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A selection of tasty cocktails for your Valentine’s Day Weekend – whether you’re spending it with a significant other or a group of friends. Drink up!
Ingredients:
– 1 part chilled blackberry sauce
– 1 part vodka
– Ice
Put into a shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a martini glass and there you go.
Blackberry Sauce
– 1/2 lb blackberries
– 1 cup water
– 1/3 cup sugar
Heat the above ingredients in a saucepan on medium-high heat. Mash the berries with a wooden spoon to release all the juices. Stir until all the sugar has dissolved (about 10-15 minutes). Strain liquid through a fine sieve to remove the seeds, then chill well.
:: cocktail recipe and photo via Foodista Blog
Ingredients:
– 1 1/2 oz Francois Peyrot Cognac
– 1/2 oz Grand Marnier
– 1 oz fresh cranberry juice
– Sparking wine
Garnish: lemon wheel
Combine Cognac, Grand Marnier and cranberry juice in a champagne glass. Top with sparking wine and garnish with lemon wheel.
:: cocktail recipe and photo via Cocktail TImes
Ingredients:
– 1 part vodka
– 1 part Chambord
– 1 part dark cream de cacao
– 1 1/2 parts half and half
Shake ingredients with ice and strain.
:: cocktail recipe and photo via Hostess with the Mostess
Ingredients:
– 1 1/2 oz vodka
– 1/4 oz Chambord® Raspberry Liqueur
– 1/4 oz fresh pineapple juice
Shake with ice and pour into a cocktail or martini glass.
Garnish with lemon peel twist.
:: cocktail recipe and photo via Hostess with the Mostess
Ingredients:
– 1/2 cup half and half cream
– 4 ounces white chocolate, rough chopped
– 2 ounces vodka
– 2 ounces Simple Syrup
Heat half and half cream in a small sauce pan; slowly add white chocolate, whisk continually, until chocolate is melted. Cool to room temperature. Add vodka and simple syrup* to white chocolate mixture; stir to blend. Pour into 2 martini glasses; serve.
:: cocktail recipe and photo via The Food Channel
Posted In cocktails, holidays, round up, valentine's day
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:: recipe and photo via Peanut Butter and Julie
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:: via Design*Sponge
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:: recipe and photo via The Knead For Bread
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