Halloween special cocktail:
Mwah-ha-ha!!!
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Re: Mwah-ha-ha!!!
Yuck.
Those aren't vanilla beans, are they?
Those aren't vanilla beans, are they?
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Re: Mwah-ha-ha!!!
Those cocktails weren't yuk at all! Far from it. And it took me ages to prepare those 'legs' poking out of the glasses.Nanohedron wrote:Yuck.
Those aren't vanilla beans, are they?
I got Deb to peel long, thin strips of orange peel - she's better at peeling citrus fruits than I am. Then I put them on a sheet of baking parchment on a baking tray and painted them with sugar syrup. I put them in the simmering oven (essentially like any oven on a very low heat) and left them in there for about 5 hours, until they had achieved the right texture. I then painted them with a mixture of blue and red food colouring, which produces a black colour when combined with the cooked orange peel. The cocktails themselves are black and are, in fact, a cocktail called "Ink Martini". It's a simple concoction of vodka, blue curacao and cranberry juice.
So, all in all, delicious!