Friday, 16 March 2012

• St. Patricks Day: More Than Just Green Beer

  
  This year for St. Patty's Day, rather then funneling pitchers of questionable green beer, try out some of these green cocktails to shake things up. Or stay in and make them yourself and avoid the swarms of inebriated people trampling each other to get to the bar.
  
  
  1. Mojito
  
  adapted from Food Network
  
  for 4 servings
  
  Ice
  6 ounces light rum
  12 mint sprigs, or spearmint, 8 roughly broken apart
  6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  4 tablespoons sugar
  Club soda
  4 slices lime

  Place ice in beverage shaker then add in the rum, 8 broken up mint sprigs, lime juice and sugar.

  Shake well and serve over ice in a high ball glass.

  Top off each glass with a splash of club soda.

  Garnish each with a slice of lime and a sprig of mint.

  2. Green Apple Dublin Cocktail

  adapted from about.com

  for 1 serving
  
  2 oz Michael Collins Irish whiskey
  1 oz sour apple schnapps
  2 oz white cranberry juice
  
  Add all three ingredients in a cocktail shaker
  
  Add ice, shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
  
  Strain into a chilled martini glass
  
  Garnish with a fresh apple slice.

  

  3. Ninja Turtle

  adapted from hubpages.com

  for 1 cocktail

  1 ounce Hendricks Gin
  2 ounces blue curaço
  Top up Orange Juice

  Add blue curaçoa and gin into a glass, half filled with ice.

  Add orange juice. Stir and serve!

   

  4. Cucumber Cooler

  adapted from Saveur

  for 1 serving
  

  1  2" piece cucumber, thinly sliced crosswise, plus 1 additional slice for garnish
  1⁄8 tsp. fresh thyme leaves
  1 1⁄2 oz. vodka
  1⁄2 oz. simple syrup
  

  In a cocktail shaker, combine the cucumber slices, thyme, and 1⁄4 cup crushed ice.

  Using a muddler, crush ingredients until slushy.

  Add more ice, vodka, and simple syrup. Cover, shake vigorously to combine, and pour contents into a glass garnished with a slice of cucumber.

   

  5. Lawn Mower

  adapted from Cocktail Times

  for 2 servings

  1 cup diced, ripe honeydew, cantaloupe or seedless watermelon
  1 oz vanilla vodka
  1/2 oz Cointreau
  3/4 oz fresh lime juice
  1 tbsp roughly chopped fresh mint
  About 1/2 cup cold brut Champagne or dry sparking wine
  
  Puree the melon in a blender (add 1 or 2 tablespoons of water if necessary). P

  ress the melon mixture through a strainer into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

  Add the vodka, Cointreau, lime juice and mint. Shake vigorously to infuse.

  Strain the mixture into the chilled glasses and top with Champagne float. Stir once. Garnish.

   

  What are some of your favorite St. Patrick's Day drinks?

  
  
  
  

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