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, already a favourite among Asda shoppers, also rolled out to Morrisons stores nationwide over the summer allowing even more fans to enjoy the delicious Limoncello Spritz serve. To showcase why their ‘star of summer’ tastes just as good during the colder months, 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 traditional limoncello is created using a unique, natural recipe which 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.
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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
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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.
