Moms in the City - Cocktails

Mittie Hellmich’s Three-Berry Basil Rose Sangria Photo Credit: Victoria Pearson   Ingredients • ½ cup fresh or frozen raspberries, rinsed • ½ cup fresh or frozen blueberries, rinsed • ½ cup fresh or frozen blackberries, rinsed • ¼ cup fresh basil leaves (about 6 medium leaves) • 1 ounce brandy • 2 ounces Drambruie • 750ml bottle dry rose wine, chilled • 12 ounces club soda, chilled • About 3 cups ice cubes • 4 to 6 basil sprigs for garnish (optional) Directions In a large (at least 2-quart) glass pitcher, mix together the berries and basil. Add the brandy and Drambruie, and stir to combine. Slowly pour in the wine, stirring gently. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or as long as overnight. When ready to serve, add the club soda and stir gently with a long-handled wooden spoon. Fill highballs, wineglasses, or other decorative glasses with ice cubes and slowly pour the sangria over the ice, allowing berries to fall into the glasses. Garnish each glass with a basil sp...

Ingredients: 1/2 tsp orange extract 1 packet Splenda (or 2 tsp powdered) 1 tsp water 1 shot tequila 1/8 tsp lime juice 1/4 tsp lemon juice Directions: Mix together the orange extract, Splenda and water. This pretty much is the curocao - orange extract is up to 85% alcohol. Put crushed ice into a shaker and pour this liquid over the ice. Now add in 1 shot tequila, plus the lemon and lime juice. Shake thoroughly and pour into a glass.   [ Source ]

  These recipe put a fun twist on teatime by making it a mar- tea -ni time! Get it??  GREEN TEA MARTINI Ice 1 ounce green tea, chilled 2 ounces citron vodka 1 teaspoon Cointreau 1 teaspoon simple syrup Orange twist Fill a shaker with ice. Add green tea, vodka, Cointreau and simple syrup. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist. GIN & TEA A new twist on the Gin & Tonic. 1 ½ oz. Gin 1/2 oz. lemon juice 1 oz. Simple Syrup 3 oz. Orange pekoe tea Tonic water Build all the ingredients over ice in a highball glass and top with tonic. Garnish with a lemon wedge. RED TEA 1 oz. Chambord or your favorite Raspberry Liqueur 1 oz. Vodka 3 oz. tea 1 oz. simple syrup Pour all ingredients into a shakee and shake well. Pour into a martini glass and garnish with raspberries.

Quite a long name for a delicious, beautiful martini mix. Serve this to your cocktail party guests and you'll be the talk of the town. Ingredients 8 ounces of Absolut Vanilla vodka 2 Lavender Citrus infusers (yes, we sell these) 4 drops vanilla extract 2 - 1 inch sections of vanilla bean 2 thin pear slices (fresh pear only!) The Mix Pour your (room temperature) vodka into an empty cocktail shaker, add your infusers and let stand for 10 minutes Remove the infusers and add 8 ice cubes to the shaker and shake like mad Strain your amazing elixir into 2 freezing martini glasses Top each glass with 2 drops of vanilla extra, 1 section of vanilla bean and 1 pear slice Enjoy! Citrus Pomegranate TeaTini Martini Ingredients 2 ounces of room temperature premium vodka, or vanilla flavored vodka (our favorite) 1 lavender citrus TeaTini pyramid 2 ounces Pama (pomegranate liquor) 2 ounces fresh orange juice The mix Add your pyramid infuser to your vodka and allow to steep fo...