There's no shortage of great citrus this time of year, and the beautiful color of the blood orange makes a delicious and gorgeous cocktail.
Blood Orange Martini
serves 2
Ingredients
3 ounces citrus-flavored vodka*
2 ounces vodka
juice from 2-3 blood oranges (about 1/2 cup)
Instructions
Juice oranges, straining the pulp from the juice if necessary. Set aside. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the vodkas and juice. Shake vigorously and strain into chilled glasses. Garnish with an orange slice.
Optional: for a sweeter martini, add a 1/2 ounce of simple syrup.
*I used Absolut Citron, since that's what I had on hand.
I've never had a blood orange before. This sounds like a good way to try it out.
ReplyDeleteThat looks so refreshing! Is it happy hour yet?
ReplyDeleteWell that looks pretty fantastic. I could go for one now... er, tonight. :)
ReplyDeleteYUM!
ReplyDeleteomg i love blood oranges! reminds me of my time in florence. this sounds delish.
ReplyDeletethanks for the twitter follow :)
I love that and want to make it ASAP. I actually had some major blood orange cocktail fails this season, but finally came out on top with a champagne cocktail made with blood orange and cointreau.
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