The Frozen Martini Experiment

In my last post I mentioned that I wanted to devote a lot of this blog (read: I can’t think of anything else to write about other than) to test out new drink recipes. In my quest to come up with a line of signature Foggy’s beverages, these recipes will be random and varied, but my promise is that they will mostly likely be delicious and/or at least serve the purpose of any good alcoholic beverage without the pain. So without further ado - below is the current Foggy’s Pub recipe for a…

Homemade Frozen Citrus Martini

Ingredients:

1 cup (usually 6 oz) of lemon-flavored italian ice (any brand, I used Luigi’s)

1.5 oz citrus vodka

1 oz lime vodka

.5 oz Rose’s mango-flavored syrup

Instructions:

Spoon half of the shaved ice into a martini glass and spread it out evenly. Add lime vodka (doesn’t need to be chilled beforehand thanks to the ice). Spoon out the rest of the shaved ice evenly and then pour over the citrus vodka. Use a spoon or stirring straw to gently mix the ice with the vodkas but don’t overdo it or the ice will start to melt too quickly. Pour over the mango syrup for a little bit of color (the shaved ice will most likely be a very pale off-white, not the most appealing drink) and top it off with a maraschino cherry or a slice of of lime.

The end result will be a tangy martini - similar in taste to a good margarita but without the terrible/wonderful things that tequila brings. For those with a sweet-tooth, wet the rim of the martini glass before starting the drink and spread a thin layer of granulated sugar. Grocery stores usually have a variety of flavored sugars for daiquiris that come in martini-shaped containers made exactly for this.

There you have it - I think this is set up so people can comment - if you try this out and have any feedback for me on what you liked/didn’t like, tweaks that worked out better, etc, I’d love to hear them. Thanks for reading!

Cheers,

Foggy