It’s Thursday Slow Roasters and that means its Ladies Night at The Slow Roasted Italian!!!  Chad and I really love Ladies Night.  It has given us a chance to try so many different cocktail recipes and given Chad a chance to spread his mixology wings.  He has developed so many amazing drinks over the past year.

One of my all time favorite cocktail creations ever is the Puckered Jalapeño Frozen Margarita.  This perfect cocktail inspired a Jalapeño Margarita recently posted by our friends over at Rufus’ Food and Spirits Guide.  Greg and Katherine at Rufus are a lot of fun.  They have a cocktail post every week with lots of good food on the days in between.  I guess I would describe them as a lot like TSRI with truffle oil. Check them out!  You won’t be disappointed.

The Classic Ladies Martini – The Cosmopolitan

Well, lets get to what we are serving up this week…  I am really excited to share this classic cocktail that was made famous by the ladies on the HBO show Sex and the City. The Cosmo!  While revisiting the classics the Cosmopolitan Martini is a perfect stop.  It is the consummate Ladies Night cocktail.  Perfectly  balanced sweet and tart.  Not to mention, such a good looking cocktail.  You are going to love this classic!  So, kick off your heels and pour one tonight!

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook – we have a virtual Ladies Night party every Thursday.  Come and link up your favorite cocktail or dish!  Fabulous cocktails, fantastic food and amazing company.  Its the place to be on Thursdays! 

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The Classic Ladies Martini – The Cosmopolitan

While revisiting the classics the Cosmopolitan Martini is a perfect stop. It is the consummate Ladies Night cocktail.

Course Drink

Cuisine American

Method Mixed

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Calories 258cal

Author Donna Elick

Ingredients

• 2 ounces vodka
• 1 ounce triple sec
• 2 1/2 ounces cranberry juice
• 1 ounce lime juice
• lime wedge to garnish
• ice

Instructions

• Fill cocktail shaker with ice. Pour ingredients (except garnish) into shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with lime wedge. Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 258cal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 5mg | Sugar: 18g | Fiber: 1g | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg

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Happy Thursday, Slow Roasters!  It’s Ladies Night!  Grab a cocktail and pop over to Facebook to join our virtual Ladies Night party.

Today we present you with this gorgeous Blue Arrow Cocktail.  This drink looks like the ocean and tastes like the sunshine state.  We are celebrating with two new spirits.  Blue Curaçao is flavored with the peel of a citrus fruit that grows on the island of Curaçao.  It tastes similar to orange, with a hint of bitterness.

We used New Amsterdam Gin in this cocktail, it boasts a smooth flavor with beautiful citrus notes and a hint of juniper.  Oddly, there was a New Amsterdam rep at our local grocery store giving samples a few months ago. I had not ever tried gin, so I sampled it and was pleasantly surprised how nicely it went down.  Well, one sample and we were sold!  We bought a bottle right away. Aside from the Long Island Iced Tea we haven’t had a chance to really take her for a test run.

The triple sec, blue curacao and gin really work together to make this a striking cocktail perfect for every orange lover! 

Enjoy!

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Blue Arrow Cocktail

The triple sec, blue curacao and gin really work together to make this a striking cocktail perfect for every orange lover! Enjoy!

Course Drink

Cuisine American

Method Mixed

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Calories 374cal

Author Donna Elick

Ingredients

• 2 ounces New Amsterdam Gin
• 1 ounce Triple Sec
• 1 ounce Blue Curacao
• 1 ounce lime juice
• 1 ounce simple syrup
• ice
• maraschino cherry

Instructions

• Fill cocktail shaker with ice. Pour ingredient into the shaker. Shake, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 374cal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 20mg | Sugar: 35g | Fiber: 1g | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg

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I love fruit in the summer time (especially sweet cocktails, but we will get to that in a minute). Berries rock my world. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, I love them all equally. At the top of my list are the snozzberries. Snozzberries! Who ever heard of a snozzberry??? (Willy Wonka reference)

Classic Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri

We are serving up another classic cocktail to round out the month.  This is not just any strawberry daiquiri.  This is the ONLY daiquiri recipe you will EVER need. 

Chad seems to be some kind of mixology genius, because this rum cocktail was artfully created to bring out the summer flavor that was originally seen in Cuba in the early 1900’s. 

The frozen strawberry daiquiri is creamy and smooth, with no taste of alcohol to pucker your palate. It’s sweet, tart and super fruity. Get out your blender.  You know you want this! Or how about something totally different, try my eggnog that is even good in the summer!

Essentials for Making a Strawberry Daiquiri

• Blender – You can use any blender, but a high speed one is best! I use mine to make ice cream, smoothies, soups, my tomato sauce, and naturally this strawberry cocktail.

Enjoy!
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The Best Ever Strawberry Daiquiri

Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri is a classic frozen cocktail, fruity and refreshing. Make a pitcher of them with this easy cocktail recipe!

Course Drink

Cuisine American

Method Blender

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 2

Calories 346cal

Author Donna Elick

Ingredients

• 3 ounces white rum
• 1 ounce Malibu coconut rum
• 2 ounces triple sec
• 2 cups fresh strawberries washed and hulled
• 1 ounce Rose’s lime juice or fresh lime juice
• 2 ounces simple syrup
• 2 cups ice
• 2 lime slices for garnish

Instructions

• Pour all ingredients into blender, except for lime slices. Blend until smooth and creamy consistency.
• Pour into 2 cocktail glasses and garnish with a lime slice. Serve. Enjoy and repeat as necessary.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 346cal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 33mg | Sugar: 37g | Fiber: 3g | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 2mg

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Strawberry Lime Margarita

Welcome to TSRI’s Summer Grilling Celebration!  It’s Ladies Night and tonight we are fixing the most fantastic cocktail to top off the Knock Your Socks Off Tex-Mex Burger that we wrote about yesterday. 

I know we have had a few Margaritas in the last month, but I can’t help myself.  When I discuss cocktails with TSRI’s Mixologist and Cocktail Artist, Chad I always have a rather convincing argument when it comes to Margaritas.  This week it was only logical to make a margarita to go with the Tex-Mex burger we were featuring.  Either way, my drink request and his mouthwatering creation…

I wonder if that is how it always works…  “Hey, Michael…  Can you paint something on that ceiling for me?”  Perhaps inspired creativity does result in masterpieces.  It did for Ladies Night.

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook – we have a virtual Ladies Night party every Thursday. Come and link up your favorite cocktail or dish!  Fabulous cocktails, fantastic food and amazing company.  It is THE place to be on Thursdays!

Strawberry Lime Margaritas 

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Strawberry Lime Margarita

This fabulous Strawberry Lime Margarita is made with frozen strawberries, lime simple syrup, triple sec and Tequila. It doesn’t get much more simple than that. The depth of flavor is amazing! You are going to love it.

Course Drink

Cuisine American

Method Stovetop

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 2

Calories 453cal

Author Donna Elick

Ingredients

• 12 ounces frozen strawberries
• 4 ounces Jose Cuervo Tequila Silver
• 2 ounces Triple Sec
• 2 ounces lime simple syrup recipe to follow
• course salt for rimming your glass
• 2 lime slices garnish

Lime Simple Syrup

• 3 tablespoons fresh squeezed lime juice about 2 limes
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon lime zest about 2 limes

Instructions

• Rim 2 margarita glasses with lime slices and course salt.
• Combine remaining ingredients in a blender and process until you have a fine consistency. Pour into prepared margarita glass, garnish with lime slices and serve!

Lime Simple Syrup

• Combine ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and allow to come to room temperature. Strain zest out of simple syrup and use syrup immediately or transfer syrup to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator.

Notes

Combine ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and allow to come to room temperature. Strain zest out of simple syrup and use syrup immediately or transfer syrup to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 453cal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 22mg | Sugar: 64g | Fiber: 4g | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 2mg

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Puckered Jalapeno Frozen Margarita

Happy Ladies Night!  I am so excited about this last cocktail creation for Cinco de Mayo.  We have had a fantastic month of Cinco de Mayo cocktails and will be sharing an amazing Cinco de Mayo cocktail roundup this afternoon.  If you missed our Cinco de Mayo party food round up you can check it out here.

Over the last year Chad has been infusing alcohol with various different things.  Some have been a major stroke of genius and others just a major pain to clean up after (hint:  marshmallows and vodka=bad infusion mess).  So I suggested getting into the produce and infusing a jalapeno into something (I am really inventive like that when it comes to drinks).  Chad the “Master of Cocktail Artistry” managed my favorite all time cocktail.  I know I have said that a few drinks along the way were a favorite or made the top 5, but this one beat them ALL out!

The Puckered Jalapeno Frozen Margarita is spicy hot yet frozen and cooling.  The lemon is sour and the sugar is sweet, with a hint of bitterness (perhaps from the Jalapeno) and the salted rim….  that my friends is what we call a perfect cocktail!  The perfect tasting experience hits all regions of the palate sweet, salty, sour and bitter: with a double bonus for spicy and cold.  Truly the best cocktail I have ever had.

Enjoy, and enjoy Cinco de Mayo, perhaps an excuse for a party.  But, any excuse to gather with family, friends and good food is a great one!

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Puckered Jalapeno Frozen Margarita

The Puckered Jalapeno Frozen Margarita is spicy hot yet frozen and cooling. The lemon is sour and the sugar is sweet, with a hint of bitterness (perhaps from the Jalapeno) and the salted rim…. that my friends is what we call a perfect cocktail!

Course Drink

Cuisine American

Method Blender

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 2

Calories 119cal

Author Donna Elick

Ingredients

• 2 ounces Jalapeno infused Cuervo Gold Tequila ‘how to’ follows
• 2 ounces Triple Sec
• 4 ounces fresh lemon juice
• 1 ounce simple syrup 1/2 water, 1/2 sugar heated until it becomes a syrup
• 3 cups ice
• 2 Tequila infused Jalapeno coins the coins that soaked in the tequila, for garnish
• lemon juice for rimming the glass
• course salt for rimming the glass

Instructions

• Rim 2 margarita glasses by coating the rim in lemon juice and then spinning the glass in a plate of course salt. Drop Tequila infused Jalapeno coins into the glasses for garnish.
• In a blender combine tequila, triple sec, lemon juice, simple syrup and ice. Blend until mixture is the consistency you desire. I like mine like an Icee, so we blend for a minute or so. Pour and serve immediately.

How make Jalapeno Infused Tequila

• Slice 1 jalapeño into coins and place into a glass or jar. Add 4 ounces Jose Cuervo Gold tequila. Seal and set aside for 4 to 24 hours. We like it hot so we infused for 29 hours and it was great. Not too hot, but definitely knew it was jalapeño Tequila. To tone down the heat: infuse for less time. A 2 hour infusion will slightly 'perfume' the tequila.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 119cal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 27mg | Sugar: 12g | Fiber: 1g | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg

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