Start drooling! 10 perfect summer Cocktail & Food pairings from our Gins of the Month2

Drink your cocktail and eat it, too! Or at least pair it with something to eat. 

With wine and beer being more often associated with food pairings, we think that it's high time gin cocktails were matched with something succulent and delicious. Below you'll find 10 great gin cocktail recipes and some delectable dishes that you can pair them with!

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Afternoon Picnic - A touch of sparkle in the warmth of the setting summer sun

• 35ml Burleighs 40%
• 15ml red vermouth
• 15ml Campari
• Top with champagne

35ml Burleighs 40%

15ml red vermouth

15ml Campari

Top with champagne

Serve in a wine glass with a slice of orange

Food pairing: Enjoy with some cured meats/ charcuterie 

Whet Martini

• 60ml East London Liquor Company Batch 2 Gin
• 20ml Lillet Blanc
• Sage leaf

60ml East London Liquor Company Batch 2 Gin

20ml Lillet Blanc

Sage leaf

Stir over ice until appropriately chilled.  Pour into a martini glass and garnish with a fresh bruised sage leaf.
 
Food pairing: Fettuccine Alfredo

Dangria Fizz

• 40ml East London Liquor Company Batch 1 gin
• 15ml Cardamom infused sugar syrup
• 30ml Guanabana Juice
• 15ml Lime Juice

40ml East London Liquor Company Batch 1 gin

15ml Cardamom infused sugar syrup

30ml Guanabana Juice

15ml Lime Juice

 Stir over ice and pour into a champagne flute and top with dry bubbles.  A white grapefruit zest makes for a good garnish.
 
Food pairing: Pork belly or dark chocolate

Good Red Fire

• 25ml Makar Glasgow Gin
• 25ml Manzanilla Sherry
• 25ml Campari
• 10ml Saffron Syrup
• Fever Tree Ginger Beer

25ml Makar Glasgow Gin

25ml Manzanilla Sherry

25ml Campari

10ml Saffron Syrup

Fever Tree Ginger Beer

Combine first four ingredients in mixing glass and stir with ice. Fine strain into old-fashioned glass filled with fresh ice. Top with a splash of ginger beer. Garnish with an orange twist. Good Red Fire is a twist on the classic Negroni with added “fire” from the ginger beer.

Food pairing: antipasti

Hedgerow Martini

• 2 shots Harrington Dry Gin
• 3 shots sloe gin
• 1 shot fresh lime juice
• ¾ shot of elderflower cordial
• 2 fresh blackberries
• 2 frozen blackberries (for the garnish)
• ice

2 shots Harrington Dry Gin

3 shots sloe gin

1 shot fresh lime juice

¾ shot of elderflower cordial

2 fresh blackberries

2 frozen blackberries (for the garnish)

ice

Shake vigorously for 30 seconds, pour through a cocktail strainer into the chilled martini glasses. Garnish with the blackberries

Food pairing: Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Elderflower Gimlet

• 50ml Elderflower Infused Gin
• 20ml lemon juice
• 25ml elderflower cordial

50ml Elderflower Infused Gin

20ml lemon juice

25ml elderflower cordial

Shake the ingredients in a cocktail shaker, over ice, and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a mint leaf or a twist of lemon.

Food pairing: Strawberry & Elderflower Fool

White Cliffs Gin Fizz

• 50ml Anno Kent Dry Gin
• 25ml lime juice
• 20ml sugar syrup
• Couple drops of rose water
• Couple drops vanilla extract
• 1 large egg white
• 25ml double cream
• Top with club soda

50ml Anno Kent Dry Gin

25ml lime juice

20ml sugar syrup

Couple drops of rose water

Couple drops vanilla extract

1 large egg white

25ml double cream

Top with club soda

Mix ingredients bar soda in a shaker with ice. Strain into a glass and add soda. Serve in a Collins or highball glass

Food pairing: Oysters or scallops

Garden of England

• Anno Kent Dry Gin (25ml)
• Anno Elderflower & Vodka (25ml)
• Fresh cloudy apple juice (50ml)
• Lime juice (dash)
• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Blackberries

Anno Kent Dry Gin (25ml)

Anno Elderflower & Vodka (25ml)

Fresh cloudy apple juice (50ml)

Lime juice (dash)

Strawberries

Raspberries

Blackberries

Muddle blackberries, raspberries and strawberries in a shaker. Add other ingredients, shake with ice, strain and serve in a tea cup or coupe glass with finely crushed ice. Garnish with strawberry slices, raspberries and blackberries

Food pairing: Red berries and chocolate. My favourite pairing is with a gooey chocolate brownie with raspberry coulis

Rhubarb Martini

• 3 shots Blackwater No. 5 Gin
• 2 shots Rhubarb syrup
• 1/2 shot fresh lime juice

3 shots Blackwater No. 5 Gin

2 shots Rhubarb syrup

1/2 shot fresh lime juice

Mix all ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously for thirty seconds. Strain into chilled martini glasses. Serves 2. 

Food pairing: Monkfish with rhubarb chutney and fennel and chervil salad with rosé wine vinaigrette

Da Mhile Dirty Martini

• 1 part Seaweed Gin
• 2 parts Sweet Vermouth
• 1 part olive juice
• Olives

1 part Seaweed Gin

2 parts Sweet Vermouth

1 part olive juice

Olives

Combine gin, vermouth and olive juice in mixer glass on ice. Stir mildly. Strain into Martini glass. Garnish with olive to taste.

Food pairing: Oysters on the half shell or sushi