Wednesday, January 28, 2009

cocktails











Moscow Mule, Zombie and bloody Mary

Moscow mule

2-3 ice cubes
juice of 1/2 lime
twist of lime rind
1 1/2 measures of vodka
ginger beer
Put the ice cubes into a tall glass, add the lime juice and rind and stir in the vodka.Top up with ginger beer and decorate with lime rind and a slice of lime.

Zombie

3 ice cubes, cracked
1 measure dark rum
1 measure white rum
1/2 measure apricot brandy
2 measures unsweetened pineapple juice
juice 1/2 lime
2 teaspoons powdered sugar

place a tall glass in the freezer so the outside becomes frosted. Put the ice into a cocktail shaker.Add the rums,apricot brandy, fruit juices and sugar. Shake to mix. Pour into the glass without straining it.To decorate spear a piece of pineapple a cocktail cherry and a piece of kiwi fruit and balance across glass, and drink if liked, with a straw.

Bloody Mary

60ml Vodka
a few dashes of worcestershire sauce
a few dashes of tabasco (to taste)
salt
lemon
tomato juice
Method: Stir or shake the vodka with the sauces and the spices. Fill up with tomato juice in a highball glass with ice. Garnish with a celery stick, if you like it and want to add some vitamins. If you don't have any fresh celery at home add celery salt.

2 comments:

Donna said...

looks so nice and colorful!

BTW, Lynne your moly arrived today! YEY!
I'll probably start to work on it this weekend. I can't stop smiling now :)))

Lynne said...

I am glad it arrived safely, I can't wait to see what happens next :-)