Saturday, April 30, 2011

Shaken, never stirred

I can honestly say that I am not a James Bond fan. Never have been. I believe I have managed to watch one movie in its entirety, but only one. But I do like the line. Especially now that I have found martinis. I number of years ago a friend introduced me to a dirty martini. It was nice. I do enjoy olives. But it didn't make me rush out and order one on a regular basis.

In October of 2009 my husband and I had fun doing "30 days of cocktails" We purchased copious amounts of alcohol and each night we would pick one and make cocktails. Ever since then we have kept a fairly well stocked liquor cabinet. In the month of April I felt the need to once again consume copious amounts of alcohol. On two different evenings scrapbooking I made martinis, lemon drops one night and chocolate martinis another. I found martinis that did make me rush out and have more. I have purchased my third batch of meyers lemons so I can create another round of lemon drops. The second batch was consumed during a ceramics party. Ok, so yes, I craft and I drink, it works for me.

Maybe with enough martinis I could get the appeal of Bond, James Bond.



Lemon Drops (compliments of the Food Network)

6 ounces lemon-flavored vodka 
2 ounces Cointreau or Triple Sec
4 tablespoons freshly squeezed meyer lemon juice
2 tablespoons simple syrup *
Ice

 Add vodka, Cointreau, lemon juice and simple syrup to a martini shake. Add ice. Shake and pour into martini glasses. Sugaring the rims of the glasses is also quite nice.

* I make simple syrup for my lemonade and now I keep it on hand in the refrigerator. I use 1 cup water and 1 cup water and boil until it is dissolved. Keep it chilled for just such occassions.

 Chocolate Martini

9 oz creme de cocoa
2 oz caramel vodka
2 oz whipped cream vodka
6 oz chocolate milk (We use Smith Bros Dairy Old Fashioned Chocolate milk that is 6%. If you don't have this, use half and half and add chocolate syrup)

Add all ingredients to a shaker. Add ice if there is room. :) Shake and then pour into chilled martini glasses.

The newest goody for scrapbook is Limoncello Cream. It was a yummy addition to Saturday night's crafting. If you have some lemons and some time, I highly recommend you check it out!

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