Posts tagged ‘recipes’
Peppermint Patty Shots or Martinis–You Decide!
- Peppermint Schnapps
- Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
- Vodka
- Candy Canes for garnish or rimmer
- ziplock baggies
- rolling pin
- To Rim: Put 1 or two candy canes in a ziplock bag. Roll over the candy canes with a rolling pin to crush them until fine. Use the vodka to moisten the rim of the glass and twist it in the candy.
- Mix equal amounts of the Peppermint Schnapps, Godiva Liqueur and Vodka and shake with ice. Strain into shot glasses or martini glasses. If you are serving these as martinis, garnish with a mini candy cane.
Market-Fresh Mixology Cocktails for Every Season: Pick It Up and Mix It Up!
Just picked up a new book by Bridget Albert with Mary Barranco called: Market-Fresh Mixology, Cocktails for Every Season. The pictures are beautiful and the concept is amazing and delicious. The book is full of step by step instructions to make impressive, seasonal cocktails. It also has a good basic bar section for general info and set-up.
Everyone is urging us to eat organically and buy our produce locally, with this handy collection of recipes we can embrace all of the wonderful tastes and flavors of the season. The chapters are arranged by seasons and each chapter begins with a list of ingredients that are the season’s best.
Just to tempt you, in the Summer Season chapter, you will find recipes that include a Blueberry Lavender Mojito and a Raspberry French 75. Both cocktail recipes use readily available ingredients and are easy to follow and prepare for the at home mixologist.
Margarita Fridays are on hold until September, but I’m tucking this books and it’s excellent Watermelon Margarita recipe away on my shelf until then.
Pomegranate Margarita
Pomegranate Margarita
Loving the slightly sweet Pomegranate Margi. This was especially good with the Trader Joe’s Margarita Mix, so we are using it in our basic recipe that follows–though you can just substitute the Pomegranate Liqueur for Cointreau or Grand Marnier in your fave recipe.
- 2 parts Trader Joe Margarita Mix
- 1 part Tequila
- 1 part PAMA or other pomegranate Liqueur
Margaritarate it or not, it is smooth and refreshing. For large batches you’ll find us measuring the ingredients with measuring cups, sticking to the ratio and keeping the pitchers in the fridge, ready to go for the party.
Special Shots for a Special Birthday
All right folks, we are serving up some party shots to celebrate a very special Blondeshell around here. Wanting to keep all drinks at this party TA-KEEEL-YA based, so as not to kill us all that much the morning after, here’s the menu and a few recipes that will accompany the Pomegranate Margaritas.
SUNSET PARTY SHOT:
- White Tequila
- Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
- Granadine
Shake 2 parts tequila with a splash of lime juice and grenadine with ice.
Icy Fire
- Rumple Minze Peppermint Schnapps
- Gold Tequila
Layer equally the schnapps and the tequila.
Electric Banana
- Tequila Blanco
- Creme de Banane
- Lime Juice
Shake 2 parts tequila with 1 part each creme de banane and lime juice with ice.
Taste test on Friday!
This Just In…Watermelon Margarita Recipe
Frozen Watermelon Margarita
(from Food & Wine magazine)
5 cups watermelon cut into one inch cubes with seeds removed
1 cup white tequila
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
1/2 cup sugar
Put watermelon cubes in sealed plastic bag and place in freezer until firm, about 4 hours or overnight. Place frozen watermelon cubes in 6-cup blender with other ingredients. If blender is small size, do two batches. Blend until smooth.
Serves 6
Last Day of School: Wacky Watermelon Margarita Friday
This Friday’s recipe will involve Silver Patron, fresh watermelon, agave, and fresh limes. Recipe and remarks to follow. If anyone has any experience in the watermelon margarita department–without watermelon schnapps (we are not going there) please let us know. We are shooting from the hips on this one 
Blue Margarita: Two Finns Up With Silver Patron and Blue Curacao
Two fins up on the Blue Margarita. Even non-believers of bright blue-colored drinks admitted they were tasty.
BLUE MARGARITA
- 2 ounces tequila
- 1 ounce blue curacao
- 1 ounce simple syrup
- 1/2 ounce lime juice
- 1/2 ounce lemon juice
Combine in shaker with 3/4 cup ice and shake and serve. If using the Margaritarator, mix a pitcher keeping the ratio and blend 13-14 ounces with recommended ice level. Serves 4. Salt the rim!
Last Friday of May Mombshell Margarita Friday Featuring the Blue Margarita
This Friday we are going to give Blue Margaritas a whirl in the ole Margaritaville Margarator.
We’re mixin’:
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce blue curacao
1 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce lemon juice
We will vote and get back to you to let you know if a Margarita can be blue…
Welcome to Mombshell Margaritaville
This is our Margaritaville site where we can organize the important stuff like recipes and taste tests. Then if we are ever traveling we can pull out our handy dandy internet connections and have our recipes at our fingertips. Cheers!
