2 posts tagged “cocktail”
In addition to the Mango Sour recipe I posted a little while ago, there was another one I was planning on sharing and totally forgot about... until this morning. That's when I logged in to my email account and found that my Guava Margarita recipe I posted on ExtraTasty some time ago had won me prizes. Woo!
Apparently my drink was named "Drink of the Day" back in April, and again in June. But for some reason I only just now got two emails, one for each announcement. Each one is more or less the same, exhorting me to "claim your prize!" -- in this case, an ExtraTasty t-shirt, shot glass and pint glass.
I submitted one prize claim form already, but hesitated about sending the second claim at first. I mean, really, how can one drink win twice? But hey, I don't pick 'em, and I could use some more barware anyway...
What's your favorite drink or cocktail? What's in it?
Question submitted by charm.vox.com
While my old standby is the vodka tonic -- popular, easy to make, and refreshing -- I'll get a bit more creative when mixing something up at home.
My current favorite is the Mango Sour, which I've made twice already in the past month.
It's got the best elements of the vodka tonic (vodka, lime) along with just enough mango sweetness. Here's my own recipe (adapted from one that appeared in Gourmet a couple of years back):
Ingredients
4 parts Vodka
5.5 parts Mango juice3 parts Lime juice1 part Simple syrup
Spears of fresh mango
Directions
Stock up on limes and cans of mango juice or mango nectar -- while not as fabulous as fresh juice, the latter is much cheaper and easier to find. In order to prepare a decent-sized pitcher of these, start with enough limes to make 1-2 cups of juice (approx 5-6 limes = 1 cup) and work your remaining ingredient proportions from there.
If you haven't prepared simple syrup in advance, whip up a quick batch now by pouring equal amounts of sugar and boiling water into the bottom of your drink pitcher. If you're not good at eyeballing the amount relative to the other ingredients, you might want to do this part in a glass measuring cup, then only pour in as much as you need once you've measured out your juices and vodka.
Next, halve and juice the limes until you have the requisite amount of juice (approx 5-6 = 1 cup). Pour the lime juice into the pitcher. Add your vodka and mango juice or nectar. If you opted to make simple syrup in another container, or have some pre-made, add that now. Stir all ingredients together well. Taste a bit, and add more juice or simple syrup for sweetness if needed.
Next, fill a chilled cocktail shaker halfway with crushed ice and pour the desired drink amount from pitcher; cover and shake vigorously. Set a few cubes of ice into a cocktail glass -- or hell, drinking glass -- and let your libation flow from shaker to glass. Garnish with a spear of fresh mango if you're feeling fancy (or hungry). Bottoms-up!
