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Azalea Cocktail

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Light and tart- the Azalea cocktail is the perfect cocktail for Master’s Week.

A single elegant azalea cocktail with a thin slice of lemon

Ingredients in the Azalea Cocktail:

  • lemons
  • grenadine
  • gin or vodka
  • pineapple nectar
an overhead shot of two azalea cocktails topped with thin slices of lemon in small delicate glasses with dots of engraving around the rim
Tart, Lemony, Fresh- Delish!

What is an Azalea Cocktail?

The Azalea is a simple cocktail of vodka or gin, fresh lemon juice, pineapple juice or nectar and grenadine. The drink is a nod to classic pink hue of the azaleas of the legendary Masters golf tournament. I shake it over ice and serve it with a thin slice of lemon. Keep a pitcher of this tart cocktail in your fridge all weekend.

We love watching golf and going to the Bay Hill Invitational, the TPC in Post Vedre and Hunky Hubbie can tell you about every single shot he watched when he went to the Master’s years ago.

Plan a Master’s brunch menu with all the favorites of the fans at Augusta- Pimento Cheese sandwiches, Pecan squares, shrimp and grits, Arnold Palmer’s, and of course, the iconic Azalea Cocktail.

two azalea cocktails topped with thin slices of lemon in small delicate glasses with dots of engraving around the rim

Tips for a perfect cocktail:

  • Serve this cocktail ice cold
  • This cocktail is best served in a small cocktail glass
  • make certain you garnish with a very thin lemon slice or a thin wedge of pineapple
  • add just enough grenadine to make the cocktail the color of an azalea- you do not want this drink too sweet
  • This drink works well with either vodka or gin. Gin has a few more carbs than vodka if you are counting, but the vodka version has only 176 calories. The gin version has 181 calories.
A bottle of gin , lemons , two cocktail glasses and pineapples used to create an azalea cocktail

Equipment needed for this cocktail:

  • Cocktail shaker
  • Glasses- buy my cocktail glasses HERE
bright pink Azaleas in full bloom inspiring the this cocktail
Azaleas in full bloom in my neighborhood this Spring

What to Serve for your Sunday at The Masters Brunch:

Azalea Cocktail
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Azalea Cocktail

Recipe by Meggen Wilson Course: Breakfast u0026amp; Brunch, Cocktails, Party FoodCuisine: SouthernDifficulty: Easy
Servings

2

servings
Prep time

5

minutes
Cooking time

0

minutes
Calories

181

kcal
Total time

0

minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 oz vodka or gin

  • 4 oz pineapple nectar

  • 2 oz fresh lemon juice

  • dash grenadine for color

  • thinly sliced lemon

  • ice

Directions

  • In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all the ingredients.
  • Mix vigorously until the cocktail shaker is frosted over. Strain into glasses. Serve with a thin slice or lemon.

Notes

  • Nutritional information: Calories- 181 (gin) , 176 (vodka) ,total fat- 0.1 grams, Total carbs- 13.2 grams(gin) 11.9 (vodka) , Sodium-16.8mg, Sugar- 11.8grams, Protein-0.1grams, Potassium- 33mg, Vitamin C 20%

My love for entertaining began when I was in seventh grade and threw a surprise party for my mother (I did have to fess up about it so she could buy the wine).

I have been blissfully married to Hunky Hubbie for 34 years. We have three brilliant adult daughters (all of whom are off the company payroll) as well as two incredible son-in-laws, and one “they’ve been dating for 12 years — will they or won’t they?” honorary son-in-law.

For the last 20 years, we’ve split our time between our home in Northwest Montana and our downsized dream house in Winter Park, Florida, but in 2022 we loaded up the wagons and decided to “Go West”, making Montana our full time home.

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