Sometimes it’s hard to come up with that perfect cocktail for
your Halloween, Samhain, Dia de Los Muertos, or other spooky celebration. This
recipe, from the recently
reviewed Food
to Die For, is adapted from one served
at the haunted Grand Galvez Hotel in Galveston, TX, and further adapted by me.
It honors Audra, the lovelorn bride, who hanged herself in the hotel when her
mariner fiancé’s ship went down in a storm and he never returned to marry her.
Sadly, he did return a number of days after her death as he had been picked up
by another ship. Clearly their love was not to be.
Ghost Bride Martini
1 ½ oz. citrus vodka
¾ oz. Cointreau
¼ oz. Simple
syrup
½ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
Run the squeezed lemon around the rim of a martini
glass, invert that glass onto a plate of
granulated sugar to coat, and chill.
Mix the vodka, Cointreau, simple syrup, and freshly squeezed lemon juice
together in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into your sugar rimmed
glass and serve immediately.
This recipe makes one cocktail. What you see in the glass on this page is a
double.
