definitely have a soft spot for Winter here at Nest. The nights may be dark and cold but the mood most definitely isn’t.
So, join us to raise a glass to 2019. With a little help from Ferm Living, we present a collection of three sophisticated cocktails recipes to try at home this festive season – cheers!
Ripple Rhapsody
Crafted by Copenhagen based cocktail masters Duck and Cover as a signature drink for the Ferm Living Ripple glasses, this recipe is made extra special by the inclusion of homemade rhubarb cordial.
Ingredients
- 20 ml. your favourite floral gin
- 20 ml. Aperol
- 5 ml. fresh lemon
- 40 ml. homemade rhubarb cordial Soda
Homemade rhubarb cordial
Juice a bundle of rhubarbs and filter the juice through a cheesecloth or a coffee filter. Mix 1:1 with white sugar and stir/shake to dissolve the sugar. Keep in the fridge.
Mixing the drink
Fill a Ripple Long Drink Glass with ice. Pour Aperol, gin, fresh lemon, and the rhubarb cordial in and top with chilled sparkling water. Garnish with a rhubarb stem and fresh or dried orange slices.
Falling Leaves
Indulge the season of celebration with this sparkling wine-based cocktail. Perfect when served in the Ferm Living Ripple Champagne Saucers, this elegant drink is sure to stand out.
Ingredients
- 10 ml. homemade pear/anise syrup
- 10 ml. Palo Cortado sherry
- 10 ml. Poire William
- Top w/ dry sparkling wine
Homemade Pear/ anise syrup
Makes approx. 400 ml.
Slice two organic pears and keep in a suitable container. Add one pod of star anise, 600 g. of white sugar and 300 ml. boiled water. Stir or shake to dissolve the sugar. Leave the mix to infuse and keep it in the fridge when it has cooled down.
Mixing the drink
Pour your homemade pear/anise syrup, sherry and Poire William into your Ripple Champagne Saucer. Top with sparkling wine and stir gently to mix to avoid losing too many bubbles.
Twisted Espresso-Tonic
One for the caffeine lovers – this delicious mix of coffee, vanilla and tonic is the perfect pick me up. Light, fresh and with big flavour, this sophisticated drink is most definitely something special.
Ingredients
- 10 ml. homemade vanilla shrub
- 1 shot espresso
- Top w/ Fever-Tree Indian Tonic
Homemade vanilla shrub
Makes approx. 500 ml.
Make a simple syrup of 700 g. white sugar and 350 ml boiled water. Cut a vanilla bean and add the scraped seeds to the syrup. Let the syrup cool down. When it’s cool, add 100 ml white wine vinegar and stir to mix. Store your vanilla shrub in the fridge.
Mixing the drink
Pour your homemade vanilla shrub into a Ripple Glass over ice and top the glass with tonic, leaving space for one shot of espresso. Stir to make sure the tonic and shrub are mixed. Stir gently to keep as many bubbles as possible. Top with an espresso shot and serve.
All drinks created by Duck and Cover for Ferm Living
