Flirty Valentine’s Day Cocktail Recipes From NYC Restaurants

D’USSE Devotion

Ingredients:
1.5oz D’USSE VSOP Cognac
1.5oz D’USSE VSOP Cognac
3Ž4 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
3Ž4 oz housemade cinnamon simple syrup
1 oz hard cider
Dash Angostura bitters

(To make cinnamon syrup: add cinnamon sticks to boiling water and cook until the water turns a brownish hue. Then, add equal parts sugar to the water to create a 1 to 1 syrup.)

*Combine the D’USSE, lemon juice, cinnamon syrup, and angostura bitters. Shake and serve up in a coupe glass. Finish with hard cider.

Frozen Chamoyada

Ingredients:
1 oz lime juice
2 oz Chamoy sauce
1.5 oz Alacran Tequila
Ice
Chili powder

In a blender, add ice, lime juice, Alacran Tequila, and chamoy sauce. Blend and serve in a martini glass rimmed with chili powder. Sprinkle a dash of chili powder over the frozen drink.

HIS (Him’ingway Dry Martini)
Created by Logan Ronkainen at Il Mulino PrimeIngredients:
3oz. Absolut Elyx vodka
1 drop of dry Dolin Vermouth De Chambery
Lemon twist*Shake the ingredients in an ice-packed martini shaker until cold. Strain into a chilled martini glass, and garnish with a thick lemon twist.

HER (Cosmic Love Valentinis)
Created by Logan Ronkainen at Il Mulino Prime

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Cranberry-Infused Russian Standard Vodka
¾ oz Cointreau Triple Sec
¾ oz lime juice
½ oz lime cordial
Lime and marinated cranberry garnish[To infuse the vodka: crush 24 oz of fresh cranberries by hand or using a food processor, making sure the skin is broken on all the berries. Add 3L bottle of Russian Standard Vodka and let infuse overnight for no more than 8-12 hours. Strain the infused vodka back into the bottle using a strainer and funnel].*Shake the ingredients in an ice-packed martini shaker. Double strain into a chilled martini glass or coupe and garnish with a marinated cranberry and lime wheel.