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Pineapple Mimosa
Serves 2
Champagne, chilled * ¼ cup pineapple juice
Pour the champagne into 2 glasses and top with the pineapple juice.
Woo Woo
This orange, peach, cranberry, and lime drink makes the ultimate “fruit cocktail.”
Serves a party
1 (1.4 liter) bottle mandarin orange vodka * ½ cup peach schnapps * 1 quart cranberry juice * Juice of 2 limes
In a large pitcher, mix together all the ingredients with some ice. Pour into highball glasses and serve.
Sangría Blanca
Sangría Blanca
Serves a party
4 bottles dry white wine, such as sauvignon blanc * 1 cup Spanish sherry * 1 cup Cointreau * ½ cup sugar * 1 bunch seedless white grapes * 3 lemons, unpeeled and sliced * 3 white peaches, pitted and sliced, with skin* 1 honeydew melon, peeled and sliced * 1 liter club soda
Combine everything except the club soda in a large pitcher or punch bowl. Give it a stir. Let the flavors blend for several hours. Before serving, add the club soda and some ice.
Lemon-Ginger Ice
Serves 2
½ cup tequila * ¼ cup Triple Sec * Juice of 1 lemon * 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger * 1 cup ice cubes
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend to a smoothie-like consistency.
Martini Noir
This drink is a twist on the dirty martini using black olives instead of green. James Bond mastered the mystique of the martini—it is the ultimate sexy drink. The icy vodka, the dryness of the vermouth, and the salty olives make the ultimate ménage a trois.
Serves 2
½ cup vodka or gin * 1 teaspoon dry vermouth * 1 tablespoon olive juice from the kalamata olives * 6 kalamata olives
Combine the vodka, vermouth, and olive juice in a shaker with ice. Shake it up really well to break up the ice into shards. Strain into 2 martini glasses and garnish each drink with 3 black olives. Poke the olives with toothpicks as if you’re bobbing for apples.
Apple Martini
Serves 2
½ cup vodka * ¼ cup apple juice * ¼ cup apple schnapps, such as Apple Pucker * A few paper-thin slices of Granny Smith apples, for garnish
Combine the vodka, apple juice, and apple schnapps in a shaker with ice. Shake it up really well to break up the ice into shards. Strain into 2 martini glasses and garnish each drink with a slice of apple.
Orange Sidecar
Serves 2
½ cup brandy * 2 tablespoons Triple Sec * 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice * 3 tablespoons orange juice
Combine all the ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a couple of cocktail glasses.
Manhattan Sunrise
Serves 2
½ cup bourbon, Maker’s Mark preferred * 2 tablespoons sweet vermouth * 2 dashes bitters * Splash of orange juice * 2 tablespoons Chambord * 4 maraschino cherries
Combine the bourbon, vermouth, bitters, and OJ in a shaker. Shake it up and pour into 2 highball glasses filled with ice. Add the Chambord by tilting the glass and slowly pouring it down the side of the glass (as you would a beer). The Chambord should go straight to the bottom and then rise up slowly through the drink. Garnish each drink with a couple of cherries.
Happy Ending
Serves 2
2 shots brewed espresso, cooled * ¼ cup half-and-half * ¼ cup Frangelico * ¼ cup Grand Marnier * Cocoa powder, for dusting
Combine the espresso, half-and-half, Frangelico, and Grand Marnier in a shaker with ice. Shake well and pour into a couple of glasses filled with ice. Dust with cocoa powder.
Moist Towelette
Serves 2
½ cup gin * 2 tablespoons blue curaçao * 2 tablespoons Juice of 1 lime * ¼ cup soda water
Combine all the ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a couple of martini glasses.
Green Tea Sake
Serves 4
1 cup water * 2 green tea bags * ¼ cup sugar * 1 pint sake, chilled
Bring the water to a boil in a pot, add the tea bags, shut off the heat, and let steep for 2 minutes. Squeeze out the tea bags and discard them. Add the sugar to the brewed tea and swirl it around so it dissolves.