Rose Sangria Recipe

Stoplight Margarita Recipe

STOPLIGHT MARGARITAS

Grasshopper Martini Recipe

Ingredients

3/4 ounce green Creme de Menthe
3/4 ounce Creme de Cacao
3 ounces milk
Swirl the martini glass with chocolate syrup
Shake over ice, strain into a martini glass
Garnish with chopped Andes mints or chocolate shavings

Method

While this is essentially a standard grasshopper drink, the presentation in a martini glass and the chopped-mints/chocolate-shavings make this the classiest grasshopper around.

DIY Self-Serve Bloody Mary Bar

Blueberry Basil Martini Recipe

Blueberry Basil Martini Recipe

• Approximately 15 fresh blueberries
• 3 shots of vodka (optional)
• 3 or 4 fresh basil leaves
• ¾ of a lemon
• 15 oz. tonic water

1. Cut basil leaves into thin strips.
2. Add basil and blueberries to your mortar and pestle (or squish them in a bowl using the end of a rolling pin.)
3. Grind them together until you make a paste and add to a small pitcher.
4. Add 3 shots of vodka to the pitcher (optional).
5. Add about 15 oz. of tonic water to the pitcher and the juice of ¾ of a lemon.
6. Place into the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
7. Pour into sugar rimmed martini glasses.
8. Enjoy!

Pineapple Sangria Recipe

Pineapple Sangria Recipe

Ingredients:

3 cups pineapple juice
1 bottle dry white wine, such as Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc
1 cup brandy (pear brandy or apricot brandy will work)
1 ripe pineapple, cut into 1-inch chunks
1 cup pineapple soda
1 bunch fresh mint, roughly chopped
1 orange, sliced

Directions:

In a pitcher, combine the juice, wine, brandy, pineapple, and soda with ice and stir. Pour into large wineglasses and garnish with the mint and orange.

Best Pink Party Punch Recipe

Best Pink Party Punch Recipe

1 cup frozen concentrated lemonade (thawed)
6 oz  frozen concentrated orange juice (thawed)
2 cups cranberry juice
3 cups water
1/4 cup super fine sugar
2 liters lemon-lime soda, chilled
Freshly sliced lemons and oranges
Ice

Add the lemonade, orange juice, cranberry juice, water and sugar to a container that has a lid. Stir until all of the sugar is dissolved. Cover and chill the mixture for 1-2 hours. When you are ready to serve the punch, add the mixture to a drink server along with the soda, ice, lemons and oranges. Stir and enjoy!

Pumpkin Ale Float Recipe

Pumpkin Ale Float Recipe

Ingredients (makes 1 float)

• 3 scoops vanilla ice cream
• 1 cup pumpkin ale
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Scoop the ice cream into a tall glass. Pour the pumpkin ale over the ice cream and top with a dash of cinnamon.

Fresh Tomato-Basil Martini Recipe

Fresh Tomato-Basil Martini Recipe

• 1 1/2 pounds heirloom tomatoes, cored and cut into large chunks
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more as needed
• 10 ounces vodka
• 5 medium basil leaves
• Ice
• 5 lemon twists

1. Place the tomatoes and measured salt in a medium bowl and smash with a potato masher until the skins separate from the flesh and seeds.
2. Place the mixture in a fine-mesh strainer set over a medium bowl. Using the potato masher, firmly press out as much juice as possible (be careful not to break the strainer). Switch to a rubber spatula and continue to press until only solids remain. Scrape the bottom of the strainer and discard the solids. You should have almost 1 cup of juice; set aside.
3. Place 5 martini glasses in the freezer to chill.
4. To make 1 drink, place 2 ounces of the vodka, 1 1/2 ounces of the tomato juice, and 1 basil leaf in a cocktail shaker. Muddle until the basil is just crushed and fragrant. Add ice to fill the shaker halfway and shake until the outside is frosted, about 30 seconds.
5. Strain into 1 of the chilled glasses and garnish with a lemon twist and a pinch of salt. Repeat to make 4 more drinks.

Coconut Margaritas

Ingredients

• • 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice, plus 2 tablespoons for glasses (about 5 limes)
  • 3/4 cup Coco Lopez or cream of coconut
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons tequila
  • 1/4 cup Cointreau or other orange liqueur

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a rimmed baking sheet, toss coconut with the salt. Spread on sheet; toast in oven, stirring frequently, until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool, then crush with your hands until crumbly.
2. Pour 2 tablespoons lime juice into a shallow dish. Place coconut mixture in another dish. Dip rims of two cocktail glasses in lime juice, then in coconut mixture, coating well.
3. Combine remaining ingredients with 1 cup ice in a blender; puree until smooth. Divide evenly between prepared glasses, and serve immediately.

Peppermint Eggnog Milkshake Shots

Peppermint Eggnog Milkshake Shots

Ingredients:

• Peppermint ice cream
• Peppermint white chocolate bark
• Crushed peppermint
• Eggnog
• Sugar water

Blend together 2 parts peppermint ice cream to one part eggnog. Rim the glasses with with crushed peppermint by dabbing them with sugar water and dipping them in peppermint. Fill your glasses with the milkshake mixture and place them in the freezer until you’re ready to serve. Break the peppermint bark into halves and place them on top just before serving.

Strawberry Champagne Punch

Strawberry Champagne Punch

YOU'LL NEED
Yield: 12 serving

1 liter sparkling champagne
1¼ cups fruit punch
1¼ cups ginger ale
1¼ cups orange juice
1 pint fresh strawberries
1 pint raspberry sherbet
1 pint vanilla ice cream


Instructions
Chill juices and sodas before using.
Mix juices, soda and wine in punch bowl.
Add strawberries and stir.
Spoon in ice-cream and sherbet, mixing.
Add ice ball preferably made of frozen punch.
Garnish with strawberries, kiwi, orange slice!

This would be a fun to serve for Easter!
Dessert and champagne all at once!

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Raspberry and Serrano Sangri­a

• 1 small carton of raspberries
• 1 small carton of strawberries
• 1 lime
• 2 apples, granny smith and a braeburn
• 1 serrano pepper (more if you are daring)
• 1 bottle of Viognier
• 1/2 cup of white grape juice
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1 can of club soda
• Mint leaves for garnish

1. Finely dice both the apples and the strawberries and then cut both the lime and the serrano pepper into fairly thick slices.

2. Layer all of the the different fruits in a tall pitcher, adding a dash of sugar in between every layer. For an interesting twist, you could use honey or agave instead of plain sugar.

3. After all of the fruit has been layered, add the sliced serrano chile and the remaining sugar. Let sit for 10 minutes.

4. Add the Viognier to the fruit and sugar mixture.

5. Add the white grape fruit juice and top it all off with the club soda. Place in the refrigerator to chill.

6. Once the sangría has chilled, bust out your favorite wine glasses. I like a lot of fruit in mine so I am not bashful about digging around for more berries. Just keep an eye out on those sliced serranos. They have a pretty respectable Scoville rating.

7. Garnish the drink with some fresh mint and serve.

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Girls’ Night In 

3 oz. Sutter Home Moscato, 

1 oz. Vanilla vodka 

1 oz. Strawberry soda

Garnish with a strawberry; 

Shake Moscato & vanilla vodka with ice. Pour into your favorite cocktail glass & top with strawberry soda

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Cherry Caipirissima

Cherry Caipirissima

Ingredients

3/4 ounce simple syrup

3 cherries, pitted and halved

Half a lime, cut into quarters

2 ounces white rum.

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Blue Lagoon

Blue Lagoon

Ingredients

Ice

30ml Vodka

15ml Blue Curacao

Lemonade

Half-fill a highball glass with ice

Add Vodka and Blue Curacao

Top with Lemonade

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Strawberry Mojitos

Strawberry Mojitos

For each mojito, you will need:
4-5 fresh strawberries, depending on size
Small handful of fresh mint leaves
3 oz simple syrup (even amounts of sugar and water, heated until the sugar melts, and cooled to room temperature)
2 oz rum
1 1/2 tsp fresh lime juice
Club soda
Lime slices

Place strawberries, mint, and some ice (crushed ice works best) in a tall glass. Muddle the ingredients together with the back of a spoon (or a muddler if you have one.) Add simple syrup, rum, and lime juice. Pour in enough club soda to fill the glass. Give the mixture a stir, and garnish with fresh strawberries and lime slices.

Pink Grapefruit Margaritas

Pink grapefruit margaritas 

1 cup ruby red grapefruit juice 

1/2 cup fresh squeezed lime juice (about 4 limes) 

1 cup triple sec orange liqueur 

3 cups ice 

1 cup silver tequila

 1 lime cut in wedges

optional Kosher salt

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