It’s time to celebrate! As if the holiday weren’t enough of an excuse, today is also the the unofficial start of summer and, as I’ve made you well aware, the launch of the new Cooking Channel. That’s reason enough for me to concoct not one but two seasonal cocktails. So, whether your bbq-ing with your buds, partying poolside, or chilaxing indoors, toast the good times with these fruit cocktails.
Cherry Sour
Add to a cocktail shaker and muddle: 2 orange slices, 6 pitted cherries, 4 brandied cherries, and 1/2 ounce agave nectar or simple syrup
Add: 1 1/2 ounces bourbon, 1 ounce Campari, and 1/4 ounce lemon juice then fill halfway with ice
Shake well then strain into a chilled cocktail glass
Garnish with a few cherries and an orange slice
Joan Collins
Squeeze: 1/4 lemon into a cocktail shaker and drop it in
Add to shaker and Muddle: 10 pitted cherries, 1 ounce orange-flavored liqueur (like Citronage)
Add: 2 1/2 ounces bourbon and fill halfway with ice
Shake and strain into an ice-filled Collins glass, Top with ginger beer, and Garnish with a cherry
