Simple syrup: In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup sugar with 1 cup water and bring to a boil. Simmer until the sugar is dissolved about 3 minutes. Store in a closed container in refrigerator.
Rim of Glass: Line the rim of a martini glass with honey and dip into graham cracker crumbs, coating the rim with crumbs.
Martini: Combine vanilla vodka, fresh key lime juice, simple syrup, half and half and ice in a martini shaker. Shake well until very cold. Strain into martini glass. Garnish with cinnamon stick and lime wedge.
arnish with olive.
**Cajun Martini: substitute jalapeno-infused vodka or
Chill martini glasses in freezer for at least 10 minutes prior to serving.
Place Vodka, Triple Sec, lemon juice and sugar into a cocktail shaker with 4-5 ice cubes and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
Run the lemon twist around the edge of the chilled martini glass and dunk in a small amount of sugar for a coated rim.
Pour the strained martini into the chilled glasses and serve.
Chill martini shaker and martini glasses. When time to serve, fill shaker with ice. Coat rims of glasses with either chocolate shavings or cocoa powder.
Add vodka, liqueurs and cream to shaker.
Shake, then strain into 2 chilled martini glasses.
In a martini shaker, add tequila, orange liqueur, Mexican Martini mix and lime juice.
Shake to combine, and serve in a 16 oz. glass over ice.
Garnish with lime wedge and olives on a pick.
To make the simple syrup, combine 1 oz. water, 1 oz. sugar (measure in a cocktail jigger) and the lemon zest in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until sugar dissolves.
In a cocktail shaker, combine a handful of ice, the lemon juice, vodka and simple syrup. Shake vigorously and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses rimmed with sugar. Drop two thinly sliced lemon disks into each glass.
Also required: 1 iced large martini glass Pour your Vermouth& Gin into a cruet and place it in the freezer, do not shake or stir just pour them together, I do this early in the day but your cruet must have a stopper in the top- see picture.
When you are ready to serve place 2 ice cubes in the glass and the Olive.
Pour in the martini, and enjoy.
I recommend that your serve an appetizer with the mart mart and don't get greedy- one is really enough.
Repeat for as many servings as you want to make.
Place all in a shaker filled with ice. Shake super well, till your hand are almost frozen. :).
Pour into a chilled martini glass with or without chocolate drizzled in the glass.
Thread the olive onto a toothpick and place in a martini glass. Shake the gin and vermouth with the crushed ice vigorously in a cocktail shaker. Strain into the prepared glass.
Directions for Ginger Syrup:
Simmer water, sugar, ginger, cloves and cinnamon stirring occasionally, until reduced to about 3/4 cup, about 15 minutes.
Pour hot syrup through a fine sieve and chill.
Let stand 20 minutes until using, so all sediment has settled to the bottom.
Servings: Approximately 3/4 cup.
Directions for Martini:
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
Add the vodka and gingerbread syrup.
Cover and shake vigorously until combined and chilled, about 30 seconds.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Combine rum, vodka, pineapple juice, grenadine in a shaker full of ice.
Shake firmly until frothy.
Pour in a martini glass and garnish with pineapple chunk and maraschino cherry.
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Mix first 6 ingredients together and allow flavors to mix for one hour.
Add softened cream cheese and mix well. Use reserved olive liquid to thin if dip is too thick.
Chill overnight.
Serve in Martini glass with a skewer of additional olives or pearl onions, surrounded by raw veggies or crackers of your choice.
**This recipe can be made low fat, by using fat free cream cheese**.
Mix all the ingredients (except the olive) in a cocktail mixer with 2 ice cubes.
Put it in a frozen martini glass and drop in the three olives on a wooden stick.
Fill cocktail shaker with ice.
Fill almost to top with tangerine-grapefruit juice.
Add 2-3 shots of lemon or orange flavored vodka and shake. Serve in a chilled martini glass with a stemmed cherry.
In a shaker shake all ingredients till well chilled.
Strain into chilled martini glasses.
Garnish with a fresh raspberry.
Cheers!
Drizzle caramel topping down the inside rim of glass and chill.
In a shaker full of ice add vodka,apple Schnapps and Buttershots shake till your hands become very very cold.
Dip rim into crushed cookies.
Pour into martini glass and add a splash of cream soda.
Measure all ingredients with a jigger and pour into a mixing glass with ice.
Stir for 45 seconds and strain into a chilled Martini or Coupe glass.
Garnish with an orange twist or Orange zest spiral cut into rose shape.
And for the Uncle Arthur, pour 1 shot Galliano into a martini glass, add your standard apple martini (vodka and apple sour liqueur, drop a cinnamon stick in the drink and for all the recipes --
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Place ice to the brim of your martini glass and top off with ice cold water. Let glass chill while you make the martini.
Pour vodka and olive juice in a martini shaker. Drop in about 10 ice cubes and put the top on the shaker.
Shake the martini shaker hard and quickly for about 10-15 seconds.
Pour the ice water out of the martini glass and pour the vodka martini into the glass. Drop the toothpick with olives into the martini and serve.