French Cosmopolitan Recipes

COSMOPOLITAN COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
• To make the garnish: hold a 3cm round piece of orange zest about 10cm above your cosmo and very carefully wave it over a lit match or lighter flame. Bend the outer edge of the zest in towards the flame so that the orange oils are released, then drop the zest into your drink.

COSMOPOLITAN COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine vodka, lime juice, triple sec, and cranberry juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice, cover and shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
• Garnish with a lime wedge.

FRENCH COSMOPOLITAN

Steps:

• Shake all but grenadine with ice and strain into a martini glass (if you have one).
• Place a few drops of grenadine in the center of the drink.

FRENCH COSMOPOLITAN WITH MANDARIN ORANGE

Steps:

• Put the first 5 ingredients, excluding Grenadine, into a shaker, then shake well and strain into a well chilled martini glass.
• Last, slowly pour a drop of Grenadine into middle of glass and let fall to bottom and color the stem red.
• Garnish with Lime Wheel or a Lemon Twist.
• For the Sweet and Sour Mix:.
• Combine sugar and water until all the sugar is dissolved. Add lemon and lime juices and refrigerate.

COSMOPOLITAN

Steps:

• Stir the ingredients and a little ice together or put them in a cocktail shaker to combine. Strain into two chilled martini glasses.

AN ADAPTABLE COSMOPOLITAN COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Set coupe glass or other cocktail glass in the freezer to chill for 10 minutes.
• In a shaker, combine the vodka, cranberry juice cocktail, orange liqueur and lime juice. Add ice and shake until very well chilled.
• Strain cocktail into chilled glass. Garnish with lime wedge or lemon twist, if desired.