Distribute blueberries between recesses of 1-2 ice cube trays. Cover with water and freeze for 4 hours, or until set.
Rim 12 margarita or martini glasses with water and sugar. Add 1/4 cup vodka to each glass. Top with cranberry juice and soda water. Add blueberry ice cubes. Serve.
ce and 1 cup of vodka and blend until slushy. Pour
Pour one bottle of vodka over a bunch of fresh lavender - I keep old and decorative bottles for this purpose! (Kilner jars are also good for this).
Add the orange peel if using.
Store in a dark and cool place - or in the fridge - for about 2 weeks before using.
Ready to use when the vodka smells and tastes of lavender.
Strain into a fresh bottle or jar and use for Martinis and simple vodka based cocktails.
n the jars. Pour enough vodka over cherries to cover them
In a saucepan, bring the juice, zest and sugar to a boil. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Cool.
In a bottle or a sealed glass container, combine the syrup and vodka. Allow to infuse in a dark area for 7 or more days.
Place a coffee filter in a strainer and filter the alcohol.
Store in the freezer until ready to serve.
Delicious after a winter activity. This lemon vodka is served in shot glass, in cocktails and martinis.
Heat raspberries in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Strain and leave puree to cool. Meanwhile, put 2 tbsp lemon juice on one plate and the sugar on another. Dip the rims of 2 glasses in the lemon juice, then press rims in the sugar.
Put raspberry puree, grenadine, vodka, cream, 1 tbsp lemon juice, milk and crushed ice in a cocktail shaker or blender. When thoroughly combined, strain through a sieve into the prepared glasses. Decorate with a few drops of grenadine and serve.
Prepare his cocktail by pouring the vanilla vodka and hazelnut liqueur into a rocks glass over ice. Pour the contents of the glass into a cocktail shaker, then pour back into the rocks glass to mix.
Prepare her cocktail by pouring the raspberry vodka and creme de cacao into a cocktail shaker over ice. Cover, and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into a martini glass rimmed with chocolate syrup, pour in the half-and-half, and garnish with maraschino cherries.
Kiss to mix flavors.
Combine cranberries, vodka, sugar, and satsumas in a food processor; process until pureed. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
Strain mixture through a cheesecloth-lined sieve over a bowl, pressing to extract juice. Discard solids.
Stir in Grand Marnier and lime juice. Place 1 cup satsuma mixture in a martini shaker with 1/2 cup crushed ice; shake. Strain mixture into 2 martini glasses. Repeat procedure to yield 10 cocktails.
Wash the blueberries thoroughly and add them to a food processor, along with the honey, lavender, coconut water and lime juice. Pulse or blend together until smooth.
Transfer the mixture to a jug and add the vodka. Mix well before serving.
When ready to serve, add the frozen blueberries.
Combine sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 2 minutes or just until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; cool.
Combine sugar syrup, club soda, pomegranate juice, vodka, and lime juice. Place crushed ice in a martini shaker; add about 3/4 cup pomegranate mixture. Cover and shake. Strain into a glass. Garnish with lime slice, if desired. Repeat procedure with remaining pomegranate mixture.
ith ice cubes. Pour in vodka and lemon concentrate and stir
TO MAKE BUBBLEGUM INFUSED VODKA:
Quarter the 16 pieces
Pour vodka into a pitcher; reserve bottle.
getable peeler. Add zest to vodka and let steep at room
irm.
Meanwhile, prepare the vodka fruit salad: In a small
Submerge the bottle of vodka in hot water for 10 minutes. Pour the vodka into the infuser and add the tea bags to the vodka. Wait 45 minutes and remove the tea bags. In a small saucepan, add the mint leaves to 1 cup water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low for 2 minutes. Strain, and discard leaves. Add the sugar to the mint water and then add to the infusion jar after sugar has dissolved. Add cut up oranges to the infuser jar.
In a large saucepan, combine all ingredients except for vodka and bring to a boil.
Cover and reduce heat to a simmer; simmer for 5 minutes.
Add the vodka, and when heated through, sreve immediately in Irish coffee cups serve chilled later in juice glasses (can also be reheated for serving later).
1.In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the vodka with the espresso beans and cocoa nibs. Close the jar tightly and let stand at room temperature for 2 weeks. Strain the vodka through a fine-mesh sieve and discard the solids. Strain the vodka a second time through a coffee filter into a clean jar and refrigerate for up to 3 months.
To make the blueberry vodka: Pour out approximately 1/3
ook over low heat. Add vodka and cook for an additional