Cocktail do

I'm suffering just a little this morning. Last night's cocktail do featured the regular gin-based suspects plus some more exotic snook moisteners. The Gin Slings worked well (as did the Vodka Slings) but I recommend less rather than more lemon juice.

The Singapore Slings have a dual character (they taste like health food and will floor a rhino). I think the biggest success of the evening was the Pink Lady. It was very funny to see the MEN drinking Pink ladies from tiny little frosted Champagne glasses.

I failed to pick up on Emma's sarcasm about the Sangrita so I made her a jug full. She drank it bless her.

Gin Sling
2 oz gin
juice of 1/2 lemons
1 tsp powdered sugar
1 tsp water
1 twist orange peel

Dissolve powdered sugar in mixture of water and juice of lemon. Add gin. Pour into an old-fashioned glass over ice cubes and stir. Add the twist of orange peel and serve.

Singapore sling
30ml gin
7.5ml Bénédictine
15ml cherry brandy
7.5ml Cointreau or Triple sec
120ml Pineapple juice
15ml fresh lime juice
10ml grenadine
dash of Angostura bitters

Garnish: maraschino cherry, pineapple chunk, and orange slice

Pink Lady
1 oz gin
1 tsp grenadine syrup
1 egg white
(I'm pretty sure there was also lime juice)

Sangrita
100cl tomato juice
48cl fresh orange juice
5 teaspoons clear honey
9cl fresh lime juice
pinch salt
1 chili, finely chopped
half teaspoon white onion, finely chopped
ground black pepper
10 drops Worcestershire sauce

Instructions
Pour all ingredients into a mixing bowl. Stir well. Place in the refrigerator to chill for about two hours. Then strain into a large glass pitcher. Serve in wine glasses.