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Piña colada

A tropical blend of rich coconut cream, white rum and tangy pineapple - serve with an umbrella for kitsch appeal

Author: Good Food team

Mojito recipe

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Author: Good Food team

Margarita recipe

Stir up this classic tequila cocktail for a party using tangy triple sec and lime juice. Don't forget to serve in a salt-rimmed martini glass

Author: Good Food team

Frozen strawberry daiquiri

This slushy cocktail is best made when strawberries are in season and at their ripest. With just four ingredients you can whip up this thirst quencher...

Author: Miriam Nice

Cosmopolitan cocktail

Lipsmackingly sweet and sour, the Cosmopolitan cocktail of vodka, cranberry, orange liqueur and citrus is a good-time in a glass. Perfect for a party

Author: Alice Lascelles

Old fashioned

A traditional whisky cocktail with bitters, soda water and a simple orange garnish. Serve in a tumbler with plenty of ice

Author: Good Food team

Easy white sangria

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Author: Sophie Godwin - Cookery writer

Cosmopolitan

A classic cocktail recipe for those who like a touch of citrus sweetness. Blend vodka with orange liqueur, cranberry juice and lime, then serve in chilled...

Author: Good Food team

Watermelon Margarita

Mixing cocktails may seem intimidating, but it's actually quite intuitive once you understand how to balance the alcohol, sweetness and acidity. In "3-Ingredient...

Author: Alexa Weibel

Kir

A classic kir is made with aligoté wine and crème de cassis (black currant liqueur), both of which come from the Burgundy region of France. Once you...

Author: Rebekah Peppler

Bellini

A classy cocktail served in an elegant flute - this simple combination of peach purée and Prosecco makes a great start to any celebration

Author: Good Food team

Old Fashioned

The old-fashioned is one of the oldest mixed drinks in the cocktail canon. (Original name: whiskey cocktail, which became old-fashioned whiskey cocktail,...

Author: Robert Simonson

Martini

Our version of the ultimate classic cocktail is stirred, not shaken. Serve your martini with a twist of lemon, or an olive

Author: Good Food team

Tom Collins

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Author: Alice Lascelles

Bloody Mary Mix

We've made hundreds of thousands of bloody Marys over the decades at Prune, with 11 variations, and this classic base mix has been the stalwart, gleaming...

Author: Gabrielle Hamilton

Black russian cocktail

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Author: Miriam Nice

Caesar Cocktail

Sometimes it seems there are as many Caesar recipes as there are Canadians of drinking age. The building blocks are usually the same: vodka, hot sauce,...

Author: Robert Simonson

Watermelon Strawberry Slush

Perhaps watermelon fans already know that a chilled wedge is not the only way to enjoy it. What about drinking it instead? Here, watermelon and strawberries...

Author: Florence Fabricant

Hot Buttered Rum

There are many ways to make this classic winter drink. Using brown sugar is traditional, but maple syrup is awfully nice, too. Stirring in the butter with...

Author: Rosie Schaap

An Adaptable Cosmopolitan Cocktail

In case you couldn't help but wonder, this more refined Cosmopolitan is not a robust red but a dusty pink, deeply chilled, and walks the line between sweet...

Author: Rebekah Peppler

Lemon Drop Cocktail

Whether sipped from a martini glass, straight up as a shot, or spritzed up with a little club soda, the lemon drop is the quintessential cocktail. Easy...

Author: Edible Times

Hot Toddy

Whether you're sick in bed or fresh off the slopes, a hot toddy warms everything up. The classic formula of whiskey, sugar and hot water is like the steamy...

Author: Rebekah Peppler

Clementine martini

This sparkling, citrus cocktail is one to serve at a celebration. Blend clementine juice with vodka, orange liqueur and fizz

Author: Good Food team

White russian

We like this classic vodka cocktail made with fresh cream - the Kahlúa liqueur adds a coffee-infused finish

Author: Good Food team

Rosé Sangria

What's pink, pretty and packs a punch? This rosy riff on sangria, which is loaded with red and pink fruit for a festive, crowd-friendly treat. Be sure...

Author: Rosie Schaap

Easy Strawberry Margarita Recipe

A strawberry margarita is everyone's favorite summer cocktail recipe. This frozen, blended beverage is delicious on a hot day.

Author: Lisa Bryan

Cranberry Liqueur

Author: Jonathan Reynolds

Frozen Strawberry Daiquiris

Recipe video above. The most incredible real strawberry flavour - the ultimate strawberry daiquiri! Skip the ice - it dilutes the flavour. This frozen...

Author: Nagi

Hanky Panky

This sweet 50/50 martini was created in the early 1900s by Ada Coleman, the head bartender at the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London. It combines...

Author: Rebekah Peppler

Pickled Cocktail Onions

This flavorsome - and relatively fast - recipe comes from Los Angeles-based bartender Gabriella Mlynarczyk. Pickled onions are the classic garnish for...

Author: Rosie Schaap

The perfect bloody mary

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Author: Good Food team

Tom Collins

The Tom Collins is perhaps the ultimate highball and one of history's most enduring cocktails. It was historically made with Old Tom gin, which is sweeter...

Author: Robert Simonson

Brandy Crusta

More than most cocktails, a properly made brandy crusta requires a little effort. Achieving an even sugar rim on a glass and paring a long lemon twist...

Author: Robert Simonson

Hummer

This popular Michigan drink, which is thick and creamy and tastes like coffee ice cream, is credited to bartender Jerome Adams, who invented it one night...

Author: Robert Simonson

Spicy Cucumber Margaritas

Verdant and herbaceous, this margarita is slightly more work than the classic, but you can produce it hours in advance. Some cocktail recipes call for...

Author: Alexa Weibel

Hugo cocktail

Refreshing, floral and herbal, the hugo cocktail is perfect for warm summer evenings. Make this simple spritz with prosecco and a dash of gin

Author: Georgina Kiely - Digital food editor, bbcgoodfood.com

Blackberry Martinis

One of the most exquisite exploitations of the blackberry is accomplished by teaming it with a little booze and presenting it in a sugar-rimmed martini...

Author: Jonathan Reynolds

Bloody Mary

This humble Bloody Mary has its roots in a 2000 article by R. W. Apple Jr., who explored the origins of Worcestershire sauce, "perhaps best known as an...

Author: R. W. Apple Jr.

Piña Colada

The piña colada, which originated in Puerto Rico, is an irresistible classic, and an occasion to pull out paper umbrellas - a tiki-culture addition. Just...

Author: Rosie Schaap

Tom and Jerry

This drink has nothing to do with the cartoon cat and mouse, or Jerry Thomas, the celebrated New York barman of the 1800s, who often boasted of inventing...

Author: Robert Simonson

BONNIE'S: THE ULTIMATE MARGARITA

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Author: BonniE !

Classic Eggnog

Aaron Goldfarb, a liquor writer who was raised Jewish, was not introduced to the joys of eggnog until he married a woman who loved Christmas. Making a...

Author: Robert Simonson

The Dirtiest Martini

Author: Jonathan Miles

White Sangria and Red Sangria

Cavas, often blessed with notes of citrus and spring blossoms, are genial sparkling wines, all the more so because of their modest prices. They can be...

Author: Florence Fabricant

Lemon & elderflower fizz

Raise a toast with this zesty cocktail with a gin and sparkling prosecco base and lemon sorbet and elderflower cordial mixers

Author: Good Food team

Hot Apple Toddy Recipe

Warm up with a soothing and delightful hot apple toddy made with whiskey or apple brandy along with sweetened apple cider and spices.

Author: Colleen Graham

Wassail

Here is the the beauty of wassail: more than just another nice-tasting drink, it's part of a long (if largely forgotten) tradition of celebrating the life...

Author: Rosie Schaap

Red Sangria

Make classic red sangria with this simple recipe! It combines Spanish red wine, brandy and fresh fruit and only takes a few minutes to prep. It's...

Author: Brittany Mullins

Grapefruit mojitos

Just when you thought this classic rum and mint cocktail couldn't get any better - grapefruit juice adds a sunshine tang

Author: Cassie Best

Apple Cider and Bourbon Punch

Apples and oranges! They're often presented as exemplars of opposition, as though they have nothing in common. But both fruits make appearances on many...

Author: Rosie Schaap