Kitchen + Cocktails: Naples Craft Cocktails

Photography by Vanessa Rogers | Styled by Katherine Lande

Craft cocktails set the stage for both casual and elegant entertaining.

Vitamin C

Patterned cutting board, hand-painted bowl, geometric bowl, napkins, Summerfields, Naples; Baccarat glass, Br Uno, Naples; clear napkin holder, Horse of a Different Color, Naples (239-261-1252)

Bahama Sangarita

From Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 parts Maestro Dobel Diamante tequila
• 1 part Cointreau
• 2 parts scratch sour mix
• 1/2 part lime juice
• 1 part red wine float (use Cabernet Sauvignon)

Instructions:

Build in a mixing glass using all ingredients except red wine, add ice, shake to mix, strain into a wine glass over ice. Gently top with a red wine float.

Classic Naples

Green glass decanter, Summerfields, Naples; The Little Cocktail set of books, martini glasses with olive picks, 34102 napkins, Br Uno, Naples; yellow placemat, Horse of a Different Color, Naples

Shaken, Not Stirred

Cocktail shaker, Br Uno, Naples; serving dish, happy-face bowl, Horse of a Different Color, Naples; yellow glass, Fabec-Young & Co., Naples (239-649-5501); Love You More dish, clear glass, Jett Thompson Antiques & Interiors, Naples

White Grapefruit Cosmo

Café & Bar Lurcat | Created by Olivia McKelvey

Cocktail from Café & Bar Lurcat

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz. Deep Eddy Grapefruit Vodka
• 1/2 oz. Cointreau or Triple Sec orange liqueur
• 1/2 oz. fresh lime juice 
• Splash simple syrup (less than 1/4 oz.)
• 1 ounce fresh white grapefruit juice

Instructions:

Shake all ingredients and double strain into a sugar-rimmed martini glass.

Pretty Flamingo

Orange circle lazy Susan tray, flamingo coasters, The Craft Cocktail Party by Julie Reiner, Summerfields, Naples; dish with saying, Tickled Pink, Naples; hand-painted glass, Fabec-Young & Co., Naples; silver cocktail spoons, Horse of a Different Color, Naples

Floridian Dreams

Dusk | The Ritz-Carlton, Naples

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. Jasmine pearl-infused Ketel One vodka
• 1 oz. Mandarin Napoléon liqueur
• 1 oz. fresh orange juice
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 1 bar-spoon apricot brandy
• Dash egg white
• Dash Peychaud’s bitters

Instructions:

Shake all ingredients, fine-strain into chilled martini glass, garnish, and spritz with jasmine water.

Garnish in Style

Patterned cutting boards, knife, bottle opener, Summerfields, Naples; cocktail glass, Tickled Pink, Naples; blue placemat, Horse of a Different Color, Naples

Pom Paradise Martini

Shaken Bar at Paradise Wine | Created by Yavuz “Oz” Ozturk

Ingredients 

• 1 1/4 oz. D’ussé Cognac 
• 1 oz. Carpano Antica vermouth
• 3/4 oz. lime juice 
• 1/2 chai simple syrup**
• 3/4 oz. pomegranate juice

Instructions

Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass and fill with ice. Shake and strain in to a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

**Chai simple syrup: 1 part chai tea-infused water and 1 part sugar

Rainbow Chaser

Stingray tray, napkin holder, napkins, Jett Thompson Antiques & Interiors, Naples; needlepoint flask, Bourbon & Bowties bracelets, Tickled Pink, Naples; polka-dot small glass bowls, Horse of a Different Color, Naples; hand-painted glass, Fabec-Young & Co., Naples