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Delicious cocktail recipes to use up your Halloween pumpkins!
Oct 24, 2019
Pumpkin is one of autumn’s most beautiful gifts, providing a wealth of delicious treats for our table, from risotto and roasts to bowls of delicious, comforting soup. Of course, we all also love the humble pumpkin for the fabulous Halloween jack o’lanterns that adorn our doorsteps and windowsills every October, too - in fact, you can win FREE gin if you get involved in our Craft Gin Club pumpkin carving competition!
However, amid the worrying news that some 18,000 tonnes of Halloween carved pumpkins will get thrown out and wasted this year, it’s time to creative and put that yummy squash to good use - and what better use could there be than in a sensational gin cocktail?!
Here are three of our favourite pumpkin cocktail recipes you can try at home - they’re all really easy to do and make for a delicious, cosy autumn treat!
Pumpkin Smash
50ml gin
100ml orange juice
25ml pumpkin syrup*
25ml lemon
Lightly wet the rim of your cocktail glass then press it upside down into a mix of golden sugar and cinnamon. Pour all your ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well, strain into your glass and serve.
*To make pumpkin syrup, combine 100ml water, 100g sugar, one tablespoon pureed pumpkin and one teaspoon vanilla extract to a saucepan, and allow to simmer over medium heat. Stir gently until the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, cool and refrigerate.
Pumpkin Pie Martini
50ml gin
50ml chocolate liqueur
2 tbsp pumpkin puree
25ml maple syrup (or honey)
½ tsp vanilla extract
Cinnamon stick, to garnish
Add your gin, chocolate liqueur, pumpkin puree, maple syrup and vanilla extract to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for 30 seconds, and strain into a martini or coupe glass. Garnish and serve.
Spiced Pumpkin Party Punch
(Serves six)
300ml gin
1 litre apple juice
100ml pumpkin puree
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp lemon juice
½ tsp pumpkin spice
½ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp cinnamon
Cinnamon sticks and apple slices, to garnish
Combine all ingredients in a punch bowl or carved pumpkin and stir well.
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Autumn Cocktails
