Hendrick’s Gin festive servings
9 October 2009 | By Popsop Team
Hendrick’s Scottish Gin, made by the family owned company William Grant & Sons, is not the simply the preserve of halcyon summer days, the cricket club and the croquet lawn. According to Hendrick’s ambassador of the unusual, Xavier Padovani, The curious cucumber and rose infused black bottle of botanicals can be perfectly employed to add a delightfully peculiar twist to a winter punch or three.
Padovani, infamous for wild forays into the history books to revive cocktails from a gentler age, has compiled a glorious trio of Hendrick’s Gin punch and winter cocktail recipes, especially for the festive season. Best served into your finest crockery from a gently pre-warmed classic English teapot, Xavier assures that these three beauties will add a warm glow to any parlour.
It’s time for all good households to put something a little stronger in their teapot, and share a little Hendrick’s good cheer among dear friends.
HENDRICK’S HOT GIN PUNCH for 6 people “Mr Micawber’s favorite”
Three brimming teacups of Hendrick’s gin
Another three of Madeira wine
Three cloves
Pinch of grated nutmeg
Large teaspoon of cinnamon powder
Two teaspoons of brown sugar
Six large lemon and orange twists
Small slice of orange
One fresh pineapple
Four large spoons of honey
Juice of two lemons
Mix all ingredients in a pot. Warm but not quite till ebullition. Let your concoction cook without boiling for 20 minutes to a half hour. While it cooks the taste will change, make it to your own taste balancing the sweet/sour balance with honey and lemon. You can also re warm the mix, sometimes the punch will get better and better as you cook it more and more. When you think it is ready, pour in a teapot and serve hot in tea cups with gingerbread on the side.
Adapted from the original 1850 recipe found in the book Drinking with Dickens by Cedric Dickens, Great-Grandson of Charles Dickens, this recipe is inspired by Charles Dickens’ own gin punch recipe, so it is the etiquette to quote while pouring the first cup: “Punch, my dear Copperfield, like time and tide, waits for no man”, David Copperfield, 1850.
HENDRICK’S WHITE CARGO
Inspired by the White Cargo cocktail which is said to have been invented in Venezuela in the 1920s.
One large measure of Hendrick’s gin (50/60ml)
half a measure of Maraschino liqueur (25ml)
a very large measure of vanilla ice cream (150/250ml)
Shake all the ingredients without any ice so the ice cream start melting and you have a milkshake like texture. Serve in a wine glass with a sprinkle of nutmeg or from a punch bowl for 10 people.
HENDRICK’S BLAZER
Inspired by Jerry Thomas’ (1330-1885) Blue Blazer cocktail.
A very simple concoction:
2/3 Hendrick’s gin,
1/3 Green Chartreuse,
one piece of fresh Rosemary
Use two receptacles to prepare this drink. Place a cognac glass on the top of a rocks glass filled with hot water (See picture) add all ingredients in the cognac glass and flame the mix for a short period of time. Pour mix in a fresh glass, garnish with a lemon twist and a fresh piece of Rosemary.
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