Re: Thanksgiving spirits/cocktails

Posted by jlm2008

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by tray831

Posted by NervousNell

I always make a grey goose pear martini for before we head out to the restaurant.

It has to be Grey goose pear though- Grey goose pear tastes fresh and crisp like a real pear- not like the sugary, sweet, artifical pear flavor of Absolut pear (I know my pear vodkas, ok? )

It also has Limoncello, ruby red grapefruit juice, and simple syrup.

Love my GG Pear! Thankfully, I dont have a hard time finding it. Restaurants and Bars are hard to find it in. So you add Limoncello AND Grapefruit juice to it? Hmmmm.........sounds extra tasty.

All I add is Cranberry Juice and a Lime...they go down like water.

You shake it up with a shot of limoncello and a shot or 2 of ruby red grapefruit juice. You can add a dash of simple syrup but that can make it a bit too sweet so I use that sparingly or not at all

This sound so amazing! How much of the grey goose? A shot? I'm terrible at mixing cocktails!

Message edited 11/15/2016 4:28:25 PM.

Re: Thanksgiving spirits/cocktails

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by jlm2008

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by tray831

Posted by NervousNell

I always make a grey goose pear martini for before we head out to the restaurant.

It has to be Grey goose pear though- Grey goose pear tastes fresh and crisp like a real pear- not like the sugary, sweet, artifical pear flavor of Absolut pear (I know my pear vodkas, ok? )

It also has Limoncello, ruby red grapefruit juice, and simple syrup.

Love my GG Pear! Thankfully, I dont have a hard time finding it. Restaurants and Bars are hard to find it in. So you add Limoncello AND Grapefruit juice to it? Hmmmm.........sounds extra tasty.

All I add is Cranberry Juice and a Lime...they go down like water.

You shake it up with a shot of limoncello and a shot or 2 of ruby red grapefruit juice. You can add a dash of simple syrup but that can make it a bit too sweet so I use that sparingly or not at all

This sound so amazing! How much of the grey goose? A shot? I'm terrible at mixing cocktails!

If you have a shot jigger thingy- do the large side of Grey goose.
Do the small side of limocello.
Then do like 1.5- 2 of the large side of ruby red.
Then just a dash of simple syrup to give it that smooth texture.
You can omit that if you prefer it not as sweet.

I make my own simple syrup- it's very easy- just boil equal parts water and sugar and cool and store in the fridge. But I think you can buy it now too.

You can adjust the proportions to taste- and how strong or weak you like your drinks.
But always do more of the goose, to less of the limoncello and always do a tad more ruby red for flavor

Serve it in a martini glass

It's perfection.
The flavor of the pear just melds so well with the ruby red grapefruit juice and the limoncello sets it off

Re: Thanksgiving spirits/cocktails

I'm going to make apple pie sangria this year - DH only drinks beer, FIL doesn't drink, so it's just me and my MIL. I'll have regular wine on hand too.

Apple Pie Sangria

Re: Thanksgiving spirits/cocktails

Ok I just love this thread and want to try all of these!!!