Blue Martini Recipe - A dry blue Italian cocktail


	Blue Martini Recipe "Made with limoncello" This blue martini recipe is made with limoncello. You can make your own limoncello with the standard limoncello recipe OR buy it. (Limoncello is an Italian cordial) The Blue Curacao is what turns this martini blue. It's an orange liqueur. This isn't an overly sweet martini. The vermouth keeps it dry and the orange and lemon flavors just give it a faint fruit taste. It's more of a mind freak if you are accustomed to a blue drink being tropical sweet. This blue martini is definitely NOT that! No need to put on sunscreen. This is ever so slightly sweet but dry. See the section below for tips and common questions. Blue Martini Recipe YIELD: 1 serving INGREDIENTS: 1 part Blue Curacao (orange liqueur) 1 part Limoncello (if you want to make your own see the limoncello recipe) 1 part Gin (use a good one - like Tanqueray 10) 1/3 part white Vermouth Procedure * Pour the Cointreau, the Limoncello, the Gin and the Vermouth into the shaker. * Add a few ice cubes. Shake well. * Pour into a cocktail glass and add a fruit garnish. Substitutions and Questions What is Limoncello? It's an Italian liqueur. We call it a lemon cordial in the USA. It's basically vodka and lemon peels and enough sugar to be a called a liqueur or cordial - but it's not a super sweet drink. Will white wine work instead of white vermouth? Nope. Don't even try it! What is vermouth? It's a fortified wine. Has stuff added to it - herbs, spices. It's used as an add-in for martinis. And it's a standard aperitif in our Italian drinks. Basically that means - we will drink it alone. I used to say it was a drink for the older men and grandmas in our family. Now, I kinda fit in that category. Guess I better have one tonight to celebrate my wisdom as I age. Can I use a different orange liquor? Like Grand Marnier or Cointreau? The flavoring would be fine. But if you are after a blue martini recipe - you won't get it. Those guys are colorless or slightly colored. You'd get a colorless martini with basically the same flavors. So close your eyes and it's all the same. But if you are going for looks - use the Blue Curacao. Back to the blue martini recipe. Italian Drinks Amaretto Coffee Amaretto Sour Drink Recipe Amaretto Stone Sour Recipe Amaretto Vodka Peach Schnapps Amaretto Tea Arnold Palmer Recipe Basil Martini Bellini Recipe Berry Sangria Best Sangria Recipe Blue Lagoon Drink Blue Martini Recipe Cafe Amaretto Espresso Drink Recipe Espresso Martini Recipe Harvey Wallbanger Recipe How To Make Sangria Kahlua And Cream Recipe Kamikaze Drink Italian Margarita Recipe Limoncello Recipe Liqueur Names Manhattan Drink Recipe Peach Sangria Rob Roy Recipe Soco Amaretto Lime Sour Apple Martini Recipe Watermelon Margarita Recipe Wedding Cake Martini White Chocolate Martini Recipe White Sangria Recipe Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are: FAST Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture) And freeze-aheads A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist) Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5) Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum) Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that. Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About
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