Italian liqueur brand Villa Cardea is showcasing limoncello’s festive versatility with four delicious, Italian-inspired cocktails created especially for the party season.
Villa Cardea’s authentic lemon liqueur tastes just as good during the colder months, so they’ve created a stylish series of cocktails that can easily be recreated at home for family and friends.
Produced in Bergamo in Northern Italy, Villa Cardea’s recipe infuses the finest lemon peel from Sicily. Its intense yet balanced taste transports drinkers to Italy’s sun-soaked lemon groves and can be enjoyed on its own chilled, or in a whole host of cocktails.
WINTER CAROL – Warming with winter spice
- 50ml Villa Cardea Limoncello
- 10ml spiced black tea
- 1 tsp honey
- lemon
- star anise
- cinnamon stick
Add the honey to a heatproof cup, add the hot spiced black tea and limoncello. Stir to dissolve the honey. Top with hot water. Garnish with lemon wheel, cinnamon stick and star anise.
AMORE ROSSO – Fruity and full
- 25ml Villa Cardea Limoncello
- 30ml raspberry puree or coulis
- 25ml London Dry Gin
- tonic water
- lemon
- raspberries
Add the Limoncello, gin and raspberry coulis into the shaker. Add ice and shake. Double strain into a highball over fresh ice, and top with tonic. Garnish: raspberry skewer + lemon twist
CHRISTMAS STAR – Refreshing and light
- 25ml Villa Cardea Limoncello
- 80ml Prosecco brut
- 20ml cranberry juice
- pomegranate seeds + rosemary sprig
In a flute glass add the limoncello and cranberry juice, top with Prosecco. Garnish with floating pomegranate seeds and rosemary sprig
SNOW DREAM – Creamy and indulgent
- 40ml Villa Cardea Limoncello
- 30ml cream liqueur
- 30ml coconut milk
- crushed ice
- shredded coconut
- icing sugar
First rim a low glass tumbler with desiccated coconut. Add the limoncello, cream liqueur, and coconut milk to a shaker and shake vigorously. Strain into your glass filled with crushed ice.
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