Champagne Martini's

In preparation for 2010 everyone is planning their exciting New Year's Eve Plans.

Ringing in a new year deserves some bubbly, and ringing in a new Decade, deserves something more than just bubbly....

Here are some martini recipes that include champange.

Enjoy!


Bubbly Martini

1 part chilled Vodka (try flavoured if you wish)

1 part chilled Champagne.

Pour vodka into chilled martini glass, top with Champagne. Garnish with a frozen strawberry, raspberry or fruit of your choice.

That is the most simplest martini to make. Experiment with different flavoured vodka. Feel free to add other splashes of flavour with fruit juice.


Sex & The City Flirtini

3 parts Vodka

1 part Raspberry Liqueur

4 parts Champange

1 spalsh Pineapple Juice

Mix with ice in a shaker. Serve in chilled glass. Garnish with pineapple wedge and cherry.

Caribou Martini

4 parts chilled Coffee Vodka

1 part chilled Champagne

Pour both into chilled martini glass. Garnish with lemon twist and coffee bean.

Dixie Stinger

6 parts Bourbon

1 part Peach Schnapps

1 part Champagne

1 splash Southern Comfort

Mix all but Champagne with ice in shaker. Serve in chilled martini glass. Top with Champagne. Garnish with peach slice.

Flirtini

1 part Rasberry Vodka

1 part Orange Liqueur

1 splash Lime Juice

1 splash Pineapple Juice

1 part Champagne (Brut)

1 splash Cranberry Juice

Muddle a few raspberries in the bottom of the chilled martini glass. Mix all but champagne with ice in shaker. serve in chilled martini glass. top with champagne. garnish with mint sprig.

Here are some more that have a Bellini taste....

Cape Cod Bellini

4 parts Champagne (Spumante)

1 part Vodka

1 part Chambord

Pour Champagne in chilled martini glass. Mix other ingredients with ice in shaker. Strain into Champagne. Garnish with Raspberry.

Bellini Martini

2 parts Vodka

1 part Peach Schnapps

1 part Champagne

Mix all but Champagne with ice in shaker. Serve in chilled martini glass. Top with Champagne and garnish with Raspberry.

Happy New Year to All... May 2010 Bring you all the joys and happiness you deserve.

Bellini's

I love Bellini's.

More specifically, the frozen bellini.

Wikipedia says:
A Bellini is a long drink cocktail that originated in Venice. It is a mixture of sparkling wine (traditionally Prosecco) and peach purée often served at celebrations. It is one of Italy's most popular cocktails. A frozen Bellini is the signature drink of Romano's Macaroni Grill.

I have to admit I have yet to master the art of making a frozen bellini at home, but we just bought a new blender which we hope will help us perfect this drink.

At Cactus Club, Milestones or many other resturants I order Bellini's that are made to perfection. Boston Pizza (and other resturants also) serve flavoured bellini's such as Mango and Raspberry, but the most common flavour is simply Peach.

I like all the flavours but prefer the blended frozen version to be topped with sangria.

Which by the way, I have amazing recipies for also... coming soon.

Here is a site who found the Milestones recipe:
North Space:

Milestone's uses “A cool blend of Lamb’s white rum, peach liqueur and champagne, topped with sangria” however the “peach liqueur” is actually peach drink flavoured crystals [the grocery store has packets] mixed with 7-Up. Milestones mix it all up in a slushy machine ready to pour into a martini glass, top it with sangria around the edges, and garnish with a plastic toy monkey, mermaid or elephant. [Frogstone grill uses frogs]

You can do this....

Try this:

-9 parts 7-Up mixed with peach crystals (frozen beforehand to form the slush.. I have tried to do this blended with ice and it isn't as tastey)
-12 parts champagne
-4 parts white rum
-“Sangria” topping [I will have sangria recipes coming soon, for now try red wine, 7-Up, brandy & orange juice.

Be sure to fiddle with the ingredients to suit your personal taste. I usually just pop up the street to Milestones, Cactus Club, Earl's or one of those kinds of places that have slurpee machines and ingredients ready to serve me.... at home it tends to get messy and takes time to sort out exactly how you like yours.... but for those not in Vancouver or near a bellini haven like myself.... give it a go!!!

My only advice about bellini's is to sip slowly.... or you will get a brain freeze!!!