Archive for August, 2010

Jamie Oliver

Just a few things that I thought looked amazing..

> BBQ Pork Fillets
> Beef & Ale Stew although this is pretty much how I make it anyway, I just thought it looked mmmmm
> Simple Beef and Veg stir fry

The Martini

Ingredients

2 oz London Dry Gin
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
Orange or Angostura Bitters
Olives or lemon twist, for garnish.

Preparation

Combine gin and vermouth in a shaker filled with cracked ice. Stir with a bar spoon. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add a dash of bitters. Garnish with olives or a twist of lemon, as desired.
Courtesy of The Spirit

The Moscow Mule

Ingredients

1/2 oz Lime juice
2 oz Vodka
5 oz Ginger beer
3 to 4 Large ice cubes

Preparation

Fill a Collins glass with ice cubes. Add the juice of one lime (if using a fresh lime, add the juice of one half, then include the hull after it’s been squeezed). Pour in vodka and ginger beer. Stir.
Courtesy of The Spirit

The Mint Julep

Ingredients

2.5 oz Kentucky bourbon
1.5 t sugar
10 Spearmint sprigs
Seltzer water
Crushed ice

Preparation

Muddle the spearmint leaves with sugar in the bottom of an old fashioned glass. Add a splash of seltzer water, then fill glass with crushed ice. Pour bourbon over ice, top with more seltzer. Stir.
Courtesy of The Spirit

The Mojito

Ingredients

1 sprig Spearmint
3/4 oz Simple syrup
1 half Lime (squeezed)
1 oz Lime juice
2 oz White rum
3 oz Sparkling water
Cracked or crushed ice

Preparation

In a mixing glass, muddle (crush gently with a spoon or muddler) the spearmint sprig in the simple syrup. Add lime juice, rum, sparkling water, and half of the squeezed lime. Top with cracked or crushed ice. Stir.

The Perfect Manhattan

Ingredients

2 oz Blended Whiskey
1/2 oz Sweet vermouth
1/2 oz Dry vermouth
1 dash bitters

Preparation

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Stir. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.
Courtesy of The Spirit

Tom Collins

Ingredients

2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Lemon juice
1 tsp Superfine sugar
Club Soda
Lemon or orange wedge, maraschino cherry (garnish)

Preparation

In a Collins glass filled 3/4 of the way with cracked ice, add gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Stir, then top with soda, add desired garnish.
Courtesy of The Spirit