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classic cosmopolitan cocktail

Ingredients

  • Makes 1 cocktail
  • Ingredients
  • ounce 45mls Vodka
  • ½ ounce 15mls Cointreau
  • 1 ounce 30mls cranberry juice ( can be taken up to 2 ounces (60mls) depending on your taste)
  • juice of half a lime
  • ice
  • orange twist/peel

Instructions

  • Pour Vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice and lime juice over ice in glass part of the Boston shaker. Place the metal tin on top and shake vigorously for about 10 seconds.
  • Strain into martini glass using a hawthorn strainer. Using a peeler peel a piece of orange peel and twist over cocktail. You can rim the glass with peel also. Either drop peel into cocktail or drape over side of glass.
  • To flame the orange peel cut a small circle of orange peel. Light a match or lighter and move peel back and forth near flame, this helps to release the oils. When the peel looks oily squeeze the peel into the flame over the cocktail. This should cause a quick flash of fire and caramelizes the peel. Rim glass and drop into cocktail.