Port Wine Cobbler
The Quirky Foodster Team
Ingredients
- Ruby port — 90 ml (3 oz)
- Simple syrup — 10 ml (2 tsp)
- Fresh orange slice — 1
Method
- Fill a rocks glass with crushed ice.
- Add the port and simple syrup, and stir well.
- Add the orange slice, pressing it gently against the ice.
- Garnish with fresh seasonal fruit and a mint sprig.
Description: A classic 19th-century cobbler — port, a touch of sugar, and plenty of crushed ice, garnished generously with fresh fruit.
Cultural Background: Cobblers date to the mid-1800s American bar scene, credited with helping popularise the use of a straw for drinking cocktails over crushed ice.
Tips: Crushed ice is essential here — it dilutes gently and keeps the drink very cold throughout a long sip.
Variations: Fresh berries or peach slices make excellent seasonal garnish substitutions.
Serving Suggestion: Serve over crushed ice, with a straw, garnished generously with fruit.
Nutrition: Approx. 175 kcal per serving
FAQs:
Q: Why is this drink historically significant?
A: Cobblers are credited by many cocktail historians with popularising both crushed ice and the drinking straw in American bars.
- Ruby port — 90 ml (3 oz)
- Simple syrup — 10 ml (2 tsp)
- Fresh orange slice — 1
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