Lazy Red Cheeks

I found the recipe of the Lazy Red Cheeks on  Njam.tv under the cocktail section by Manuel Wouters. At the time, I tried a lot of his recipes and the more I tried them, I found that in almost every of his cocktails there is something off. Too much alcohol in a Long Island Iced Tea, too much lime in a Caipirinha, etc...

Now, this wasn't the case for the Lazy Red Cheeks. The drink has a nice balance between sweet and sour and there is no overwhelming taste of any of the ingredients. I guess the cocktail is so good because mr. Wouters invented the recipe by himself. The name was given to the drink by Tom Barman, lead singer of the Belgian rock band  dEUS.

When I tried the Lazy Red Cheeks myself, I was sold. But like always, I wanted too test it on a crowd. So I served it to some friends and they all liked it as well. Because of  the colour, the sweet taste and the name itself, I thought this one would be a great hit with the ladies. So very recently I had two ladies who were visiting town with their boyfriends in my private bar and I made them one. Both really liked the Lazy Red Cheeks very much. Even one of the boyfriends asked me for one. So my mission was accomplished.

I made it like this:

• 4,5 cl wodka
• 1 cl violetsyrup
• 1 cl simple syrup
• 4 cl limejuice
• 6 raspberries
• 1 barspoon sugar

I muddle the sugar, the raspberries and the violetsyrup in an old fashioned glass. when the raspberries ar reduced to juice, I add the wodka, limejuice and simple syrup and give the drink a good stir. I top this with crushed ice, stir once more and garnish with a limewedge.

If this cocktail seems tempting to you, it will be on the menu of our first event: Sips & Tips vol. 1

Cheers!

Oskar

Note: dear followers and readers of this blog. It appears I was misinformed about the origin of this cocktail. There has been a debate going on about who invented it. Another bartender was working on a recipe for the Lazy Red Cheeks at the same time. I will not judge about who deserves credit for this delicious cocktail here. That I will leave up to you. My apologies for misinforming you as well.