cuisine & cocktails
Be Sure To Get Your Shots!
HAVE YOU HAD your shots yet? Keep your spirits up as you won't be able to resist these infectious elixirs. From sweet and spicy to crisp and cool, these sensational shooters can help cure what ails you!
It's Just A Shot Away
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
2 ounces c offee liqueur 2 ounces Irish cream liqueur 2 ounces o range liqueur Espresso beans
4 Maraschino cherries 1¼ ounces grenadine 1½ ounces pineapple juice 2½ ounces cake-flavored vodka
Pour the coffee liqueur into the shot glasses. Float Irish cream liqueur on top by pouring it slowly over the back of a bar spoon. Then slowly float the orange liqueur on top using the spoon. Garnish each with an espresso bean. Serves 4.
Distribute the grenadine evenly among four shot glasses. Add the pineapple juice and cake-flavored vodka to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake. Strain and slowly pour into each of the shot glasses. Garnish with a Maraschino cherry. Serves 4.
Hey Man, Nice Shot
Shot Through The Heart
6 ounces citrus vodka 1½ ounces Blue Curaçao 1 ounce lemon juice 2 teaspoons sugar Lemon Wedges
¼ tablespoon coarse kosher salt ½ teaspoon smoked paprika 5 ounces Bloody Mary mix, chilled 2½ ounces spicy vodka Celery sticks for garnish
Rim a chilled shot glass with a lemon wedge and dip it into sugar. Pour citrus vodka, Blue Curaçao and remaining lemon juice into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into chilled shot glasses. Garnish with a lemon wedge. Serves 4.
Combine kosher salt and paprika in a shallow dish. Rim the shot glasses and dip into salt mixture. Combine Bloody Mary mix and vodka in a pitcher. Serve in prepared shot glasses. Garnish with celery sticks. Serves 4. Sophisticated Woman | November 2020 35
