Clueless Emma

Martini of the Month: Candy Cane...plus a shot of Mistletoe

The Ol' Saint Nick (or can we say, INDULGENCE!)

Vanilla vodka
Little bit of peppermint schnapps
White chocolate liqueur

Shake up--add some half and half.
Drizzle grenadine into a glass rimmed in crushed candy cane or red and green sugar--add a little candy cane, of course!

Can't wait to try these!

(glass for sale here)

MISTLETOE APERITIF

 

1/2 oz.  Chambord 

1/2 oz.  melon liqueur

1/2 oz.  Orange liqueur

In a tall shot glass add Chambord, then gently pour Midori, the second layer, over the back of an inverted spoon so that it flows on top of the Chambord without mixing. Repeat the process using Orange liqueur. This makes a good holiday shooter. You can flambe it by igniting the top with a match. Blow flame out after a few seconds and make certain the rim of the glass has cooled before drinking.  

Martini of the Month: Cranberry, of course!

Ingredients:

4 parts Vodka
2 parts Triple Sec
2 parts Cranberry Juice
1 part Lime Fresh Juice
A handfull of dried cranberries
Cosmo rimming mix or sugar
ice


Rim the glass with the lime and dip in your sugar or rimming mix. Chill the glass in the freezer. Pour the lime juice, cranberry juice, Triple Sec and vodka into a martini shaker filled with ice and shake well, then pour into your chilled martini glass, garnish with a slice of lime and toss in a few dried cranberries.

From The Martini Diva

MMMMMMMMmmmm!! New feature: Martini of the month!

My October Martini recipe to try is really a cocktail, but I think I'm going to change it a bit anyway--I'm not digging the heavy cream--maybe vanilla pumpkin vodka and a bit of low fat whipped cream?  I shall have to experiment...feel free to try it and let me know what you think and if/how you changed it!

From LIssa Rogers at Slashfood:

Pumpkin-infused vodka

1 fifth vodka

1 large can pumpkin

I prefer to use a mid-range vodka for the infusing. Gordon's or Kamchatka is a bit too, shall we say, but I wouldn't break out the Grey Goose or Chopin, as you will end up tasting more pumpkin than vodka anyway. I usually go with myself. So, open the can and the bottle, pour both into a container of sufficient size, stir and cover. Shove into the back of your refrigerator for about a week. Remove and strain out the pumpkin. There, wasn't that easy?

Pumpkin cocktail

4 oz. pumpkin-infused vodka

1 oz. Amaretto

1 oz. heavy cream

graham cracker crumbs

grated hazelnut

cinnamon

Pour vodka, Amaretto and cream into cocktail shaker with ice. Use a little of the mixture to moisten rim of cocktail glass, dip glass in graham cracker crumbs. Strain martini into glass, grate a little hazelnut and sprinkle a little cinnamon on top.