Fiona Leahy
Fiona Leahy is the events queen. From Ireland via New York, Fiona’s innate fashion sense has been honed from her work in the industry – she was once a stylist for Patti Wilson, the NY editor of i-D, she’s worked with the likes of Terry Richardson and David LaChapelle, as well as Jade Jagger at the crown jewellers, Garrard. Now, she channels her refined sensibilities to creating extraordinary events, which break down the walls of tradition: think fashion dinners, weddings and big bashes for everyone from Middle Eastern royalty to Mark Ronson.
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CLOVE KISS GIN & TONIC TWIST
Ingredients
50ml Bombay Sapphire (infused with blood orange and cloves)
100ml premium tonic water
2 teaspoons caster sugar
1 cardamom seed
Garnish
Whole blood orange wheel slice studded with 5 cloves
Cardamom-infused sugar glass rim
Method for Infusion
Take a bottle of Bombay Sapphire and pour out 50ml. Replace with 35ml of fresh blood orange juice, 8 large peels from the skin of a blood orange and 10 cloves (adjust to taste and quality). Replace the cap, shake well and place in the fridge for 24 hours to infuse.
Method for Flavoured Sugar
Take the seeds from one green cardamom pod and place in a pestle and mortar. Crush well with the pestle until a powder is formed, then add a couple of teaspoons of caster sugar. Mix well with a teaspoon. Reserve to one side on a saucer.
Method for Drink
Take a chilled Bombay Sapphire balloon glass. Wipe some blood orange juice on the rim of the glass. Then turn the glass upside down and roll the rim around the saucer of cardamom-infused caster sugar until it is fully covered. Shake off any excess. Fill the glass with good quality cubed ice being careful not to knock the sugar off. Pour in 50ml of the blood orange and clove-infused Bombay Sapphire. Stir briefly. Top the glass with 100ml of premium tonic water and stir briefly. Finally, add your whole wheel slice of blood orange studded with 5 cloves to the top of the glass.
