Cranberry Mint Martini & Pink Mojito

Girls love to get together and catch up over canapés and luxurious drinks! This October, get your girlfriends together for a girl's night in and help raise money to support breast cancer research. Indulge your friends by cooking up a storm of cranberry-inspired canapés, sweet treats and refreshing cocktails.

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Cranberry Mint Martini

Ingredients

Glass: Martini
2 lemon wedges
Fresh mint leaves
1 tablespoon sugar
2 standard shots of vodka
2 standard shots of cranberry juice
Ice

Method:

1.Muddle lemons, mint, sugar. Add vodka, cranberry juice, ice and shake.

2. Strain into glass.

Pink Mojito

Ingredients

Glass: Boston Glass
45ml Sauza Hornitos Tequila
15ml Cointreau
1/2 lime, chopped
2 tsp half caster sugar, half brown sugar (level)
6-8 mint leaves
Cranberry juice to top up

Method:
Muddle lime and sugar together, add Tequila, mint and Cointreau then shake with ice and dump into a 400ml glass (Boston glass) and top with the cranberry juice. Garnish with a mint sprig.