Poison cherry martini
Serves: 2
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Ant Duncan
Poison cherry martini
Toast the Halloween weekend with this fiendishly good gin cocktail
Serves: 2
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our former Junior Food Editor. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
See more of Abigail Spooner’s recipes
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our former Junior Food Editor. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
See more of Abigail Spooner’s recipes
Ingredients
- 45ml gin
- 25ml cherry brandy liqueur
- 75ml cherry juice (no added sugar)
- ½ tbsp lemon juice
- 3-4 dashes of Angostura bitters
To serve
- 4 pitted black cherries (drained from a 425g tin)
- two cocktail sticks
- edible gold or silver glitter spray.
- ice
Step by step
- For a sparkly and spooky effect, pat dry the pitted black cherries, thread onto two cocktail sticks and spritz with the glitter spray. Set aside.
- Fill a jug with ice and add the gin, cherry brandy liqueur, cherry juice, lemon juice and Angostura bitters. Stir well to combine and strain into two martini glasses. Garnish with the skewered cherries and serve.
