Blood Orange Martini
This is simple Blood Orange Martini Cocktail is dangerously refreshing. Add clean tasting vodka and a splash of Cointreau to freshly squeezed blood orange juice mixed with fresh lime and lemon juice for a libation that’s not too sweet.
Ingredients in Blood Orange Martinis:
- vodka
- Cointreau
- Blood Oranges
- lemons and limes
- ice
*Pro tip- If blood oranges are not available, almost any type of citrus will do. The juice from tangerines, tangelos, pink grapefruit or naval oranges will work beautifully. Try a splash of pomegranate juice in the cocktail for the desired dramatic color.
Equipment Needed for this Cocktail:
- Cocktail Shaker- Buy my favorite Here
- Martini glasses- the glasses my photos are vintage Cambridge Glass- Rose-point Pattern
- Bottles for batch cocktails by Kilner- Buy similar HERE
Other festive cocktails to try:
- Orange-Cranberry Whiskey Sour
- Cranberry Moscow Mule
- Guava-Grapefruit Cocktail
- The Classic Cosmo
- The Pink Lady
Ingredients
- 1 cup Juice of 3-4 blood oranges
- 1 unit large lemon juiced- about 3 tablespoons
- 1 unit small lime about 1-2 tablespoons
- Lime peel or slice for garnish
- 1 oz Cointreau
- 2 oz Vodka
- Ice
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker filled with crushed ice, add all the juices: blood orange, lemon and lime. Top with Cointreau and Vodka. orange juice,
- Shake well for 30 seconds or until cocktail shaker has frosted over.
- Strain and pour into chilled martini glasses.
- If desired, garnish with a thin piece of lime peel .
