4 French Cocktails (and a Rob Roy!) to Celebrate Season 2 of Outlander
If you’re like us, then the first season of the Starz hit series Outlander – set in the Jacobite Scottish highlands – had you stocking your bar carts with scotch whisk(e)y and obsessing over all things tartan.
This season (which premiers on April 9th), the series takes us inside the palaces & inns of 18th-century Paris, brimming with lavish parties, formal feasts and elegant silk couture. As Claire and Jamie Fraser leave Scotland to go undercover in Paris, Season 2 promises grand champagne toasts and cloak-and-dagger political maneuverings. Luckily, just like Claire, we all can be transported to a land far from home and fake it in 18th-Century France with these delicious French cocktails.
The French Martini
Makes 1 drink
Serves 1
Nutritional Info
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces
Chambord flavored vodka
- 1/2 ounce
Chambord Liqueur
- 2 ounces
pineapple juice
Fresh raspberries for garnish
Instructions
Add the vodka, Chambord and pineapple juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until well-chilled and strain into a petite martini glass. Garnish with raspberries.
The Sidecar
Makes 1 drink
Serves 1
Nutritional Info
Ingredients
- 1/2 ounces
Cognac or Armagnac, or bourbon
- 1 ounce
Cointreau or triple sec orange liqueurb
- 1/2 ounce
lemon juice
Lemon twist for garnish
Sugar for rimmer (optional)
Instructions
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes, and shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a lemon twist. If desired, rim the glass with sugar to add a nice contrast to the sour drink.
The Kir Royale
Makes 1 drink
Serves 1
Nutritional Info
Ingredients
- 1/2 ounce
creme de cassis
- 5 to 6 ounces
champagne, chilled
Lemon twist for garnish
Instructions
Simply add creme de cassis to champagne flute and top with your choice of bubbly.
The French 75
Serves 4
Nutritional Info
Ingredients
- 60 ml
gin
- 30 ml
Freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 30 ml
Sugar stock
Champagne or Sparkling Wine
Instructions
Mix gin, lemon juice and sugar stock together. Shake in a cocktail shaker with ice and then strain equal amounts into the bottom of four flute glasses. Top with chilled champagne or sparkling wine.
The Rob Roy
Makes 1 drink
Serves 1
Nutritional Info
Ingredients
- 2 ounces
of Blended Scotch Whiskey
- 1 ounce
sweet vermouth
- 2 dashes
of Angostura bitters
- 1
lemon peel, for garnish
Instructions
In a shaker filled with ice, add the Scotch whiskey, the sweet vermouth and the bitters. Stir to chill. Strain into a martini glass (or an equally alluring vessel) and top with a lemon peel.
Recipe Notes
Feel free to substitute orange bitters for the Angostura and an orange peel in place of the lemon. It’s equally as delicious.
Don’t drink all these on an empty stomach – turn your cocktail premiere party into a full Outlander dinner party with this planning guide!
Check out the trailer for Season Two: