Drink Recipes

Gail's Spicy Bloody Mary with Pickled Vegetables: Recipe of the Day

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Jan 28th 2011 @ 10:00AM

bloody mary recipe Photo: Frances Janisch

Pour yourself a good Bloody this weekend, with a little help from "Top Chef" judge (and KitchenDaily expert) Gail Simmons. Never one to shy away from a little heat, Gail gives her cocktail a healthy dose of horseradish, and adds pickled onions and green beans for an extra shot of tart flavor. It's almost Saturday-brunch time. Get mixing.

Recipe for Gail Simmon's Spicy Bloody Mary with Pickled Vegetables

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Champagne Punch: Recipe of the Day

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by Slashfood Editor, Posted Dec 31st 2010 @ 11:00AM

New Year's Eve Champagne Punch recipe Photo: New Media Publishing / Flat Art Studios.com

If you love Champagne and want to keep it flowing all night, mix up a punchbowl along with your naked bottles of bubbly. This recipe brings pineapple juice, Cointreau, brandy, and seltzer into the mix for a lively, refreshing drink that screams "festive"! Of course, you might not want to use the extra-special Taittinger Champagne for a punch; less expensive sparkling wines will do just fine. (For sparkler recommendations, see Bargain Bubblies.)

Champagne Punch Recipe

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Warm Mulled Wine: Recipe of the Day

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by Slashfood Editor, Posted Dec 25th 2010 @ 10:00AM

Christmas warm spiced mulled wine recipe Photo: Adam Macchia

Warm spiced wine sounds more fun when you call it glögg, its Swedish name. And in the hands of Swedish chef Marcus Samuelsson, making it becomes more of a Nordic adventure, too. Winter nights are made for this fragrant brew of red wine, vodka, cinnamon, ginger, fruit, and sugar. Cozy up to a fire tonight and pour steaming mugs for the holiday crowd. Skøl!

Watch Marcus Samuelsson's video how-to for warm mulled wine (and hear him say glögg as only a Swede can).
Warm Mulled Wine Recipe.

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Babes, Bras, and Booze: Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

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by Slashfood Editor, Posted Nov 30th 2010 @ 4:00PM

Victoria's Secret model Chanel Iman with Stoli cocktails Photos: Theo Wargo / Getty Images; Courtesy Stoli

Are we being cynical in thinking that the Victoria's Secret fashion show, devoted to push-up bras, is not exactly fashion in the sense that, say, designer Alexander McQueen's spectacles were? Or have we been reading Vogue for too many years? When it comes to prime-time tv coverage, though, the networks are not exactly courting John Galliano. Bring on the bikinis!

But you have to give it to Victoria's Secret -- attach a pair of feathery wings and a crystal bodice to a bra and panties worn by supermodel Chanel Iman (above, one of our faves), and it's pretty good theater.

Our sister site, Stylelist, supplied all the dish and photo galleries on the VS Fashion Show (featuring singer Katy Perry), the day it happened, and now you can watch the entire show on CBS, tonight, at 10 p.m. And while you're watching the girls strutting their stuff, pour yourself a cocktail. Stolichnaya Vodka was a show sponsor, and came up with some special drinks for the after-party, including the Wild Cherri Bombshell (with cherry preserves and Champagne, above center), Miraculous Martini (with pear purée, above right) , Vanil Secret (with lemongrass and kaffir lime), and the Original Starlet (with rhubarb purée). See all the cocktail recipes after the jump.

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Secrets to Aromatic Cocktails

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by Leslie Pariseau, Posted Nov 17th 2010 @ 4:00PM

Aromatic cocktails at Pegu Club Photo: Idandersen, Flickr

Brillat-Savarin recorded in his elegant and classic tome, The Physiology of Taste (1825), "I am...tempted to believe that smell and taste are in fact but a single composite sense whose laboratory is the mouth and its chimney the nose." Though lacking modern science to prove it, he couldn't deny the inherent, but elusive connection between aroma and flavor -- the subject of a weekend-long seminar at Astor Center in New York City.

"Most of what we perceive to be taste is actually smell," explained Audrey Saunders, lauded mixologist and owner of the Pegu Club (NYC). Friday evening at a panel discussing the alchemy of cocktail aromatics, Saunders revealed a few of her secrets to expressing fragrance through cocktails.

Saunders first began to experiment with aroma around the time she worked at the Carlyle Hotel while preparing for a week tending bar at the London Ritz. She wanted to create an aromatic cocktail using gin and tea -- the patron spirits of English imbibing. Her experiments faltered until she realized (with the advice of one Harold McGee) that egg white is an excellent conductor of scent and after a few iterations, created what is now a Pegu Club mainstay, the Earl Grey MarTEAni. Throughout the process she discovered a few key lessons about building fragrant cocktails that apply to any bar -- home or professional. See them after the jump.

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Toast National Sandwich Day with Sandwich Cocktails

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by Jennifer Lawinski, Posted Nov 3rd 2010 @ 5:00PM

Sandwich cocktails Photos: Flor de Caña

A cheeseburger in a glass, a potent PB&J, a liquid BLT -- it's time to take the sandwich into cocktail hour. Literally.

In honor of National Sandwich Day on Nov. 3, Flor de Caña rum has teamed up with mixologists to turn sandwich classics into tasty libations.

The Sandwich Cocktail menu created by the Nicaraguan rum company features "crustless cocktails" -- the Peanut Butter & Jelly, the Cheeseburger and the BLT.

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Heidi Klum's Ghoulish Cocktails

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by Slashfood Editor, Posted Oct 29th 2010 @ 1:00PM

Photos: Charley Gallay / Getty Images; ABSOLUT

Is Heidi Klum the "Six-Million-Dollar Woman"? No (her numbers are probably way higher than that), but she is playing a very haute version of a robotic superhero, à la Victoria's Secret, at her Halloween bash, according to Stylelist's sneak peek.

The cocktails, though, are going to be fit for a vampire, with Absolut vodka pairing up with the supermodel to mix some blood-curdling libations, like the Bloody-in-a-shot-glass they're dubbing the Fast Mary. Then there's the Dark Night, which combines pepper-spiked vodka with chocolate liqueur and chili powder. See the recipes from Absolut after the jump.

Heidi and Halloween just seem to go together. Check out this retrospective of Heidi's Halloween looks, as well as some of her tips on great costumes for couples and kids (including Heidi and hubby Seal's drag take on Eve and the apple in the Garden of Eden).

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Hasta Luego Cocktails -- LeNell it All

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by LeNell Smothers, Posted Oct 8th 2010 @ 5:00PM

Photo: Alamy

All the research Demian and I have poured into libation love here at Casa Cóctel has led to the launch of our own Casa blog, as well as two monthly newsletters -- one devoted to cocktails and one to whiskey. Follow our boozy blatherings by joining the email list on our website.

Yet as one thing begins, another comes to a close.This is my last post for the LeNell It All column. I've had a blast writing for Slashfood for the past year, and I'll still post news from the cocktail world front from time to time. For now, though, in the belief that there's truly a drink for every occasion, I leave you with some fun farewell cocktails.

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Happy National Rum Punch Day!

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by Alexa Weibel, Posted Sep 20th 2010 @ 1:15PM

Photo: The Queen of Subtle, Flickr

Happy National Rum Punch Day!

According to one journalist, "Rum has tended to always favor and flavor rebellion" -- which is perhaps precisely why it fails to figure into the regular cocktail menu of many drinkers. Whether or not you begrudge Captain Morgan for some regrettable freshman year hangovers, rum makes a refreshing sip when combined into a variety of rum punch cocktails, with flavors set to please any palate.

Inspired by complex, fruity Jamaican flavors, Bobby Flay concocts a rum punch recipe dominated by pineapple juice, lime syrup, orange juice and nutmeg. Another Caribbean rum punch recipe follows the ingredient adage, "One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak," using a classic concoction of lime juice, simple syrup, rum, orange juice and a splash of bitters and nutmeg. Eschewing light rum for the depth and full flavor of dark rum, this boozy Puerto Rican rum punch recipe combines lime, grenadine and rum with orange liqueur and even sparkling wine. Yet another light version by Padma Lakshmi spikes the dark rum base with ginger and cilantro for a punchy sip.

Whatever your taste preferences, you're bound to find a rum punch recipe to tickle your tastebuds -- and with the high alcohol content of most rum punches, you may well find yourself imagining a tropical getaway... just be careful not to land yourself in deep water!

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Frozen Fun -- LeNell it All

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by LeNell Smothers, Posted Jun 25th 2010 @ 2:00PM

Photo: wentongg, Flickr

My partner Demián and I live in the desert in Baja California Sur, Mexico. This time of year the heat is rising and the humidity is heavy. Two of our favorite ways to cool off is to crank up the blender for frosty libations and to pull out the vintage Tupperware popsicle sets for adult ice pops.

Here are a few tips if you're going with a blender drink:

• People always fret over how much ice to use, but an easy way to figure it out is to simply build the drink in the glass you're going to use, then dump all of the ingredients with the ice into the blender. You'll wind up with a tiny bit extra that you can mound up at the top of the glass, making your drink look all pretty.

• For easier blending, add liquid, fruit chunks, and then the ice.

More tips and a recipe for Strawberry Margarita Ice Pops after the jump.

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