Keith's 1001 Cocktails: Sparkling Strawberry Mimosa

Keith's 1001 Cocktail's

In honor or International Woman's Day Keith is sharing with us a Sparkling drink: The Sparkling Strawberry Mimosa. March 8th is when Woman's Day is celebrated and in Europe it's celebrated by offering women a mimosa flower, either it be from a friend, a boyfriend, a brother etc... And what better way can keith choose to celebrate other than with a Mimosa cocktail. This isn't your usual Mimosa cocktail with champagne and orange juice but a touch of sweet strawberries takes over.




Sparkling Strawberry Mimosa

2 ounces frozen sliced California Strawberries in syrup, partially thawed
2 ounces chilled champagne
Whole fresh California Strawberry
Orange slice

1. In a blender combine sliced berries and juice; blend smooth.
2. Pour into stemmed glass over ice. Fill with champagne; garnish with whole berry and orange slice.

Makes 1 serving.

Nonalcoholic Version: Substitute sparkling water and squeeze of lemon juice for champagne.

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LWC: The Social Network Oscar Party Menu

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By Lisa Sandrino
The Social Network Oscar Party Menu

Being that the Social Network has been nominated for 25 Oscars, I decided to do some research on recipes which inspire the movie and feature them as " The Social Network Oscar Party". The Apple Martini was inspired by Mark Zuckerberg's dinner with Napster founder Sean Parker and for the appetizer simply because it's Mark Zuckerberg's favorite food. Finally the baby eggplants go very well with red snapper. Why the red snapper since The Red Crush Granite seems to be the in cocktail related to the movie I thought red snapper would be a great substitute and the delicious eggplants easily compliment this dish.

Apple Martini source: Epicurious.com

ice cubes

2 cups sweet-and-sour mix

1 1/2 cups vodka

1 1/2 cups sweet and sour apple schnapps

1 Granny Smith apple, sliced (optional)

Fill pitcher halfway with ice cubes. Add sweet-and-sour mix, vodka and Sour Apple Pucker and stir well to combine. Push apple slices onto rims of Martini glasses, if desired. Strain mixture into Martini glasses and serve immediately.

South Carolina BBQ Pork Sliders source: womansday.com

Recipe Ingredients

• 1 slow-cooker liner (we used Reynolds)
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp each paprika and dried minced onion
• 1 1/2 tsp salt-free chili powder
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp allspice (optional)
• 4 lb bone-in pork shoulder roast
• 3/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup sliced scallions
• 24 small dinner rolls, split
• Accompaniments: hot pepper sauce, coleslaw

Recipe Preparation

1. Line a 4-qt or larger slow-cooker with liner. Mix 1 Tbsp of the brown sugar, the paprika, minced onion, chili powder, salt, garlic powder and allspice. Sprinkle 1 Tbsp into bottom of slow-cooker. Rub remaining mixture over pork. Add vinegar and remaining brown sugar to slow-cooker; stir to mix. Add pork.

2. Cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours until pork is fork-tender. Remove pork to cutting board and pull into shreds. Return to slow-cooker; add scallions and toss to coat.

3. Put about 1/4 cup onto each bun bottom. Top with bun tops

Sauteed Baby Eggplants Source: Epicurious

Serve These eggplants with Steamed Red Snapper

Ingredients

• 1 pound baby eggplants (6), trimmed and halved lengthwise
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons mirin* (Japanese sweet rice wine)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil

preparat

Peel a 1-inch-wide strip of skin lengthwise from each eggplant half opposite cut side. Sprinkle eggplants with salt on both sides and let drain on a rack set over a shallow baking pan 20 minutes. Rinse eggplants well, then firmly squeeze out moisture and pat dry with paper towels.

Stir together soy sauce and mirin in a small bowl.

Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy nonstick skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then fry eggplants, peeled sides down, until undersides are browned, 5 to 6 minutes.

Turn over and brush with soy mixture. Fry eggplants until tender, 4 to 6 minutes more, then add remaining soy mixture to skillet and cook, turning eggplants once or twice, until liquid is absorbed, about 2 minutes.

*Available at Asian markets, specialty foods shops, and Uwajimaya (800-889-1928).

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1001 Cocktails: The American Dream Cocktail

Our cocktail editor Keith Somers wants to share with our friends and readers a President's Day cocktail with a twist of red white and blue: The American Dream Cocktail

American Dream Drink Recipe

1 oz. PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur
1 oz. black cherry rum
1 1/2 oz. Pom Wonderful pomegranate cherry juice
1 1/2 oz. fresh sour mix (2 parts simple syrup, 2 parts lemon juice, 1 part lime juice)
Blueberries and white fondant stars for garnish

Cut mini stars out of white fondant. Wet the back of each star and press into the inside of a cocktail glass so it sticks, then let sit for about 5 minutes. Fill a mixing glass with all ingredients add ice , shake and strain into glass. Garnish with blueberries on a pick if desired.

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Keith's 1001 Cocktails: Pear Cocktail

Keith's 1001 Cocktails
Pear Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 20z. Dekuyper Harvest Pear Schnapps
• Sweet Sour Mix
• 1 oz. Cherry Juice

Instructions:

Add ingredients to cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Pour into cocktail glass or flute and garnish with a thin pear slice.




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LWC - 3 Favorite Christmas Martinis

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3 Favorite Christmas Martinis






Red Hot Santa -Tini source: theboxhouston.com

1. Rim a martini glass with cocoa powder with a pinch of cayenne pepper added.
2. Shake together 2 oz. Mazama vodka and 2 oz. Godiva chocolate liqueur and pour into glass.
3. Top with 1 1/2 oz. sweetened whipped cream.
4. Garnish the cream with a small Thai chili pepper.

Christmas Martini source: mr-booze.com

• 3 oz Gin or Vodka (I prefer gin)
• ½ oz Dry Vermouth
• 2 capfuls Peppermint Schnapps

Shake with ice ‘til North Pole cold, strain into one of those Christmas Martini glasses you picked up on sale last year and garnish with a peppermint stick or candy cane.

Mistletoe Martini source: thatsthespirit.com

Ingredients:

3/4 oz lemon juice

3 or 4 ice cubes

3 tsp sugar

3 oz chilled cranberry herbal tea

2 oz orange juice

2 oz vodka

Mixing instructions:
Place ice cubes in martini shaker and add all the ingredients. Close the shaker and shake. Strain into two martini glasses. Garnish and enjoy.

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LWC - Christmas Cocktail: Santa's Hat

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Christmas Cocktail: Santa's Hat
Santa's Hat makes a fun and festive Holiday cocktail. I just love the Cranberry juice together with the rum and grenadine in this drink it's a perfect combination of sweetness and tart. The glass rim coated with coconut flakes is simply a magical sweetness.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 Teaspoon water
• 1/4 Cup sweetened, flaked coconut
• 3 oz. red cranberry juice
• 1 oz. Malibu Rum
• 1/2 oz. grenadine
• 1 candy cane

Directions

• Mix together powdered sugar and water until smooth.
• Fold a paper towel into a 4-inch square and lay it on a saucer.
• Spread the powdered sugar mixture on top of the towel on the saucer.
• Spread coconut in a shallow layer on another saucer.
• Dip the rim of a Martini glass in the sugar mixture on the towel until the rim is coated.
• Then, dip the sugared rim into the coconut. Use a spoon to pack the coconut on to the sugar coating so it stays on the rim.
• Add the cranberry juice, Malibu rum and grenadine into a cocktail shaker with ice.
• Shake and strain into a prepared Martini glass and serve.
• Garnish with a candy cane. Break off the top hook of the candy cane if desired.

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LWC - One Chic Holiday Cocktail "Basil Gimlet"

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By Lisa Sandrino

The Basil Gimlet

Are you looking to entertain with a delicious and refreshing cocktail? Looking for something unique or maybe something chic? Well I've found the perfect cocktail ideal for all your entertaining events, a cocktail your friends and family will enjoy and remember: The Basil Gimlet.

Enjoy basil leaves infused with gin and agave nectar and a touch of lime. I simply love it's white frost, it reminds me very much of snow therefore Winter and it's obvious that it does make it "The Chic" drink to serve during the Holiday Season!


Ingredients:
5 fresh basil leaves
2 oz Plymouth Gin
1/2 oz agave nectar
3/4 oz fresh lime juice

In a pint glass, muddle fresh basil, agave nectar, and lime juice. Add ice and gin. Shake vigorously and strain into stemmed glass. Garnish with fresh basil leaf. Created by Rye on the Road, San Francisco, CA

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LWC- Grape Cocktails

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By Lisa Sandrino
Grape Cocktails

Grapes are in Season and I found these awesome grape cocktails that are deliciously sparkling! Invite your friends for an afternoon cocktail party serve delicious and fun appetizers and toast to your friendship with these amazing drinks.

Grape Champagne Cocktails source: annesfood.blogspot.com
Serves 6

2 large oranges
125 ml (1/2 cup) sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
350 ml vodka
2,5 dl (1 cup) seedless grapes + 18 to decorate
150 ml grape juice
1 bottle (750 ml) of champagne or other sparkling wine (I used Bonnaire champagne)

Preheat the oven to 125°C. Finely grate the peel of the oranges, put that on a baking sheet and dry for about half an hour in the oven. It might take a little longer, but watch it so it doesn't burn. Let the peel cool, and mix with sugar and cinnamon. Mash together well. (I used aFlavour Shaker for this - and it worked out quite nicely.) Cover with plastic and set aside - this keeps for a long time if you have it in a tightly sealed jar. And save one orange for moistening the glasses!

Mix the vodka and the grapes in a jug, and mash the grapes well. (I used an immersion blender to crush them.) Add the grape juice, and chill until really cold. (Overnight is great.)

When your guests are on their way, moisten the rims of your glasses with the reserved orange, and dip in the flavored sugar. Thread the reserved 18 grapes on toothpicks (three on each) and put in the glasses.

Grape Escape source: liquor.com

• 2 oz Bulldog Gin
• 1 Kiwi, peeled and quartered
• 5-7 Red grapes
• .25 oz Lime juice
• 1 oz Simple syrup
• Mint sprig

Garnish: Mint leaf and a sliced grape

Glass: Martini

Grape-Tini Source: baronedrinks.com

1 oz. Grape Juice White (more Grape Juice drinks)
1 oz. Idol Vodka (more Idol Vodka drinks)
1/2 oz. Honey (more Honey drinks)
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice (more Lemon Juice drinks)

Instructions

Rim a martini glass with sugar. Shake with ice and strain into the martini glass. Garnish with a grape.

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LWC - Hallow's Eve Cocktails and One Sexy Halloween Cocktail

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By Lisa Sandrino

Hallow's Eve Cocktails and One Sexy Halloween Cocktail

When it comes to creating Halloween cocktails not only are the ingredients what makes them theme appropriate but the edible decorations are what add that perfect touch to the cocktail. The black cat cocktail can be decorated with a spider to make it look spooky, while the jack o tini can be decorated with cute candy corn for fun, in the balck witch I would add gummy worms to make it even more creepy and finally for that sexy touch in the Vampire's Blood Tequila; well the ginger alone in this cocktail makes it sexy but why not would add a red cherry, do you all agree?? ;)





Black Cat Source: Squidoo.com

1 oz vodka
1 oz cherry brandy
cranberry juice
cola

Pour the vodka and brandy into a highball glass filled with ice and stir gently. The next step is to top up the glass with equal amounts of cranberry juice and cola.






Vampire's Blood Tequila Cocktaill source: food2.com

Ingredients
Hibiscus Syrup
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
1/4 cup dried hibiscus flowers (see cook's note)
2-inch piece fresh ginger, unpeeled and sliced

Cocktail
4 cups white tequila
2 cups freshly squeezed lime juice, strained
1 cup orange liqueur, such as Triple Sec
Cubed ice, as needed
Thinly sliced lime, for garnish
Directions
For the syrup: Put the sugar, water, hibiscus flowers, and ginger in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and set aside to steep for 30 minutes. Strain and refrigerate until chilled.

To make the cocktail: Combine the tequila, 2 cups of the hibiscus syrup, lime juice, and orange liqueur in a large pitcher. (The vampiro can be made up to this point a day ahead and refrigerated.)

To serve, fill a cocktail shaker half way with ice, add the some of the vampiro and shake until chilled. Strain and serve straight-up in a cocktail glass garnished with lime slices. Alternatively, serve over ice in a rocks glass.






Jack-O-Tini Source: CocktailTimes.com

- 2 oz Stoli vodka
- 1/4 oz pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 oz orange juice

Place a large soup pot filled with water on the stove to boil. Carve the tops from the pumpkins and set aside. Scope out the interior and seeds, leaving a think shell. Discard the seeds and flesh, or use in another recipe. Place the pumpkins in the boiling water and boil for about a minute. Remove and drain. Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into the pumpkin. Serve with a black straw.




Black Witch Source: ThatsTheSpirit.com

1/2 Oz. Pineapple Juice
1 1/2 Oz. Gold Rum
1 Tsp. Apricot Brandy
1 Tsp. Dark Rum
Mixing instructions:

Mix all ingredients with cracked ice in a shaker or blender and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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