Pink port cocktails are fast becoming the new white port tipples so try your hand at these creative, fruity and vibrant recipes featuring Croft pink port.
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A rich sticky tipple synonymously eaten with the most stinky delicious cheese at Christmas, port has undergone a trendy makeover in blushing pink tones.
Check out these delcious cocktail recipes from Croft Pink, the first rosé style Port, produced at Quinta da Roêda, Douro Valley (A Unesco World Heritage site) in Porto, Portugal.
Pink Earl
If you enjoy a high tea, this one is for you. The bergamot found in the Earl grey pairs beautifully with orange flavours contained within the Triple Sec and marmalade.
Serve with warm cranberry and orange scones to complete the experience.
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Ingredients
50ml Croft Pink
25ml triple sec
30ml cold earl grey tea (made using either loose leaf tea or 1 tea bag with freshly drawn boiling water)
15ml lemon juice
1 tablespoon of orange marmalade
Method
1) Mix all ingredients and shake vigorously into a chilled cocktail glass.
2) Garnish with physallis
Pink tonic
Want to switch up your usual G&T this festive season? Try swapping your favourite gin for pink port.
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Ingredients
70ml Croft Pink
200ml tonic water
Lemon peel
2 mint leaves
Ice cubes
Method
1) Pour tonic water and Croft Pink into a long drink glass with ice.
2) Add lemon peel and garnish with mint leaves and lemon zest.
Tea Time
This cocktail makes a refreshing change to a Buck’s Fizz or a classic champagne cocktail, such as a French 75.
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Ingredients
40ml Croft Pink
25ml black tea
1 muscovado sugar cube
Sparking wine
Orange peel
Method
1) Place the sugar in a flute.
2) Add the other ingredients andfinish with sparkling wine.
3) Garnish with orange peel.
Pink bollywood
Shaken with tropical mango and citrus lime juices, these martinis are great for when a short stint of Indian Summer surprises us.
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Ingredients
60ml Croft Pink
30ml Triple Sec
30ml mango juice
15ml lime juice
Crushed ice
Edible flowers such as Nasturtiums (optional)
Method
1) In a shaker, add the Croft Pink, Triple Sec, mango juice, lime juice and the crushed ice.
2) Shake well and strain the liquid into a chilled martini glass.
3) Garnish with edible flowers, if using.
Croft Sangria
This Portuguese take on classic Sangria uses Port instead of red wine, with brandy replaced with rum.
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Ingredients
70ml Croft Pink
90ml Rum
180ml orange juice
90ml lemon juice
40ml sugar syrup
Ice cubes
Seasonal fruit
Method
1) Start off by making the simple syrup by adding 500ml of water and 500g of sugar into a medium hot pan and stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Turn off the heat as soon as it starts to boil.
2) Add all the ingredients to a 1.5 litre pitcher.
3) Serve over lots of ice.
4) Use slices of lemon and orange, apples, or any other seasonal fruit you desire.
Croft’s Grand
This cocktail combines complimentary berry notes from Croft Pink, along with jammy notes from the strawberry conserve.
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Ingredients
50ml Croft Pink
20ml Grand Marnier
20ml mint tea
1 teaspoon of strawberry conserve
1 orange peel
Method
1) Mix all the ingredients well in a shaker.
2) Pour into a chilled cocktail glass.
3) Garnish with orange peel.
Pink Jalisco flower
An explosive cocktail of tequila, champagne and Croft Pink, these marmalade-hued cocktail packs a punch.
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Ingredients
15ml Tequila
25ml Croft Pink
30ml Grapefruit juice
Sparkling wine
Orange marmalade
Method
1) Pour all the ingredients, except the sparkling wine and marmalade, into a shaker.
2) Dissolve the marmalade using a touch of hot water, add to shaker and shake vigorously.
3) Strain with a fine mesh strainer into cocktail glasses.
4) Add sparkling wine to taste, and garnish with orange peel.
Old laughing lady
A pink port cocktail for gin lovers; you don’t have to be in your senior years to enjoy the finer things in life.
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Ingredients
70ml Croft Pink
30ml Gin
2 slices of fresh ginger
2 slices of cucumber
Ice cubes
Method
1) Muddle fresh ginger and cucumber in a shaker, then shake.
2) Double strain and serve in a glass with ice cubes.
3) Garnish with long slices of cucumber.
About Croft Pink port
Original, unique and innovative, Croft Pink is the first ever rosé port. With vibrant flavours of ripe cherry and raspberry, with lovely nuances of honey and grapefruit, and a dry, very attractive finish. a versatile alternative, to enjoy on a refined occasion or in a more relaxed way to enjoy port to what us Brits are used to. In addition to the familiar Ruby or Tawny Port, why not introduce pink port to your cabinet or drink’s trolley this Christmas by ordering on Amazon?
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And, should you wish to experience treading of grapes first-hand (or should we say first-foot?), the quinta (farm) will allow you to let loose in the lagares (granite tanks) of which the wine is produced. Tasting experiences start from 12 Euros up to 30 Euros, dependent on the number of Ports and vintages sampled during your visit.
More information on tasting experiences can be found on their website.
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