summer cocktail: strawberry lemonade sparkler

this one is good.  real good.

we made it yesterday for our 4th of july bbq.

we had raspberry vodka for some and i used real strawberries and regular vodka for the others.

they were delicious and so easy to make.

i found a recipe online that used strawberry vodka, lemon juice and simple syrup but i went the easy route and used lemonade instead.  

strawberry lemonade sparkler - adapted from here 

2 fresh strawberries - cut up and crushed

2 oz vodka

lemonade

sparkling wine

mint and lemon peel for garnish

put crushed strawberries in a glass.  add vodka and stir together.  add lemonade, then top with sparkling wine. fill glass with ice.  garnish with strawberries, lemon peel and mint leaf.

you can add sparkling water instead of wine.  for the raspberry ones i still added the strawberries but it would have been great with raspberries.

we spent the 4th with my parents, swimming, playing cards and watching fireworks from their front lawn.  hope yours was happy and safe.

summer cocktail: micheladas

i feel a little weird posting a cocktail recipe on my family blog.  but then again we just spent the weekend building a wine barn. it's about moderation and responsibility.

so i will post cocktail recipes from time to time.

when i first started thinking about this post the recipe that came to mind was this one.  beer, lime and chile? umm, yes please.

when i was younger i remember hanging out with my family who lives in baja. they would open a beer, squeeze in a lime and sprinkle it with some salt.  it makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

i looked for recipes online and the one that stood out as the most authentic was this one.  most items can be found in the hispanic aisle at the grocery store.  i used the worcestershire sauce instead of the salsa ingelsa because i didn't have time to go to vallarta grocery store.  there is also an option to finish it with some clamato.

micheladas


ingredients
lime
bottle of beer - i used pacifico
jugo maggi
salsa ingelsa or worcestershire sauce
tajin - salt with chili powder and lime
ice

salt the rim of the glass with the lime and then dip in the tajin.  juice the lime into the glass.  i used the juice of one lime but you can use more or less.  pour the beer over lime juice. add 2 shakes of the jugo maggi and 2 shakes of the worcestershire sauce. stir ingredients together. fill the glass with ice. finish with a pinch of tajin.

sit back and enjoy the freshness.  best served with a bean and cheese burrito and a big bowl of chips and salsa.