Showing posts with label citrus vodka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label citrus vodka. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Ghost Bride Martini

 
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.

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Friday, July 19, 2024

Pink Lemonade Martini

 
A couple of months ago, I bought a bottle of citrus vodka. I am not a vodka drinker, per se, but I have really warmed up to that citrus vodka. In my opinion, it makes everything taste pretty wonderful, and this martini is one of those things. I sipped on it while I watched an episode of ”Detective #24.” It was a lovely evening.

Photo: Melissa’s Produce

½ oz. triple sec

1 oz. fresh Melissa’s pink lemon juice

 ½ oz.simple syrup

grenadine

If desired, after you have squeezed your lemon, run it around the rim of a martini glass and dip the glass in sugar.

 In a cocktail shaker combine all of the ingredients with ice, shake it until the shaker feels cold, and pour it into a glass. Because I used a large martini glass, I poured mine over ice. This makes one cocktail, but you’re going to want a double.

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Blueberry Cosmopolitan

 
This week’s cocktail is another beauty. The color blue here is so lovely, thanks to the combination of Curaçao, and an ingredient new to me, blueberry juice. It’s very refreshing on a hot day, and this past week has been HOT! Easy to prepare, just shake everything together in a cocktail shaker with a lot of ice, strain, pour, and enjoy.

Here it is served in a vintage martini glass that used to belong to my parents. Be sure to pin the picture so as to save the recipe to your cocktail Pinterest board.

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Strawberry Lemon Drop Martini

 
Oh, my goodness! This is the best cocktail I have had to date. In fact, this may be the best cocktail I’ve had in my entire life. You must use fresh lemon juice, and, of course, fresh strawberries to make the purée. These little steps take extra time, so do yourself a favor and squeeze some lemon juice ahead of time and make a lot of purée. You are going to want more than one of these cocktails. You may just want a pitcher of them. They are so refreshing and delicious. I had to stop myself from glugging it right down.

Strawberry Lemon Drop Martini

Adapted from TasteofHomemade.com

 5-6 fresh strawberries

1 oz. water

1 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice

½ oz. Stirrings Simple Syrup

1½ oz. lemon vodka

 MAKE THE STRAWBERRY PUREE

 Place the strawberries and water in a mini high-speed blender; blend until smooth. Pour puree through a mesh sieve over a small bowl. Use a spoon to stir and press the puree through the sieve; set aside.

 MAKE THE MARTINIS

 Fill a cocktail shaker* half way with ice.

 Add the strawberry puree, lemon juice, simple syrup, and vodka to the shaker. Place the lid on the shaker and shake until frosty and cold.

 Run a lemon wedge around the edge of the martini glass.  Pour the sugar in a shallow plate or bowl, then dip the glass in the sugar and twist to coat the rim.

 Pour the shaken martini into the glass, and then garnish with a fresh strawberry.

 *A quart Mason jar works as well.

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

Holy Water

 
There were a couple of things that attracted me to the cocktail for this week. First of all, the color, is that not a gorgeous color, I ask you? Imagine how beautiful it would look on a table set with sea tones. This one, for example. Gorgeous! Second, it made use of the peach schnapps that I had bought for some mysterious reason, as well as citrus vodka, ditto. This drink is potent. So, don’t suck it down like you’re having an iced tea. Otherwise I doubt that you’ll see the conclusion of your movie, book, or anything else that has served as your evening’s entertainment. Don’t ask me how I know.

The recipe is on the top photo. Pin it and you’ll have it forever. I used bottled, sparkling French lemonade, and it was wonderful. Feel free to use anything that you like including Squirt or 7-Up. Wonderfully refreshing.