Blood Orange Martini

Friday is the only night of the week that Deb has a fancy drink, so I try to make it special!

Recipe for one:
Juice from one fresh blood orange
2 shots vodka
1 splash orange liqueur
1 splash Grand Marnier

Pour all the ingredients over ice in a shaker, place the lid on and give it a good old shaking.  Garnish a frozen martini glass with a slice of blood orange and pour in the liquid.

Cheers to the weekend!  Chef Hobbes

Pomegranate Martini

A lovely little special Friday night drink for adults!

Recipe for one:
2 shots gin or vodka (gin is better)
1 splash triple sec
2 splashes Patron orange liqueur
Juice of one fresh pomegranate

Fill a shaker with ice, add the booze and the juice, now shake the dickens out of it!  Let it sit for a minute then shake again.  Pour into a chilled martini glass.

Cheers!  Chef Hobbes

Satsuma Delight. . .

Alright then, this is a good way to get rid of all the leftover satsumas and tangerines from the holidays!

Recipe for one:
1 shot gin or vodka, gin works better!
The juice of four satsumas or tangerines
1 splash Frangelico
1 splash Orange liqueur
1 splash Grand Marnier

Pour all the ingredients into a shaker and fill with ice.  Shake for a bit, wait, shake it like you're Tom Cruise  in movie cocktail!  Now wait for a full 30 seconds, and pour into a chilled martini glass. . .

Bon Appetit!   Chef Hobbes

A Christmas Chocolate Martini...

The perfect glass of cheer!

Before you start making this, make sure your martini glasses have been in the freezer for a few hours!  Take a really cold martini glass and turn it on it's side.  Now drizzle some chocolate syrup around the inside of the glass and return to the freezer for about 20 minutes.

Recipe for one:
2 parts gin
1 part Kahlua
2 parts Bailey's
1/4 part Frangelico
1 teaspoon chocolate ice cream

Fill a shaker full of ice, add all the booze and shake the dickens out of it!  Pour into your frozen martini glass and then add the ice cream.  If you use two teaspoons, you can shape the ice cream into a ball, it looks better that way!

Cheers!