HOUSTON – Make your next date night one to remember with flirty cocktail recipes you can make yourself.
Forget the dinner reservation and impress your date by shaking things up.
Lead Mixologist, at Le Colonial, Alexa Braswell, shares 3 simple recipes.
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SPICE ME UP
Tequila, strawberry, basil and black pepper cocktail.
- 1 1/2 oz Casamigos Blanco TequilaÂ
- .75 oz lemon juiceÂ
- .5 oz agaveÂ
- .5 oz Campari Liqueur
- 2 muddled strawberriesÂ
- 2 basil leavesÂ
- A dash of black pepperÂ
Directions:
Muddle strawberries and add tequila, agave, lemon juice, campari and basil to shaker. Shake vigorously and double strain over ice in a collins glass. Garnish with basil leaf.Â
YIN AND YANGÂ
Chocolate and vanilla martini.
- 1.5 oz Grey Goose Vanilla Vodka
- 1 oz Heavy whipping creamÂ
- .5 oz Godiva Dark Chocolate LiqueurÂ
- .5 oz Bailey Irish Cream
Decorate martini glass with chocolate syrup and leave in freezer for five minutes until design is set in place. Shake vodka, Godiva liqueur, heavy whipping cream, and Baileys vigorously and strain into your chilled and designed martini glass. Top with grated chocolate flakes.Â
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PASSION
Mango and passion fruit martini.
- 1.5 oz Belvedere Mango Passion VodkaÂ
- 1.5 oz Mango Nectar and Mango Puree
- .5 oz Passion Puree
Shake purees and vodka and strain into martini glass. Garnish with an orchid.Â
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