Frozen Lime Margarita

The Margarita is easy to make and can be modified in a variety of ways.  The recipe below is for a so called Frozen Lime Margarita, which adds the refreshing taste of limes to this traditional drink.

Ingredients:
1 cup of ice
35 ml (7 parts Tequila)
15 ml (3 parts) Triple Sec
15 ml (3 parts Lime Juice)
70 ml (14 parts) Sour Mix
Salt and lime wedge (optional)

Preparation:
Pour the ingredients into a blender, blend until smooth.
(Optional) Rub the rim of a Margarita glass and pour salt on it.
Pour contents into the glass, careful not to dislodge the salt.
Garnish with a lime wedge and serve over ice.

Pimm's Cup cocktail (a variation)

Pimm’s Cup

 

Drink Type: Cocktail

Ingredients

2 oz. Pimms No. 1 
3/4 oz. Cointreau 
3/4 oz. Lime Juice 
3 slice(s) Cucumber (thinly sliced)
7 leaf(leaves) Mint 
1 oz. Ginger Ale 

Instructions

Pour Pimm’s, Cointreau and lime juice into a Collins glass. Add cucumbers and mint. Fill with large cold ice and cover glass with a small shaker top. Shake briefly and top off with ginger ale.

Credit

Macao Trading Co.

Blue Bayou

As the name implies, this drink is blue which makes it great for hot summer days by default.  But the fruity and exotic taste of pineapples and grapefruit certainly do their part in making this one of the definite cool-down drinks.

1 cup of ice
30 ml (6 parts) vodka
15 ml (3 parts) Blue Curacao
30 ml (6 parts) pineapple juice
30 ml (6 parts) grapefruit juice

Preparation:

1. Pour the ingredients into a blender, blend until smooth.
2. Serve in a chilled highball glass.
3. If the drink it too sweet/bitter, experiment with the pineapple/grapefruit ratio.

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Sangria (red or white)

Great presentation, great taste.
In a pitcher, Mix the following:

1 1.5 bottle of inexpensive red or white wine (I use Barefoot Merlot or Sauvignon Blanc)
1 lemon, sliced
1 orange, sliced
1 handfull of fresh raspberries
2 sliced peaches
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Brandy

Once all stirred up, seal with plastic wrap and leave in fridge overnight.  Blend with ice and serve!

Source: The Kitchen Hotline/Great Summertime Cocktails

Malibu Summer Rose

1 shot (1-1/2 ounces) Malibu Rum
1 shot (1-1/2 ounces) Peach Schnapps
Pineapple Juice
Orange Juice
Grenadine
Optional: Orange slice and/or maraschino cherry for garnish

Instructions:

Pour rum and peach schnapps in a tall glass over ice.  Add equal parts pineapple juice and orange juice.  Top with a splash of grenadine. 

Recipe created by Jewel Hanson for Malibu Rum named after Summer Sunwall Martin.

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Firecracker

Ingredients:

 

1 1/4 ounce Vodka

1 ounce Lemon Juice

1 1/4 ounce Blue Curacao

3/4 ounce Grenadine

A splash of simple syrup

To make simple syrup, mix equal parts hot water and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Pour grenadine into bottom of an empty Collins glass. Add ice. Gently pour Curacao over grenadine. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine vodka, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Strain over curacao and serve with straw on the side, so guests can place straw into glass and see the layers explode.

Source: Napa Valley Grille Westwood
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(Cosmopolitan.com)

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