Sunday, October 5, 2008

The Emerald cocktail

This I came up with last night. It's neon-green in color, thanks to the mix of Blue Curacao and mango juice! "Green Mango" didn't sound very appealing, but it is emerald green (that, yes, you could say it's neon green, depending on the lighting) and it's very mango-orange-y.

No muddling of limes or lemons or oranges this time, but you'll still need your basic tools:

Shaker
Strainer


For the consumable portion, you'll need:

2 parts Stoli vodka (or other good vodka - I used plain old Stoli, no flavorings, but you could experiment)
2 parts mango juice / nectar
1 part Cointreau
1/2 part of Blue Curacao
Splash of Sprite / 7-up



Fill your shaker with ice. Add in a 2-count of vodka, 2-count of mango juice, 1-count of Cointreau, throw in the Blue Curacao, and fill the rest with the soda.
Your shaker should be about 3/4 full.

Mix the ingredients well, shaking until the shaker is almost too cold to hold anymore, and strain into a pretty-looking glass.
I used a clear class Martini glass.

1 comment:

Lon said...

Goal: Failed :(