Herbalist Cocktail recipes
“The intense perfumes of the wild herbs as we trod them underfoot made us feel almost drunk.”
Chefs have long known that fresh herbs add a special touch to food. Now bar chefs are getting in on the fun, creating new cocktails with a fresh twist.
I put simplicity in my cocktails, however i always look to add original and unusual ingredients, wich could be a Herb, spice or fruit to compliment the main spirit.
I always had this passion for using herbs in my cocktail recipes until when i created a eucalyptus syrup from fresh eucalyptus leaves. Since then i have been researching about herbs and also found how they pairing well with to create great cocktail recipes.
Eucalyptus Martini
Ingredients: 50ml Tanqueray 10 Gin, 25ml Eucalyptus syrup, 12.5ml contreau, 25ml fresh squeezed lime juice, 3 dashs of egg white
Method: Shake over ice all the ingredients and double strain into a martini glass
Garnish: Eucalyptus leaf
Duchess luisa
Ingredients: 50ml Tanqueray Gin, 12 lemon verbena leaves, 25ml Apricot puree, 12.5ml apricot liqueur , 12.5ml vanilla syrup
Method: shake strongly all the ingredients over ice and double strain into a martini glass
Garnish: lemon verbena leafs
Paulista
Ingredients: 50ml Ypioca cachaca prata, 25ml Lavender syrup, 10 fresh blueberries 25ml fresh lime juice, 12.5ml Velvet falernum, 12.5ml blueberry liquer
Method: Muddle blueberries with lavender syrup add the rest of all ingredients, shake all of them over ice and double strain into a marti glass.
Garnish: lavender sprig or lavender sugar rimmed glass
Tarantula 
Ingredients: 50ml Hendricks gin, 1 borage sprig, 12.5ml Pimm’s, 12.5ml sweet vermouth, 2 dashs of lemon bitters
Method: shake strongly all the ingredients over ice and double strain into a martini glass
Garnish: one borage leaf floating
Scottish Knight
Ingredients: 50ml Auchentoshan 12 years whisky, 6 lemon balm leaves, 20 ml walnut liqueur, 25ml apple juice, dash of egg white
Method: shake strongly over ice all the ingredients and double strain into a martini glass
Garnish: lemon balm leaf
Red Hotober
Ingredients: 50ml Of Honey& chilli Vodka, 2 basil leaves, 25ml mandarine napoleon, 4 raspberries , 37.5ml cranberry juice, 12.5ml cassis
Method: shake strongly over ice all the ingredients and double strain into a martini glass
Garnish: Basil leaf
The Romance 
Ingredients: 50ml hendricks gin, 25ml fresh lemon juice, 1 sprig of tarragon, 5ml black mozart chocolate liquer, dash of sugar syrup
Method: Shake strongly over ice all the ingredients and double strain into a martini glass
Garnish: sprig of Tarragon
