Cosmopolitan
September 24, 2008 –
In honour of cities around the world , particularly NYC, I am offering my dinner gents this week, a very pungent cocktail – The Cosmopolitan with Cointreau.
Take 2 wedges of lime, squeeze and drop into shaker. Add 2 shots of citrus vodka, 1 shot of Cointreau and 1 shot of cranberry juice. Add plenty of ice to the shaker and shake, shake, shake to this music…
for 10-15 seconds. Ohh did you go over that? Did you do it for the whole song? Never mind, I always do that :) Just strain into a chilled martini glass. It’s pretty, if you really have to, put a lime slice on the side.
About Cointreau – from Rhia the anorak
The Cointreau distillery was set up in 1849 by Adolphe Cointreau, a confectioner, and his brother Edouard Jean Cointreau fron Angers. They concocted a blend of sweet and bitter orange peels and pure alcohol from sugar beets. In 1875, (crikey that’s 26 years!!) the first bottle of Cointreau was sold. It is now estimated that 13 million bottles are sold each year, in more than 20 countries. The production methods and recipe are family secrets.
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