It’s another weekend, and no better time to put your feet up and relax with a glass of your favorite cocktail.
Be your own bartender by following these 5 recipes to make your own cocktail at home.
Mojito
Ingredients
Recipe
- First place mint leaves and a lime wedge into the glass. Next use a muddle and crush to release the mint’s oils and lime juice.
- Add the other lime wedges and 2 tablespoons of sugar making sure to crush again to release the lime juice.
- Throw in some ice to fill the glass, next add some run, then fill the glass with club soda.
- Stir and taste. If need be, you can add a little more sugar.
Margarita
Ingredients
- 2 ounces blanco tequila
- 1/2 ounce Cointreau
- 1 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1/2 ounce agave syrup
- Lime wheel to garnish
- Kosher salt (optional)
Recipe
- Rub a lime wedge around the glass outer rim , next sprinkle a few teaspoons of salt onto a small plate. Dip the rim into salt.
- Mix tequila, Cointreau and lime juice into a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker with ice and shake thoroughly for about 15 seconds (or until the metal shaker’s bottom frosts over.
- Fill the glass with fresh ice and pour the margarita into the glass. Garnish with lime wheels, kosher salt (optional) and serve.
Martini
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 ounces gin
- 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
- 1 dash orange bitters
- Garnish: lemon twist
Recipe
- Pour some gin, dry vermouth and orange bitters into a mixing glass, add some ice and stir.
- Strain this mix into a chilled cocktail glass.
- Finally garnish with a lemon twist.
Cosmopolitan
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces citron vodka
- 3/4 ounce Cointreau
- 3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1/2 ounce cranberry juice cocktail
- Garnish: lime wedge
Recipe
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Pour vodka, Cointreau, lime juice and cranberry juice into a shaker with ice and shake properly.
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Strain the mix into a chilled cocktail glass and serve garnished with a lime wedge.
Long Island Iced Tea
Ingredients
- 1/2 fluid ounce tequila
- 1/2 fluid ounce triple sec (orange-flavored liqueur)
- 1 fluid ounce sweet and sour mix
- 1 fluid ounce cola
- 1 lemon slice
Recipe
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and pour vodka, rum, gin, tequila, triple sec, and sour mix over ice. Cover and shake thoroughly.
- Next pour the cocktail into a glass and splash some cola for that dark color.
- Garnish with a lemon slice.
