Everyone loves a new cocktail…

I love a good cocktail, especially when I open a menu and discover one I haven’t sipped before. On a recent trip to Durham to visit my sister for her graduation, I was taken to a lovely little bar before touring the local student haunts. It was here; I made the delicious discovery of The Strawmeister, which has had my taste buds aroused for more ever since. A drink consisting of a German liqueur known as Jagermeister, made up of 56 herbs and spices. This, known to many of you as the key ingredient in a Jagerbomb, a drink, also acknowledged as a shot, is consumed amongst friends on a night ‘on the razz’.                                

This recipe however, is in a different league and one I implore you to try using this liqueur in an alternative combination to the one many of you are used to and with strawberries currently in season, what better time to shake and sip than the present.

The Strawmeister

Ingredients:

For 2 cocktails

100g strawberries, pureed in a blender, leave 2 for decoration

50ml strawberry liqueur

50ml jagermeister

200ml lemonade

Crushed ice

2 long glasses

Cocktail shaker

Method:

Fill the glasses half full with ice.

Put the pureed strawberries, liqueur and Jagermeister into the shaker and shake.

Empty into the glasses and top up with lemonade.

Finish off with a strawberry on top.