So just kick back, sip on your cocktail creation and enjoy the new series starting on FX on Friday 26th February.

The Sookie Swizzle

This zest infused cocktail has plenty of bite. Southern Comfort mixed with the fresh fruit infused flavours of blood orange and lemon juice is a combination that is sure to stimulate your taste buds for all the right reasons.

Ingredients

• 50ml Southern Comfort
  
• 3 wedges Blood Orange
  
• 3 wedges lemon
  
• 15ml Sugar syrup
  
• Dash of Peychaud's Bitters

Method

Served in a large rocks over crushed ice, muddle fruit and build in glass

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Southern Merlotte's Punch

This cunning concoction mixes Southern Comfort, red wine, with the juice of 1/2 a blood orange to create a taste tingling explosion of flavors.

Ingredients

• 35ml Southern Comfort
  
• 15ml Lemon Juice
  
• 25ml Apple Juice
  
• 50ml Merlot red wine
  
• 15ml Sugar syrup
  
• 1/2 blood orange (squeezed)
  
• Dash of Peychaud's Bitters

Method

Shake and strain into a High Ball glass over cubed ice. Serve with a blood orange and lemon slice and garnish with mint sprig.

Southern Mary

Move over Bloody Mary; make way for Southern Mary which offers an eclectic mix of Southern Comfort, tomato juice, Tabasco and red wine - sure to wow friends and family.

Ingredients

• 35ml Southern Comfort
  
• 15ml Red Wine
  
• 15ml Lemon Juice
  
• Dash sugar syrup
  
• 80ml Tomato Juice
  
• 2 dash Tabasco
  
• 1 dash Lee and Perrings
  
• Salt and pepper
  
• Celery Stick
  

Method

Mix the Southern Comfort, red wine, tomato and lemon juice together and stir.
Add the Tabasco, Lee and Perrings sugar and salt. Sir again and garnish with celery stick.

Southern Blood

Mixes Southern Comfort, a traditional taste of New Orleans, with the juice of half a blood orange – an established drink with a dark twist.

Ingredients

• 50ml Southern Comfort
  
• ½ blood orange
  
• Ice

Method

Fill a glass halfway with ice and pour the Southern Comfort over.
Squeeze the juice of half a blood orange and stir for a true taste of New Orleans, where Southern Comfort originates.

ENJOY SOUTHERN COMFORT RESPONSIBLY.