From the Cocktail Bar at Rockliffe Hall to yours, mix up your favourite cocktails and enjoy in the sun.
Aperol Spritz
A refreshing sip...
Ingredients
75ml Prosecco
50ml Aperol
Soda water
Ice cubes
Slice of orange
Method
In a large balloon glass pour 75ml of prosecco and add a double part of Aperol (50 ml).
Add plenty of ice cubes
Top up with soda water and stir briefly
Add a slice of orange to decorate
Negroni
A complex cocktail made up of simple ingredients...
Ingredients
25ml Gin
25ml Martini Rosso
25ml Campari
3 ice cubes
Twisted orange zest
Method
In an old fashioned or rock glass, combine your gin, Martini Rosso and Campari
Add three cubes of solid ice and stir gently
Add a twisted orange zest to compliment your drink
Mixing it up
Make it a Negroni sbagliato by replacing the gin with 50ml of prosecco and follow the same method
OR
Make it an Americano by replacing the gin and prosecco with 75ml soda water and follow the same method
Posh pawn Martini
Sweet taste of summer...
Ingredients
35ml vanilla vodka
15ml Passoa liqueur
The juice of half lime
The flesh of a passion fruit
10ml vanilla syrup
4 ice cubes
Method
In a shaker, combine four cubes of solid ice, vanilla vodka, Passoa liqueur, the juice of half lime,
flesh of a passion fruit and vanilla syrup
Shake for 10 seconds and fine strain in a Martini
glass and garnish with half passion fruit
Either pour 50ml of Champagne in a Champagne glass and serve it separately or pour directly into
the cocktail and enjoy.
Book a table for summer dining with a cocktail...
We sat down with James Close to talk about how a family trip to San Sebastian became the inspiration for TERRA, found out where to go for the best steak and discovered which restaurant is next on his list to visit!
Congratulations to Abigail Smith, Commis Chef at Rockliffe Hall's Orangery restaurant, who has been named 'North East Young Chef of the Year' for 2024.
James Close, will open a brand-new summer residency at Rockliffe Hall from 13th June 2024. TERRA will welcome guests with an ingredient-led menu and relaxed experience for dinner that brings the best of land and sea, from near and far.