Friday, August 27, 2010

Summer Cocktails

Next up in the Cocktail Test Lab, I'm in charge of making the cocktails for my friend's Mad Men Cocktail Party. I see several nights of heavy duty research in the Cocktail Test Lab to get the perfect 1960s era cocktails right. Several trips to BevMo are in my future too, no doubt.


OK, So I never did get the Pink Sangria right. We'll try again in Summer 2011...

Mango-jito!!

The Mango-jito (Mango Mojito) is pretty straightforward:

1/2 lime, chopped

6 mint leaves
1/4 - 1/2 cup of mango, diced
1/2 Tbl. simple syrup
1/4 cup Mango rum
2 handfulls of ice

In the shaker, combine lime, mint, mangoes and syrup. Muddle. Add rum and ice; shake and pour into a glass. Enjoy.