Jun. 24, 2010 at 2:14pm
We held an English garden party and celebration of gin on Sunday, a little knees-up we called An Afternoon in Mansfield Park. All I have to say is cheers to our guests! What style! What grace! What hats! What seersucker! And what a way you have with a cocktail shaker, fair totty! A full set of photos is here. Thank you to Laura for taking gorgeous ones, including the shot of gin and botanicals you see above. Our new friend Kin, a private chef and blogger, took the delightful Polaroids below (a sure-fire way to make yourself party MVP). Thank you, Kin and Janis for helping to put out a trio of tea sandwiches and homemade scones with farmer’s market strawberries and cream. Meat and vegetable pies and pasties rounded out the oh-so-very-British menu (would you believe there were real! live! Brits! in attendance and they were mightily impressed). The cocktails we served with recipes are below because even if you could not attend on Sunday we care for you and want you to enjoy refreshing gin drinks all summer long. God save the Queen and God save Gin! Tom Collins 2 oz gin (Beefeater or Hayman’s Old Tom)1 oz lemon juice2 tsp superfine sugar or ½ oz simple syrupSodaAdd all ingredients except soda to a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into rocks glass over ice and garnish with a lemon wheel. Serve. Summer Fruit Cup1 ½ oz Plymouth gin4 strawberries3 basil leaves¾ oz lemon juice½ oz simple syrupCombine all ingredients in cocktail shaker &shake vigorously without ice. Add ice & shake again. Double-strain into highball glass over ice & garnish with strawberry & basil leaf. Serve.Gin-Gin Mule 1 ½ oz gin (Tanqueray or Beefeater)¾ oz simple syrup¾ oz lime juice1 oz house-made ginger beer4 leaves mint + garnishAdd all ingredients to shaker and shake vigorously with ice. Double-strain into rocks glass over ice and garnish with mint (and candied ginger if you have some). Serve.The Last Word ¾ oz gin (Tanqueray or Junipero)¾ oz lime juice¾ oz green chartreuse¾ oz maraschino liqueurAdd all ingredients to shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Serve.

We held an English garden party and celebration of gin on Sunday, a little knees-up we called An Afternoon in Mansfield Park. All I have to say is cheers to our guests! What style! What grace! What hats! What seersucker! And what a way you have with a cocktail shaker, fair totty!

A full set of photos is here. Thank you to Laura for taking gorgeous ones, including the shot of gin and botanicals you see above. Our new friend Kin, a private chef and blogger, took the delightful Polaroids below (a sure-fire way to make yourself party MVP).

Thank you, Kin and Janis for helping to put out a trio of tea sandwiches and homemade scones with farmer’s market strawberries and cream. Meat and vegetable pies and pasties rounded out the oh-so-very-British menu (would you believe there were real! live! Brits! in attendance and they were mightily impressed).

The cocktails we served with recipes are below because even if you could not attend on Sunday we care for you and want you to enjoy refreshing gin drinks all summer long.

God save the Queen and God save Gin!

Tom Collins

2 oz gin (Beefeater or Hayman’s Old Tom)
1 oz lemon juice
2 tsp superfine sugar or ½ oz simple syrup
Soda

Add all ingredients except soda to a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into rocks glass over ice and garnish with a lemon wheel. Serve.

Summer Fruit Cup

1 ½ oz Plymouth gin
4 strawberries
3 basil leaves
¾ oz lemon juice
½ oz simple syrup

Combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker &shake vigorously without ice. Add ice & shake again. Double-strain into highball glass over ice & garnish with strawberry & basil leaf. Serve.

Gin-Gin Mule

1 ½ oz gin (Tanqueray or Beefeater)
¾ oz simple syrup
¾ oz lime juice
1 oz house-made ginger beer
4 leaves mint + garnish

Add all ingredients to shaker and shake vigorously with ice. Double-strain into rocks glass over ice and garnish with mint (and candied ginger if you have some). Serve.

The Last Word

¾ oz gin (Tanqueray or Junipero)
¾ oz lime juice
¾ oz green chartreuse
¾ oz maraschino liqueur

Add all ingredients to shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Serve.

  1. grapefruite reblogged this from lauraemily and added:
    God, what I would have given to be gin-muling over at Nora & Mayur’s Afternoon in Mansfield Park. Unfortunately, He...
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    Y-U-U-U-U-M. Pssst. LKN, I’m coming
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    cut! (Lower right corner). The afternoon was wonderful! Thank...again, Nora! PS - The last...
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