Meet The Quarantini: Easy Cocktail Recipes

Just because we’re stuck inside, doesn’t mean we can’t still have a party. The Quarantini is whatever you want it to be – so long as it demonstrates a creative effort to enjoy a cocktail with whatever ingredients you still have on hand.

Now is the best time to perfect your own recipe in the comfort of your own home. We have some recipes and tips on how to make your fave cocktails from home!

Sex on the beach

Ingredients

• ice
• 50ml vodka
• 25ml peach schnapps
• 2 oranges juiced, plus 2 slices to garnish
• 50ml cranberry juice
• glacé cherries, to garnish (optional)

Method

1. Fill two tall glasses with ice cubes. Pour the vodka, peach schnapps and fruit juices into a large jug and stir.
2. Divide the mixture between the two glasses and stir gently to combine. Garnish with the cocktail cherries and orange slices.

Margarita or Daiquiri 

For either, you basically need one distilled spirit—tequila or rum—with a budget-friendly liqueur here and there. Add a few fresh fruits that are in season (and at their lowest prices) or pick up the canned or frozen versions. You really can shake or blend these two drinks ​into any flavor you can imagine.​

• Apple Margarita: Blended with apple liqueur and apple juice
• Hawaiian Margarita: Blended with pineapple and strawberries.
• Golden Margarita: Shaken with extra lime and orange juices.
• Peach Margarita: Choose peach schnapps or fresh peaches.
• Banana Daiquiri: Toss a banana into that blender.
• Hemingway Daiquiri: Add maraschino liqueur and grapefruit juice.
• Strawberry Daiquiri: Fresh or frozen will do just fine.

Piña Colada

Ingredients

• 50ml of white rum
  25ml of coconut cream
  •  25ml of single cream
  •  200ml of pineapple juice.

Method

1. Mix together all of the ingredients (again, use a shaker if you’ve got one!) 
2. Serve over ice
   •  If you want to cheat, you can save buying the first three ingredients and just use Malibu instead!

Tequila Sunrise

Ingredients

• 50ml of tequila
• 25ml of grenadine
•  175ml of orange juice.

Method

1. Mix the tequila and orange juice together
2. Pour into a glass over ice
3. Slowly pour in the grenadine, allowing it to settle at the bottom of the glass. Looks like a sunrise, doesn’t it?!

Lemon Drop

Ingredients

• 50ml of vodka
  •  50ml of lemon juice
  •  1 tablespoon of sugar
  •  Lemonade.

Method

• Wet the rim of a glass and roll it in the sugar
  •  Mix the vodka and the lemon juice together in the glass
  •  Top it up with lemonade.

Cocktail Tip

You can substitute pomegranate juice or raspberry syrup for grenadine. Grenadine is a sweet syrup made from pomegranate seeds and is often used to make cocktails and other drinks

What is your go-to Quarantini?

See More:

• Tropicana Recipes with white rum 
• Passionfruit and Cucumber Cocktail
• Beer for beginners – tipples you’ll love

Written by Sophia Ivory

Curly hair and she don’t care, this stylish babe plays by her own rules. With a love for dance and all things body positive, you’ll usually find her searching out the latest fashion trends and digging through local thrift stores. Word of warning, don’t bring your dachshund around her, she’ll want to keep it.

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