The Fiancé Cocktail
2 oz. Hendrick's Gin
1/2 oz. Darbo Elderflower Syrup
splash of Moet Nectar Champagne
Garnish: Rose Petal
Stir all ingredients except for the champagne in a metal cocktail shaker. Strain into a chilled champagne glass and top of with Moet Nectar Champagne. Garnish with a colored rose petal, depending on the bride's color scheme.
Apple & Spice and Everything Nice
1 1/2 oz. Vanilla Spice infused Vodka(vanilla beans and cinnamon sticks infused in vodka for one week.)
1/2 oz. Grand Marnier
2 oz. Fresh Green Apple puree
1/2 oz. Fresh Sour Mix
(fresh lime juice and simple syrup)
Garnish: Cinnamon Stick and powdered Nutmeg
Add ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a cinnamon stick and nutmeg.
Passionate Rita
1 1/2 oz. Corralejo Tequila
1/2 oz. Grand Marnier
1 oz. Fresh Sour Mix
2 oz. Fresh Passion fruit Puree
Splash of Orange Juice
Garnish: Lime
Rim: Grenadine Sugar-Coated
Add ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a grenadine sugar-rimmed chilled martini glass or a rocks glass over ice.
The White Star
1 1/2 oz. Belvedere Cytrus
1/4 oz. Grand Marnier
1/4 oz. Fresh Sour Mix
2 oz. Fresh White Peach puree
Top with Moet & Chandon Champagne
Add ingredients except for champagne to a shaker filled with ice and shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass, and top with champagne.
Pomegranate Julep
2 oz. Booker's Bourbon
2 oz. Simple syrup
1 oz. Pomegranate juice
10 mint leaves
1 tsp. Sugar in the raw
Garnish: Several mint leaves
Muddle mint and sugar in a shaker. Fill shaker with ice and add remaining ingredients and stir for 30 seconds. Then strain into a rocks glass and top glass with several mint leaves.
Rhubarb Mojito
1 1/2. oz. Dark Rum
1/4 oz. Grand Marnier
1 oz. Fresh Rhubarb syrup
Several Mint leaves
3 lime wedges
1 tsp. Sugar in the Raw
Top with Sparkling water.
Muddle the mint, sugar, and lime wedges in a rocks glass. Then add ice and build the rum and Grand Marnier in the glass. Stir, and top with sparkling water.
Navan Orange Cosmo
1 oz. Belvedere Pomerancza Vodka
1/2 oz. Navan vanilla infused cognac
1/4 oz. Fresh Sour Mix
splash orange juice
splash cranberry juice
Garnish: Thick orange twist
Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a thick orange twist.
Chocolate Spice
3/4 oz. Vanilla and Cinnamon infused vodka
3/4 oz. Godiva chocolate liqueur
3/4 oz. Simple syrup
splash of milk
Garnish: shaved white chocolate
Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with shaved white chocolate.
The Manhattan
2 oz. Bourbon
1/2 oz. Sweet Vermouth
5 dashes of Pogash's Bitters
Garnish: fresh black cherry
Add ingredients to a silver cocktail shaker and stir 30 times. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with cherry.
Minty Mango Champagne
2 oz. fresh Mango puree
1/4 oz. Grand Marnier
3 oz. Moet Champagne
5 mint leaves
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and stir 30 times. Strain into a chilled champagne flute.
Lychee Saketini
1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Sake
2 oz. Lychee syrup
Garnish: Crème de Cassis filled lychee
Combine ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Add a skewered lychee to the top of the glass, and fill lychee with Crème de Cassis. Watch as the cassis drips through the bottom of the lychee.
Cocktails in Chi-town: Macy's Culinary Studio recipes
Berry Caliente
1 whole strawberry, sliced
1 small slice jalapeno pepper
1 1/2 oz. Belvedere Vodka
1/2 oz. Navan
1/2 oz. each of fresh lemon juice and simple syrup
Directions: In a mixing glass, muddle the strawberry and jalapeno slice in the lemon juice and simple syrup. Add Belvedere and Navan and ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish: Strawberry slice
Under the Mexican Sun
1 oz. Belvedere Pomarancza
1 oz. Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz. Yellow Chartreuse
1 tsp. agave nectar
Directions: Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice very well and strain into an ice-filled wine glass. Top w/ chilled sparkling water (optional)
Garnish: Salt rim and large orange twist
Columbia Grad School Demo recipes
Cuke a L’Orange
1 slice cucumber, chopped
1 lime wedge
1/2 oz. simple syrup
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 oz. Sagatiba Cachaca
1/2 oz. Combier Orange Liqueur
Dash Angostura bitters
Directions: Muddle the cucumber and lime wedge in the simple, bitters and lemon juice. Add remaining ingredients and shake well. Strain into ice-filled wine/rocks glass.
Garnish: lemon wheel and cucumber wheel
Blood Orange infused champagne
(served at Bookmarks Lounge)
1/2 oz. Combier Liqueur
1 oz. Blood Orange puree
3 oz. Moet & Chandon White Star Champagne
Directions: Stir ingredients with ice and strain into champagne flute.
Berry Caliente
1 oz. Skyy Vodka
1/2 oz. Navan Vanilla Liqueur
1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. agave syrup
1 strawberry, sliced
1 small jalapeno slice
Directions: Muddle the strawberry and jalapeno in lime juice and agave syrup. Add remaining and shake well. Strain into martini glass.
Garnish: strawberry slice