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Continental Deli's four easy cocktails for Friday drinks

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L-R: Continental Gimlet, Vermut Continental Deli, Amaretto Sour, Gary From Accounts

The cool cats at Sydney's Continental Deli in Newtown have been working their magic behind the bar, producing these four cocktails that are sure to get the long weekend into full swing.

Continental Gimlet

Ingredients:

  • 60ml gin
  • 15ml citrus cordial
  • Orange bitters
  • 1 x lemon
  • 1 x orange
  • 1 x lime
  • Ice

Method:

In a cocktail shaker full of ice, add a double shot of gin (60 ml) with 15ml of citrus cordial. Add two dashes of orange bitters, stir down and strain into a glass (Continental Deli used Nachtmann’s Highland Mixed Tumblers), over ice. Garnish with lemon, orange and lime wheels.

Vermut Continental

Ingredients:

  • 3 x 30 ml vermouth
  • 1 x orange
  • 1 x olive
  • Ice

 Method:

Blend 30 ml each of any three sweet Vermouth you have at hand (such as Dolin, Carpano and Anitca) in a glass (Continental Deli used Nachtmann’s Aspen tumbler) over ice. Give the glass a gentle stir and garnish with an orange wheel and an olive on a stick.

Amaretto Sour

Ingredients:

  • 45 ml amaretto,
  • 20 ml lemon juice
  • 1 x egg white
  • 1 x lemon
  • 1 x cherry
  • Ice

Method:

In a cocktail shaker add 45 ml of Amaretto, 20 ml of lemon juice (approx. the juice of half a lemon), egg white from one egg.  Shake and pour into a glass (Continental Deli used Nachtmann’s Imperial Tumbler) over ice.  Serve with a lemon wheel and a cherry.

Gary From Accounts

Ingredients:

  • 45 ml berry liqueur
  • 1 x lime
  • 1 x egg white
  • Soda water
  • 1 x lime
  • Ice

Method:

In a cocktail shaker, add 45 ml of berry liqueur, 20 ml of lime juice and the egg white from one egg.  Shake, and top up with soda water.  Serve over ice in glass (Continental Deli used Nachtmann Noblesse Tumbler) and garnish with a lime wheel.

 

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