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 fiancĂ©’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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7 comments:

Donna said...

Ooooh! The perfect cocktail!
hugs
Donna

Marie Smith said...

This sounds delicious! A lovely treat after an evening serving the ghosts and goblins!

gluten Free A_Z Blog said...

Love the backstory and the name of the book! The cocktail sounds good too...

Gina said...

OK, make mine a double! I don't know if I ever heard that story, though I lived in Galveston for a time. Love the martini glass, btw!

thepaintedapron.com said...

Very Spooky!!!
Jenna

Linda said...

Fabulous photos! Love that martini glass. What a tragic story.

sandy said...

Wow, glad I stopped by to see this. Marvelous~!