White Chocolate & ClemenGold Gimlet

White Chocolate & ClemenGold Gimlet: What’s not to love? Image: Supplied.

White Chocolate & ClemenGold Gimlet – Love, gin & chocolate

This Valentine’s Day, let the love shine and the taste buds tingle with this delicious White Chocolate & ClemenGold Gimlet cocktail.

White Chocolate & ClemenGold Gimlet

White Chocolate & ClemenGold Gimlet: What’s not to love? Image: Supplied.

Chocolate sales are skyrocketing, wrapping paper and cards are all over the floor in one corner and the notepad is right there too. It can only mean one thing, that Valentine’s Day is here. The month of love has arrived and we want to make your date night planning easier. The White Chocolate & ClemenGold Gimlet has to be the best cocktail for your Valentine’s Day plans.

The gimlet is a classic gin cocktail made with high-quality gin and lime juice. The White Chocolate & ClemenGold Gimlet adds sweetness with white chocolate and homemade ClemenGold syrup. It is so easy to make this tasty syrup for cocktails. The recipe for this simple syrup is also added below. The real hero of the cocktail is the citrus-infused ClemenGold Gin made from the highest quality ingredients right here in South Africa.

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This Valentine’s Day, let the love shine and the taste buds tingle with this delicious White Chocolate & ClemenGold Gimlet cocktail.

White Chocolate & ClemenGold Gimlet Recipe

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Recipe by ClemenGold Gin Course: DrinksCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy
Prep time

5

minutes
Cooking time

10

minutes
Total time

15

minutes

Ingredients

  • 35 ml 35 ClemenGold GinTM

  • 35 ml 35 white cacao

  • 50 ml 50 cream

  • 10 ml 10 lemon juice

  • 4 dashes 4 orange bitters

  • 10 ml 10 ClemenGold® mandarin syrup | other citrus syrup*

  • ClemenGold Citrus Syrup
  • 250 g 250 sugar

  • ½ cup ½ water

  • 2-3 2-3 ClemenGold® mandarin peels

  • ½ cup ½ lime juice

Method

  • Mixing your cocktail
  • Combine all in ingredients in a shaker, and fill with ice and shake vigorously.
  • Fine strain into a coupe glass and garnish with white chocolate and fresh citrus shavings.
  • ClemenGold Citrus Syrup
  • Place all the ingredients in a pan and heat until the sugar dissolves.
  • Bring to the boil and simmer until it achieves a syrupy consistency.
  • Strain through a fine sieve and store in a sterilized bottle.

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Gin cocktails are perfect for Valentine’s Day. We have excellent suggestions for you to try, just check out our recipes.