The “Girls Just Want To Have Gin” cocktail is a Fun Craft Cocktails original created especially for Magellan Gin. It is take on the Woo Woo (or Red Silk Panties) cocktail from the 1980s, which ingredients are vodka, peach schnapps and cranberry juice (basically a “Sex on the Beach” but without the orange juice). I was tasked to create an original cocktail for Magellan Gin, so I swapped out the vodka for gin, added a little lemon juice for balance and dragon fruit syrup for the girly pink color and voila, a new fun, fabulous cocktail! Magellan Gin is crafted in small batches at the Angeac Distillery in France. It is infused with iris root and flower giving it a beautiful natural blue color, although in this cocktail it is turned pink lol. It features a citrusy, floral bouquet with notes of lime zest and spearmint which blends harmoniously with the fruity peach flavors. Cheers!
Equipment
- Cocktail Shaker
- Jigger
- Small Plate
- Hand Juicer
- Small Saucepan
- Measuring Cup
- Fine Mesh Strainer
- Martini Glass
Ingredients – Serves 1
- 1.5 oz Gin (Magellan)
- .75 oz Peach Schnapps
- 3 oz White Cran-Peach Juice (Ocean Spray)
- 1 oz Dragon Fruit Syrup (1/2 cup frozen red dragon fruit chunks + 1/2 cup water +1/2 cup sugar)
- .25 oz Lemon Juice + 1 wedge for rimming
- Pink Rimming Sugar (Snowy River)
- Peach Rings for garnish
Method
- Make the Dragon Fruit Syrup. In a small saucepan, add 1/2 cup red dragon fruit chunks, 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup sugar. Stir. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir. Remove from heat and let cool. Strain with a fine mesh strainer into a glass jar/bottle. Keep in fridge for up to 3 weeks.
- Rim your glass. Place pink rimming sugar onto a small plate or cocktail rimmer. Run a lemon wedge around the edge of your martini glass and roll in the pink sugar. Set aside.
- Make the cocktail. Add the gin, peach schnapps, white cran-peach juice, dragon fruit syrup and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to combine 30 seconds. Strain into the pink rimmed martini glass. Add a peach ring (make a small slit on the bottom) onto the side of your martini glass for garnish. Cheers!
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