Although inspired by the farmyard sweet array of the Marks & Spencer's food hall, the Percy Pig cocktail is definitely for adults only. It was created a couple of years ago, during a birthday visit from our in-laws, who had never tasted an M&S Percy Pig (or pal.) Mark decided this was too large a gap in their culinary experience, and rushed out to M&S to rectify things. As day turned to night, he set about turning this 'sweet' experience into an alcoholic one. The Percy Pig cocktail tastes exactly like its sweet counterparts, but in liquid form.
This weekend we recreated the Percy Pig cocktail for a new audience. The cocktail requires a packet of both Percy Pig faces and Percy Pig Phizzy Pig Tails. The challenge is to make as many cocktails as possible before you've separately devoured the packets of sweets.
1 oz golden rum (preferably Cockspur)
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz freshly squeezed pomegranate juice
1/4 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 oz grenadine
1/4 oz Roses lime cordial
Shake all ingredients over ice in a cocktail shaker.
Take one sweet from each packet, and carefully slice a line through Percy's right cheek, fitting him over the rim of a chilled martini glass. Drape the pig tail over the other side of the glass and pour in the contents of the shaker to create the body. You know Percy would approve.
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