Fig Crush

April 4, 2020

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2 oz Black Fig Vodka
1/2 oz Grand Marnier
Splash of Club Soda

Instructions

  1. Combine the vodka, Grand Marnier in a shaker with ice
  2. Shake and strain over ice in a rocks glass
  3. Top with club soda

Cosmopolitan

April 3, 2020

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2 cups (16 ounces) good vodka, such as Grey Goose or Finlandia
1 cup (8 ounces) Triple Sec or Cointreau
1 cup (8 ounces) bottled cranberry juice cocktail
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (3 limes)

Instructions

  1. Pour the vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and lime juice into pitcher
  2. Fill a cocktail shaker 1/2 full with ice
  3. Pour the cosmopolitan mixture into the cocktail shaker until it’s 3/4 full and shake for 30 seconds
  4. Pour the mixture into the martini glasses and serve immediately

Notes

If you have time, it’s nice to freeze the martini glasses.

For regular sized cosmopolitans, mix the ingredients in a pitcher and then shake with ice in a cocktail shaker and pour into 6 martini glasses.

Recipe credit to Ina Garten

When practicing social isolation:
4 ounces vodka
2 ounces Cointreau
2 ounces cranberry juice
1 ounce lime juice

Daiquiri

March 29, 2020

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2 ounces light rum (can use dark rum if light rum not available)
1 ounce fresh lime juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup

Instructions

  1. Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice
  2. Shake well and strain into a glass
  3. Squeeze a lime wedge into drink and drop it in

Vodka Martini

March 27, 2020

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1 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
2 olives (blue cheese stuffed, if you like)

Instructions

  1. Combine liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker with lots of ice
  2. Shake and strain into cocktail glass
  3. Garnish with the olives