Peta Todd shares favourite romantic cocktail recipes to get you in the mood this Valentine’s Day
Help stimulate your desire for love this Valentine's Day with these drinkable aphrodisiacs
THERE is nothing like a cocktail at home to get you in the mood.
Peta Todd former Page 3 girl and wife of Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish, knows eating well is key to health.
Here are her favourite romantic drinks.
Sparkling Ginger Zing
The ginger will heat things up as it stimulates your circulatory system, giving you that warm feeling you get between the sheets and setting the mind wandering.
Plus it has bubbles – and nothing says romance more than bubbles.
YOU NEED
1 part gin
1 part ginger liqueur
1 part fresh lemon juice
Small splash of grenadine
1 cherry
Prosecco to top up
METHODAdd the gin, ginger liqueur, lemon juice and grenadine to a shaker.
Shake for 20 seconds.
Pour into a champagne flute and top up with the prosecco.
Add the cherry and get sipping.
Cupid’s Coco Kisses
It also acts as an energy booster, which is always helpful before a busy night of passion.
YOU NEED
Chocolate, melted
Cocoa powder
1 part cherry-infused vodka
1 part coconut flavour vodka
1 part dark chocolate liqueur
1 dash chocolate syrup
METHODCoat the rim of a wide glass with a small amount of melted chocolate and dust with the cocoa powder.
Place both vodkas, the chocolate liqueur and syrup in a iced shaker and shake hard for 20-30 seconds.
Pour and serve.
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This little beauty uses sensual honey to give a natural sugar rush that triggers the same brain response as sex.
And the warming ginger ale keeps any chills at bay.
YOU NEED
1 part orange juice
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tbsp runny honey
2 parts ginger ale
Lemonade to top up
METHODAdd the orange juice, lemon juice and honey to a shaker and stir well to mix in all the honey.
Add the ginger ale and give a good shake.
Place some crushed ice in a short glass and pour the mixture in. Top up with the lemonade.
Feel The Heat
The hot chilli stimulates nerve endings, increases heart rate and raises body temperature to get you fully in the mood. The dash of chocolate simulates sexual signals in the brain.
YOU NEED
500ml milk
3 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp hot chilli powder
100ml rum
Whipped cream, optional
METHODWarm the milk on a low/medium heat in a saucepan.
Add the cocoa powder, sugar, cinnamon and chilli powder.
Whisk until smooth.
Add the rum and keep heating.
Pour and serve.
Add whipped cream if you wish.
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