Mardi Gras: French 75 Recipe!

Ingredients

• ice
• 2 ounces gin
• 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• Champagne or sparkling wine
• garnish: long thin lemon spiral and cocktail cherry

Procedures

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice. Shake gin, lemon juice, and sugar in a cocktail shaker until well chilled, about 15 seconds. Strain into a champagne flute.
   
   
2. Top with Champagne. Stir gently, garnish with a long, thin lemon spiral and a cocktail cherry.
   
   Source: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/03/french-75-cocktial-gin-champagne-lemon.html

Mardi Gras: DIY Creme de Menthe Recipe!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves (divided)
• 1 1/2 cups vodka
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water

Procedures

1. 1
   Measure out 1 cup of mint leaves and tear them in quarters Place mint leaves in a sealable glass jar and pour vodka on top. Shake and let steep for 12 hours.
   
2. 2
   After steeping is complete, strain mint leaves from infused vodka. Return infused vodka to the jar.
   
3. 3
   Bring the water and sugar to a boil, and let simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool, then add syrup to mint-infused vodka.
   
4. 4
   Take the additional 1/2 cup of mint leaves, tear them, and add them to the jar. Shake and let steep for 10 hours.
   
5. 5
   Strain twice to remove all mint leaves, keep in resealable bottle.
   
   Source: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/12/diy-homemade-creme-de-menthe-recipe.html

Mardi Gras: Perfect Pimm's Cup Recipe!

Ingredients

• 1/2 a small cucumber, sliced thin
• 8 strawberries, sliced thin
• 1/2 an orange, sliced thin
• 1/2 a lemon, sliced thin
• 1/2 a green apple, sliced thin
• 1 quart ice
• 1 cup (8 ounces) Pimm's No. 1 Cup
• 3 cups (24 ounces) Sprite, 7-Up, or other clear citrus soda
• Mint sprigs to garnish

Procedures

1

Layer fruit slices and ice in a pitcher. Add Pimm's and soda. Stir gently with a wooden spoon to combine. Pour into glasses making sure to get fruit and ice in each glass. Garnish with mint, and serve.

Source: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/04/perfect-pimms-cup-summer-cocktail-recipe.html

Mardi Gras: Milk Punch Recipe!

Ingredients

• 1 ounce brandy (or bourbon)
• 1 ounce dark rum (or bourbon)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 dashes vanilla extract (optional)
• 4 to 6 ounces whole milk, to taste

Procedures

1

Stir well with ice and strain into a large goblet over fresh crushed ice (or, pour everything into a mug and add hot milk). Sprinkle with nutmeg.

Source: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2007/12/cocktails-milk-punch-recipe.html

Mardi Gras: The Hurricane Recipe!

Ingredients

• 2 ounces dark Jamaican rum
• 1 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1 ounce passion fruit syrup

Procedures

1

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and add plenty of crushed ice. Shake well and pour, unstrained, into old fashioned glass, tiki mug or Hurricane glass. Garnish with orange slice and a cherry.

Source: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/08/hurricane-cocktail-drink-recipe.html

Mardi Gras: Daiquiri Recipe!

Ingredients

• 2 ounces light rum (you can also use gold rum, but dark rum can be too heavy)
• 3/4 ounce fresh-squeezed lime juice (about 1/2 of a lime)
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Procedures

1

Pour sugar and lime juice into a cocktail shaker and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add the rum and fill shaker with ice; shake well for 10 seconds and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

Source: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/05/daiquiri-recipe.html

Mardi Gras: Ramos Fizz Recipe!

Ingredients

• 2 ounces gin
• 1 ounce cream
• 1 egg white
• 1/2 ounce lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce lime juice
• 2 teaspoons sugar, to taste
• 2-3 drops orange flower water
• Seltzer

Procedures

1

Combine everything except seltzer in a cocktail shaker. Tradition dictates that the drink be shaken very hard for at least one and preferably two full minutes with ice. You can cheat by either whisking the mixture with a milk-frother or whisk (or tossing a spring from a Hawthorne strainer into the shaker and using that to whip the ingredients) until foamy, and then shaking with ice for a good 20 seconds, or you can buckle down and take the fully authentic ride, while working off the calories you’ll be taking in from the cream and sugar. Strain into a chilled Collins glass and add an ounce or two of chilled seltzer, to taste.

Source: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/06/time-for-a-drink-ramos-fizz.html