Cosmopolitan cocktail

Cosmopolitan cocktail
Average rating: 3 out of 5 star rating

The Cosmopolitan was made famous by Sex and the City but it's always been a winner with us! We're sure you'll love our version of this classic cocktail recipe - The Cosmo!

  • Total time: 5 mins

  • Serves: 1

  • Skill level: Easy peasy

  • Costs: Splashing out

  • Romantic
  • Editor's pick

Ingredients

If you can't get hold triple sec for your Cosmopolitan, just use Cointreau instead.

  • 30ml (1fl oz) lemon vodka
  • 15ml (1/2fl oz) Cointreau or triple sec
  • 1/2 a freshly squeezed lime or lime cordial if preferred
  • 15ml (1/2fl oz) cranberry juice

Method

  1. Shake the vodka, Cointreau, lime and cranberry juice in a shaker with ice. If you haven't got a shaker mix the ingredients well with a spoon.
  2. Decorate a martini glass with a wedge of lime and sugar around the rim.
  3. Strain the cocktail into the glass and serve straight away.

Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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