vodka cocktail roundup

Green Garden

Makes 2 cocktails

2 ounces gin
2 ounces vodka
2 ounces celery simple syrup
1/2 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce lemon juice
Peychaud's Bitters
Salt

Combine gin, vodka, simple syrup and citrus juices in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and then pour into a coupe glass. Add two dashes of Peychaud's Bitters and a pinch of salt to each glass.

To make simple syrup:

Combine 3 sections of celery stalks with leaves, with 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes and let steep for 10 minutes. Strain the liquid into a jar.

Nick's Flower Fields

Makes 1 cocktail

1/2 ounce lavender butterfly pea flower simple syrup
1/2 ounce elderflower simple syrup
1.5 ounces vodka or gin
1/2 ounce lemon juice

Add vodka and simple syrups to a shaker and shake until tin is frosted. Pour into a glass with ice. Then add lemon juice to change the color and stir. Top with a splash of club soda and fresh flowers.

Sage Lemonade

Makes 2 cocktails

2 ounces sage simple syrup
1 ounce lemon juice
2 ounces vodka

Add the vodka, lemon juice, and sage simple syrup to a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. Shake vigorously until cold.

Strain into cocktail glass. 

Strawberry Lemonade

Makes 1 cocktail

Strawberries
3/4 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1 ounce vodka
Polar dry orange

Cut up strawberries and muddle in a glass with the simple syrup and lemon juice. Add ice and vodka, and stir. Top with Polar orange dry.

Chocolate Orange Martini

Makes 1 cocktail

1 1/2 ounces vodka
3/4 ounce white crème de cacao liqueur
1 splash orange liqueur

Add the vodka, crème de cacao liqueur, and orange liqueur to a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. Shake vigorously until cold.

Strain into cocktail glass.