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Cosmopolitan Cocktails Recipe
Cosmopolitan Cocktails are a basic, elegant vodka cocktail made well-known by the women of Intercourse and the Metropolis! To not candy, not too tart, tremendous fast to make made with cranberry juice, lime juice, vodka and cointreau.
Serve this for elegant pre dinner drinks, to ring within the New Yr or a night in with the ladies!
I really like Cosmos for a way simple they’re to drink – and the way I all the time really feel like I’m channeling the New-York-Gal inside as I daintily sip away!
Honestly although, I dwell within the Northern Seashore of Sydney. I spend my days in flip flops, denim shorts and comfy tees, a whirlwind of exercise between the kitchen, capturing space and my pc.
About as removed from NYC-like as you may get.
However with a glass of Cosmo in my hand? I really feel somewhat bit nearer to the glitz and glam of NYC! 😂
What do cosmos style like?
Cosmos are candy with a contact of tang from lime. They style of cranberry juice with orange (from the Cointreau), and although there’s a significantly slug of alcohol in it with equal components alcohol to non alcohol, you may’t style it very a lot. They’re dangerously drinkable!
Right here’s what you want:
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Cranberry juice, SWEETENED – ensure to not use unsweetened cranberry juice, it’s very tart…. too tart! You want the candy cranberry juice to get the precise stability of candy. By accident received unsweetened? Put it aside – make a easy syrup with equal components sugar and sizzling water to dissolve, cool, then add as wanted.;
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Vodka – plain, unflavoured vodka. Use mid shelf as a result of there’s various vodka in Cosmos. Prime shelf in case your funds stretches that far….however I usually serve prime shelf vodka straight.
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Cointreau – this can be a clear orange flavoured liquor referred to as triple sec. Cointreau is a model of triple sec, one of the best, in my view (actually essentially the most well-known).
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Lime juice – recent!
With 3 full pictures of alcohol, Cosmos are fairly potent!!
Simply pour every part right into a cocktail shaker stuffed with ice, shake properly to relax, then pressure right into a martini glass.
The basic garnish is orange peel. The additional little perfume you get as you drink the Cosmopolitan drives residence the orange flavour and is de facto beautiful!
Cosmos are a type of cocktails which are fairly elegant in order that they’re superb to serve at dinner events as a pre dinner drink. Plus, it’s a reasonably brief drink (versus massive quantity tall drinks like Tequila Sunrises) so that you don’t replenish on cocktails earlier than dinner.
And whereas I say they’re a cultured drink, I additionally consider Cosmos as enjoyable too! Suppose – Ladies’ Nights Out (properly, nights IN!), Bachelorette Events, Christmas (on theme color!), Thanksgiving, and different vacation events!
I believe Cosmos are the form of cocktail which are superb to serve with finger meals. Strive Crostinis together with your selection of toppings, Mini Quiche or Smoked Salmon Appetizer Bites, or have a flick through all my Get together Meals.
Cosmopolitan Cocktails would additionally pair fantastically with a selfmade Gravlax. It’s simple – spectacular! – Johnsat x
Ingredients
- 60ml/ 2 oz Vodka (Note 1)
- 30ml/ 1 oz Cointreu
- 90ml/ 3 oz cranberry juice , sweet (not unsweetened, Note 2)
- 2 tsp lime juice , fresh
- Ice
- Orange peel , optional garnish
Instructions
- Fill cocktail shaker with ice.
- Add vodka, cointreau, cranberry juice and lime. Shake vigorously 10 times.
- Strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with orange peel.
Notes
1. Vodka – there’s a decent slug of vodka in Cosmos so be sure to use a decent vodka. Absolut is my mid-shelf vodka of choice. I reserve top shelf (expensive) vodka for drinking straight!
2. Cointreau is a sweet orange flavoured liquor, called triple sec. If you can’t find Cointreau, another brand will be fine.
3. Cranberry juice – don’t get “diet” unsweetened cranberry juice, you’ll find the drink too potent! Need the sugar in the cranberry juice. If you accidentally got unsweetened, make a simple syrup with equal parts white sugar and hot water*, dissolve sugar, chill, then add to your drink to take the sour edge off.
* In the event of a cocktail emergency (I get it!), speed things up as follows: 2 parts white sugar, 1 part boiling water, mix to dissolve, then add 1 part ice for rapid chill.
4. Nutrition per drink.
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