I made pomtinis last year. The Bailey's website also has some nice drinks- I did something with Bailey's and Godiva chocolate liqueur that was really good.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pomtini

This is good, and is a beautiful red color in the martini glass. It would be really pretty served in a glass that's been sugar frosted around the rim with a twist of lemon.

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2 fluid ounces amaretto liqueur
3 fluid ounces cranberry juice

1. Combine the amaretto and cranberry juice in a shaker with ice. Shake, and strain into a glass.

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My Dh loves pomtini's. I make them with pomagranite juice(100%) and good vodka. Then i make my own red sugar for the rim of the glass. Very simple and very good!

During our recent "Martini Mayhem" weekend - we downed a couple of these babies - Alexa was the bartender and she may have played around with the ingredients a bit (something tells me she might have increased the vodka :) but this was the original recipe.

POMEGRANATE MARTINI

Serves 2

1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
2 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Cointreau liquor (or any orange liquor)
Cup of ice
Squeeze of lemon

Shake ingredients in a shaker and put in chilled martini glasses. Put pomegranate fruit (seeds) into glass as garnish.

If I may suggest my all time favorite cactus pear margarita? It looks spectacular in a glass, all deep crimson. Garnish the side of the glass with a slice of star fruit.

You need cactus pear juice (or some cactus pears peeled, chopped, seeded & pureed), lime juice, sugar & tequila to taste. you can shake with ice or blend with ice ala frozen margarita.

You know, I'll bet that you could do the same with pomegranite but the cactus pear color is so, so gorgeous.

Nina

Here's a few that I have in my recipe files. Haven't tried any... yet! I guess you'll just have to sample all the martinis posted in the thread! hehehe

Lemon Burst Martini

Jeff Sansome, the bartender at Canoe in Toronto, one of Canada's top restaurants, inspired this martini. Limoncello is a lemon liqueur from Italy. Make a pitcher ahead of time so it is ready for guests when they arrive. A delicious non-alcoholic version can be made with three parts lemonade, one part cranberry juice and a dash of grenadine.

Makes 8 martinis

1 cup vodka
1/2 cup Limoncello
2 cups lemonade
1 cup raspberries
1 cup blueberries or blackberries
2 star fruit, cut into 1/2-inch slices

Place vodka, Limoncello and lemonade in a pitcher and chill in the refrigerator.

To serve, place a few berries and a slice of star fruit in each martini glass and pour in a scant 1/2 cup martini mixture. (You can also put a small cut into each slice of star fruit and hang it over the edge of each glass.)

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Creamsicle Martini

From Bonnie Stern - Fara Rupert brought this special martini to my attention. It tastes like one of my favourite childhood ice cream bars. The orange juice makes it perfect for brunch. Prepare ahead of time in a pitcher and chill. Add the ice just before serving to chill it further. Serve with or without the ice.

Makes 6 to 8 martinis

1 cup vanilla vodka
1/2 cup vanilla schnapps
2 cups orange juice (freshly squeezed, preferably)
1 cup ice

In a pitcher, combine vodka, schnapps and orange juice. Stir well. Refrigerate until ready to pour. Add ice and stir for one minute.

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Mango Martini

From Bonnie Stern - Here's a wonderful martini idea I brought back from Mexico. If you want to make it into a smoothie, omit the alcohol (Malibu and liqueur) and use orange juice instead.

Makes 3 martinis

1 ripe mango
1/2 cup Malibu rum
2 Tbsp mango or orange liqueur
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 cup ice cubes

Peel mango and dice flesh. You should have about 2 cups. Puree in a blender.

Blend in rum, liqueur and lemon juice.

Add ice and blend until completely crushed. Pour into 3 martini glasses.

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Oprah's Legends Lemon Drop Martini

Oprah loves martinis and this is one of her favourites! She served it at the Legends Ball.

The juice of 6 lemons
4 Tbsp sugar
6 fresh mint leaves
4 shots of vodka
Ice in shaker
A sugar-rimmed martini glass

Mix lemon juice, sugar and vodka in a martini shaker filled with ice. Shake well and pour into sugar-rimmed martini glass. Garnish with mint. Serves 2.

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This is not a martini, but it sounds good!

Pomegranate Daiquiris

Leave winter doldrums at the door by greeting guests with glasses of bright pomegranate daiquiris.

3 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
1 1/2 cups plain or raspberry-flavored light rum
1 cup cassis or cranberry liqueur
1/3 cup fresh lime juice
Ice cubes
Pomegranate seeds, frozen green grapes, or kiwi slices, for garnish

Combine pomegranate juice, rum, cassis and lime juice in a large pitcher. Cover and refrigerate until cold, at least 4 hours or up to 1 week ahead.

In a blender, combine 1 1/2 cups juice mixture and 1 cup ice cubes. Blend until slushy. Pour into large martini or wine glasses; garnish as desired. Repeat with remaining juice. (From Oprah magazine)

Here's a couple of drink recipes, first one isn't a martini but it looks good.

Cranberry Mojito
INGREDIENTS
1 bunch fresh mint, trimmed (about 1 cup)
1/2 cup sugear
1 3/4 cups light rum
1 1/4 cups fresh lime juice
3/4 cup frozen cranberry juice cocktail concentrate, thawed
2 10-ounce bottles sparkling water, chilled

PREPARATION
Using a wooden spoon, mash mint with sugar in bottom of large pitcher.
Add rum and lime juice; stir to dissolve sugar.
Mix in thawed cranberry juice concentrate and water. Mix in 6 cups ice.

Serves 6.

Bon Appit

November 2005

Holiday Pomtini


Ingredients:

3/4 oz. freshly squeezed pomegranate juice* or

POM Wonderful® 100% Pomegranate Juice

1 oz. Stoli® Orange

3/4 oz. DeKuyper® Original Peachtree Schnapps®

1 oz. fresh orange juice
1/4 oz. lemon juice
Equal parts ground cinnamon and granulated
sugar for garnish spiraled orange
rind for garnish

Directions:

1. Shake all drink ingredients with ice to chill.
   2. Serve in a martini glass prepared as follows:
   1. Mix in a bowl, one part ground cinnamon and one
   part granulated sugar.
   2. Moisten the rim of a martini glass by swiping a
   slice of orange around the rim.
   3. Dust glass rim with the sugared cinnamon mixture
   and decorate with a spiral of orange

* This cocktail can be made with freshly squeezed
juice from a POM Wonderful pomegranate or by using POM
Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice. To juice the
pomegranate, cut it in half (as you would a
grapefruit) and juice using a citrus reamer or a
juicer. Pour mixture through a cheesecloth-lined
strainer or sieve. One large POM Wonderful pomegranate
will produce about 1/2 cup of juice.

Mistletoe Martini
4 parts vodka
1/2 oz midori
splash of grenadine

mix vodka & midori in shaker with ice
strain into matini glass, add splash of gredine
grenadine will sink to bottom giving you a festively colored holiday drink

Shelley

I don't drink anymore, but a local restaurant used to serve "Poinsettias" around Christmas. I can't remember what was in them, but when I did a search for "Poinsettia drink" there were lots of hits. Check it out. It can use champagne also (plus grand marnier, cranberry juice and others).

Here's a few more I found! The link below is from MartiniArt.com It has several holiday martini recipes such as:

- ginger snap martini
- snowman twinkle martini
- peppermint twist martini
- pecan pie martini
- apple pie martini
- cranberry martini

Holly Berry Martini

(It ranked 4.33 from 5 out of 6 votes)

1/8 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 oz. Plymouth Gin
Fresh raspberries (as garnish)
Raspberry juice

Fill a shaker with ice. Add 1 1/2 ounces of Plymouth Gin, and the juice of 1/8 fresh lemon. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with raspberry juice and garnish with fresh raspberries.

Option: Try a raspberry liqueur in place of the raspberry juice.

Here is a link that might be useful: Martini Art

"Alexa was the bartender and she may have played around with the ingredients a bit (something tells me she might have increased the vodka :) "

ROFL - you know me way too well! Yea, I did increase the vodka, was that why you were curious that they were a light blush pink instead of red? LOLOLOL

Anyway...

I might do one of the following

Chocolate-Mint Martini
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz white creme de menthe
1/2 oz white creme de cacao

Pour ingredients into shaker filled with ice, then pour into chilled martini glass. Garnish with chocolate stick and mint sprig.

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Another of my favorites is to chill a large shot of Tanqueray and add a bit of cranberry juice to taste. Garnish with a lime slice. It has a wonderful pine-y scent and screams Christmas with the red drink and green garnish.

Good luck!
Alexa

I think ill try the Pomtini....is that sweetened juice or unsweeted???? I found that the sugar sticks better to the glass when using HONEY instead of Lemon juice or water.

I would think it would be unsweetened. Good tip about the honey! Thanks.

Shelley

If you are preparing sugared glasses ahead...dip the rime in slightly whipped egg white and then in sugar....and let it dry.
Linda C

My Christmas martini.....Tanquerey gin, some ice cubes and a green olive with pimento stuffing.
Works for me!

Honey is easy just pour on a saucer then dip then dip in your sugar works beautifuly i set up and then stick into the freezer

I have a few Holiday-specific Martini recipes in my collection:

Candy Cane Martini
1 ½ oz vodka
1 tsp peppermint schnapps
1 oz club soda mini
candy cane for garnish

Pour vodka, peppermint schnapps, and club soda over a handful of ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake until cold, then pour into a chilled martini glass. Hand mini candy cane over lip of glass.

Mint Martini
1 part vodka
1 part godiva white chocolate liqueur
1 splash of creme de menthe

Shake and strain into a well chilled martini glass. Garnish with a mint leaf

Angel Martini
3 parts vodka
1 part Frangelico Hazelnut Liquor

Shake and strain into a wet chilled martini glass.

Misteltoe Martini
4 parts vodka
½ oz. Melon liquor such as Midori
splash of grenadine

Mix vodka and melon liquier in martini shaker. Strain into martini glass. Add grenadine. The grenadine will sink to the bottom of the glass making the drink red and green.

Frostini
1 part vodka
1 part godiva liqueur
1 part baileys irish cream liqueur
splash of cream
garnish: 1 hersheys hug candy

Shake all ingredients except garnish over ice and strain into a chilled martini glass rimmed with sugar. Garnish with the candy kiss

Reindeer Martini
2 parts vodka
1 part Frangelico
1 part Malibu
splash of cream

Shake over ice and strain to serve straight up in a martini glass, garnished with a cherry and 2 cinnamon sticks for antlers.

Gingerbread Martini I
Ingredients:
3/4 cup water
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 (2-inch) piece fresh ginger, coarsely chopped
2 sticks of Cinnamon
3 cloves

Preparation: Simmer water, sugar, ginger, cloves and
cinnamon stirring occasionally, until reduced to about 3/4
cup, about 15 minutes.
Pour hot syrup through a fine sieve and chill.
Let stand 20 minutes.

Ice
2 ounces vodka
1/2 to 1 ounce gingerbread syrup, recipe above

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the vodka and
gingerbread syrup, shake vigorously, andstrain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add twist of lemon or lime and serve.

Gingerbread Martini II
1 oz. gingerbread syrup
1 1/2 oz. Vanilla vodka
3/4 oz. Baileys
splash dark crème de cacao

Shake it up and pour....or if you really want to get fancy....rim glass with:

Gingerbread Martini Icing
2 c. apple cider
2 cinnamon sticks
1/4 c. Maker's Mark bourbon
2 tbsp. Grand Marnier
1/2 c. heavy cream
2 oz. butter

Combine the cider and the sticks in saucepan over high heat, reduce by half. Add remaining ingredients over low heat until thickened. Cool completely. Place mixture on plate and rim glass.

Poinsettia
Champagne
1/4 oz. Triple Sec
Splash of Cranberry Juice

Combine in Champagne glass, Garnish with a twist

Poinsettia Martini
1-1/2 oz. Absolut Vodka
1/4 oz. Chambord
1/4 oz. Pineapple Juice

Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass.

I have made the Pomtinis....very good.

Here is the Poinsettia resipe I use

Poinsettia

1/4 c lemon flavored vodka
1/2 c cranberry juice
Splash of champagne

In a cocktail shaker filled with ise, combine vodka & cranberry juice. Cover and shake vigorously. Strain into cocktail lass and top with a generous splash of champagne.

This one is to die for!

Karra's Cocktail
1 part Raspberry Vodka
1 part Cranberry juice
1 part Chambord
Top with Champagne
Rim glass in citrus sugar

And finally , Oprah's favorite.....of course it is....

Oprah's Pomegranate Martini
Serves 2

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
2 oz. Absolute Citron vodka OR white tequila
1 oz. Cointreau liquor
Cup of ice
Optional: Splash of sparkling water
Optional: Squeeze of lemon

Shake ingredients in a shaker and put in chilled martini glasses. Put pomegranate fruit into glass as garnish.

Linda

Question Everyone...Can you make martinies in large quantities or is it better to have everyone make their own. I am having a holiday cocktail party named 'Tini Holiday Cocktail Party...where i was thinking of having martini bar, wine, beer, and champagne. Serve massive appetizers, a potato martini bar, and lots of tiny desserts & cookies. But I wasn't sure that martini's can be made in batches.

Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated.

I made a candy cane martini last year that my DH's Aunt really liked them but not so much after about 6 of them.

1 1/2 oz of vanilla vodka
1 1/2 oz of white chocolate liquor
3/4 oz of peppermint schnapps

You are then supposed to take red icing and swirl is around the glass before pouring the martini in. I did not do this and I also found that a little less of the schnapps was better.

Flamingo, you can do up a big batch in a pitcher or something and have folks just shake over ice and pour into a glass...

Something else I've done that works really well (but isn't at all fancy) is to pre-mix the drinks, pour them into 4-oz jelly jars, lid them and bury them in a tub of crushed ice a couple hours before the party. The idea is that rather than guests spilling all over your kitchen or you being chained to the shaker all night, guests can fish out a drink (color coded for clarity), put the lid on a tray next to the ice bucket, and pour into a fancy glass... though most guests prefer to drink right out of the jelly jars! If it's a drink that requires a bit of carbonated beverage, I leave that out, use a larger jar, and leave room in the jar for the guests to top it off when they serve themselves.

I did the jelly jar once on a lark, and now get requests for them when I ask what I can bring. Initially, I was embarrassed because they aren't very posh, but they are practical and efficient, and I fill them with very good ingredients...

You know, I've opened this thread a couple of times now, wondering just what it is about Christmas that has you so stressed, that you need a martini already, Eileen...

Anyway, there are some great ideas here and I am saving this thread. Thanks everyone.

Stacy

Key Lime Martini

The name says 'summer', the color says Christmas, the taste is amazing.

Our liquor store special orders the liqueur for us in the cool months, otherwise it's usually stocked.

3 parts vodka (Stoli Vanilla)
2 Ke Ke Beach Key Lime Liqueur
1 pineapple juice
1 heavy cream of Half & Half

Sorry, didn't qualify all the numbers:

Key Lime Martini

The name says 'summer', the color says Christmas, the taste is amazing.

Our liquor store special orders the liqueur for us in the cool months, otherwise it's usually stocked.

3 parts vodka (Stoli Vanilla)
2 parts Ke Ke Beach Key Lime Liqueur
1 part pineapple juice
1 part heavy cream of Half & Half

Wow guys....great recipes for my new Martini glasses I recieved in the Swap, from Earthydelights. Thanks !!! Diana55

Me too Diana! I recieved some great glass wear abd a shaker from Elizabeth (bizzo) in the last swap. I'm saving this thread! Thanks guys.

Thanks for the idea regarding the jelly jars, I am definately going to try that if I decide to have the party but will definately the next time I do.

I just copied this Apple Martini recipe from the food network allstar dessert special tonight. It just sounded so refreshing to me even though I am a vodka martini up with the twist person....no foofoo martinis in this house!

Apple Martini

Recipe courtesy Michael Chiarello

1 part vodka
1 part sour apple Schnapps
1 part apple juice
Sour apple hard candy, for garnish (recommended: Jolly Rancher)
Apple peel curl, for garnish

Pour vodka, Schnapps and apple juice into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a pitcher or a chilled martini glass.

Drop a sour apple candy in each glass and garnish with a curl of apple peel.

I would skip the hard apple candy in the bottom of the glass.

Michelle