Want to encourage fun at your next cocktail party? Offer homemade fruit-infused spirits! Not only will guests enjoy experimenting with flavors but the experience will inspire conversation ... and did I mention that the cocktails will be absolutely delicious?!
If you recall from a recent blog post on 2012 Party Trends, homemade fruity spirits are pretty popular. Celebrity mixologists, and the upscale bars they manage, are having a blast making fun, delicious cocktails ... and you can, too!
For this Snow in Love party, I served Absolut Crush Cocktails made with Tangerine Vodka; cocktail recipe below. To make the fruit-flavored vodka, I put sliced tangerines in a jar filled with vodka and let it sit in a dark, cool cabinet for a week. The result was fabulous! I loved the smell of tangerines almost as much as the taste of my cocktail! Other flavor variations include sliced pineapple, strawberries or blueberries, and even vanilla beans or cinnamon sticks.
Absolut Crush Cocktail
Ingredients
1 Part Tangerine Vodka (instructions above) (or Absolut Mandarin)
3 Parts Orange Juice
1 Part Triple Sec
1 Slice Orange
Fill a shaker with ice cubes. Add all ingredients. Shake and strain into a chilled rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with orange slice.
Has this article inspired you to make your own fruit-flavored spirits? If so, please leave me a comment below and tell me which flavor you'll try first!
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Love it. I made a winter flavors one earlier this year-grapefruit and rosemary: http://carlenesfigments.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/rosemary-grapefruit-gin-cocktail-recipe-2/
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