Mandy & Jay: Part Deux

Signature Drink Saturday: Strawberry Basil Lemonade

Ingredients:
1 handful basil
2 fresh strawberries
2 ounces vodka
3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
3 ounces club soda

What to do:
Add basil and strawberries into a shaker and muddle
Add vodka, lemon juice and simple syrup, and fill with ice
Shake vigorously 6 to 8 seconds
Strain ingredients into a glass over fresh ice
Top with club soda
Garnish with a strawberry and basil sprig

recipe courtesy of modernbride magazine, december 2008/January 2009 edition. image courtesy of tastyplanner.

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Signature Drink Saturday: Poinsettia Cocktail

3/4 cup cranberry juice
3 ounces simple syrup
6 ounces orange liqueur (cointreau)
1 (750-milliletter)bottle Champagne, chilled
18 fresh cranberries

In a cocktail shaker with ice, combine the cranberry juice, simle syrup and orange liqueur. Shake well (until the shaker is covered with condensation).

Strain the mixture, dividing it between six Champagne flutes.

Add the Champage, dividing it between the glasses. Garnish each drink with 3 cranberies skewered on a cocktail pick.

Recipe from Valerie Peterson's "Peterson's Holiday Helper," Clarkson Potter, 2008 and Virginian Pilot, 11.23.08, Gracious Living Section,page 12.

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