Creative Cooking with Southern Flair!
Spiced
Orange Cosmo
Ingredients
1 cup cranberry juice cocktail
1/2 cup good quality vodka
1/4 cup Cointreau, orange liqueur
Brut champagne
Oranges
Martini Shaker Martini & glasses
Prep Work: 2 hours ahead of time.
Orange Slices: Wash oranges and slice in into 1/8's. Place oranges in ziplock bag and freeze.
Spiced Rim
1/4 cup fine white sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Orange slices
Directions
Mix fine sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg together.
Add cranberry juice, vodka and Cointreau to a tall glass. Squeeze juice from 1/2 of an orange over the top and mix well. Fill martini shaker 3/4 full with crushed ice and pour mixture over the top. Let set for 2 minutes and then shake very well. Squeeze an orange on rim of glass and then dip in spices and spin to coat.
Fill martini glass 3/4 full, splash with champagne and drop in frozen orange slices.