Herb Cocktails

Aggie Transplant Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:22 pm

Don't these sound interesting....

OUISIE'S ROSEMARY LEMONADE MARTINI
Seven rosemary sprigs
1 1/2 ounces lemon juice
Zest of 1 lemon
2 teaspoons sugar
1 1/2 ounces Tito's Vodka or Hendrick's Gin
Put 1 sprig of rosemary in the freezer. In a saucepan, bring 1 cup of water and six sprigs of rosemary to a boil. Reduce temperature and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove rosemary water from heat and allow to cool before straining into a glass container.
Fill shaker with ice and 1 1/2 ounces rosemary water, or more to taste. Top it off with lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar and vodka. Shake well and strain into a chilled martini glass. Remove rosemary from freezer and chop a few leaves. Sprinkle chopped rosemary on top of cocktail and garnish with frozen sprig.
Makes 1 cocktail

OUISIE'S BASIL MOJITO
3 fresh basil leaves
2 teaspoons light brown sugar
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 1/2 ounces light rum
Club soda
Muddle basil, brown sugar and lime juice in a cocktail glass. Fill with ice, and top with rum and club soda. Stir and serve.
Makes 1 cocktail.
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Link to more:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/food/6015981.html

There, that should make O.A. happy -- a teaser AND a link.

Guest Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:25 pm

They sound kind of iffy to me, Have you tried them Aggie?

Aggie Transplant Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:49 pm

I haven't tried them; they were just posted today in the Houston Chronicle. I do love fresh herbs, so I was curious if they'd be any good.

Generally, when I'm drinking, I stick to wine and beer, with a more-than-occasional margarita and an infrequent dirty martini. These drinks are probably too much work for me, so I may go to Ouisie's (a local restaurant) to try them.

Markwes Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:50 pm

Those do sound "interesting", but my recipe is:

About an inch or so of rum/whiskey/vodka in a glass and fill the rest with some kind of pop. With each following drink, the proportion of booze to pop increases. I like to keep it simple. drunken

Scooby01_98 Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:17 pm

The only herb I want in my drink is mint for the mojito. Other wise leave the vegetables, fruit, herbs etc. out of my drinks.

Guest Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:40 pm

I don't usually mind a little herb and a drink.

Aggie, I bet you'd like the mojito since you like dirty martinis.

Aggie Transplant Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:12 pm

I do like mojitos, but hardly ever drink them. It depends on what mood I'm in. Usually, if I'm in the mood for a mojito, I'm also in the mood for a margarita. And I really missed having a good margarita while I was in Fort Wayne, and have been making up the time lost since I've been here. Laughing

Guest Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:19 pm

Sounds pretty disgusting to me. Much like pizza beer: http://www.mammamiapizzabeer.com/main.html

Guest Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:40 am

I'm mostly a beer drinker as well, but both of those sound good enough to try. The Basil Mojito sounds a bit more interesting than the Rosemary.

As far as fruit and veggies go, as long as it's not too sweet, or "foo foo" with a forest of decoration adorning the glass and it has sufficient quantity of alcohol, I'd drink it.

For the "light beer" drinkers, just curious whether anyone has tried a slice of lime or lemon in a draught light beer? For me, I do that occasionally, gives it a nice lift.

Guest Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:42 am

Jugomugo wrote:Sounds pretty disgusting to me. Much like pizza beer: http://www.mammamiapizzabeer.com/main.html

Yeah, that sounds disgusting.

Guest Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:10 am

Vis wrote:I don't usually mind a little herb and a drink.

+1

Guest Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:58 pm

Oliver's Army wrote:
Vis wrote:I don't usually mind a little herb and a drink.

+1

I read Vis' quote and it did not click until I read Ollie's response ... now I get it.

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