Velma's World: recipe

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Sweet Surrender

Had so much fun with last night's cocktail-o-rama, & I so wanted to capture a boozy photo for YIPWIP2010, I decided to do it again! My newest concoction:

Sweet Surrender

1 1/2 parts Bourbon
1/2 part Damiana
1/4 part Cointreau
1/4 part raspberry liqueur

Shake with ice, pour into chilled martini glass, garnish with a cherry, enjoy!

Not familiar with Damiana? It's an herbal-based liqueur made with the damiana plant (Turnera diffusa) that grows in Baja California, Mexico. As for the raspberry liqueur, I would have used Chambord if we weren't out of it, but the Rose's Blue Raspberry Infusion -- while very low-brow sounding -- is quite serviceable. This drink is quite sweet, but can be toned down by altering the ration of bourbon to liqueurs.

Salud!

Craft or Bust Week 3

Busy crafting week in Velma's World! Even in the kitchen, which never happens. I created a new cocktail! You've heard of a Rob Roy? Well, this one's called 'Rob's Wanton Sister Velma Roy'. Want the recipe? I KNOW you DO.

How to make a 'Rob's Wanton Sister Velma Roy': mix 1 part whiskey (I used Jack Daniels 'cuz that's what I had in the house) with 1 part Santa Cruz Organic Limeade (or, I suppose, the fruit juice of your choosing) plus a dash of Grand Marnier - serve over ice in a rocks glass. et voila!

Now, I realize that the only thing this this drink has in common with a Rob Roy is whiskey, & that my whiskey drinking friends were appalled when they heard about it, but I don't care! I think it is delightful, and really the only way to choke down JD.

Here's some of the other crafty goings-on around here this week:

continued with a Year in Pictures and started a blog to showcase my photos: YIP WIP 2010;

stash enhancement! added 2 skeins of Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool & 2 skeins of Knit Picks Bare to my stash courtesy of my stash dive in Chronicles' trade/sell page; blogged about it, asking for pattern suggestions on what to do with my bounty;