The hot color for weddings this year is purple. At last he returns to the pen. While not the first choice in color, many brides consider plums, purples, and neonpurple for their annual wedding. The color of the variegated color was similar to purple, and many were bound to draw what to insert. I’ve discovered ten delicious purple scaly drinks that aren’t your average cup of grape Kool Aid. These drinks are bound to season your reception. This drink is almost perfect based on the purple color theme.
Batini Black
Ingredients:
* 2 ounces vodka (recommended: Tito’s Handmade Vodka)
* 1/2 ounce blue curacao
* 10 fresh bushes;
* Simple adipiscing syrup
* grapefruit juice
* Splash of champagne
* Also mint bat shaped, for decoration
Directions
Add the vodka, blue curacao, blackberries, simple syrup and grapefruit juice to a martini shaker and shake vigorously until the drink turns deep purple. Strain into a cocktail glass and top with Champagne. Garnished with blackberries and mint shaped bats.
Source: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giadas-weekend-getaways/batini-black-recipe/index.html
Purple Greyness
Ingredients:
* 1/2 ounce vodka (recommended: Skyy Vodka)
* 1/2 ounce bait (recommended: Beefeater bait)
* 1/2 light ounce rum
* 1/2 ounce Hiram Walker Raspberry Liqueur
* 3 ounces grape mix (recommended: Finest Voca Acid Mix)
* Ice
* Lemon-lime soda (recommended: Sprite)
* A wedge of lemon, for garnish
Directions
Mix the first 5 ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a 14-ounce drinking glass. Top with soda and garnish with a lemon wedge. Serve with a tall straw
Source: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-challenge/purple-haze-recipe/index.html
Lavender Cosmopolitan
Ingredients:
* 1 ounce Mandarin Vodka
* 1 ounce of Parfait Amour
*1 ounce Cranberry Juice
* I slice Lime
Directions
Coat the rim of a cocktail glass with a lime wedge and dip the glass in sugar (if using purple sugar) to coat the rim thoroughly. Pour mandarin vodka, parfait amour, and four-legged juice into an ice-cold shaker. Shake well and pour into a cocktail glass. Decorated with a piece of lime.
Source: http://www.drinkstreet.com/searchresults.cgi?drinkid=1394&drinkname;=startswith:L
Purple Mojo
Ingredients:
*1 oz. PurpleTM
*1 1/2 oz. White Rum
*3 3/4 oz. new expressed lime
*1 oz. Simple Syrup
* Mint leaves
*Soda
* 1 Mint myrtle garnish
Directions
Wrap mint leaves in a glass with lime and sugar syrup.
Add Spirit and PurpleTM.
Shake the ice.
Strain into a 12-ounce rocks glass or glass ball and top with pouring soda.
Garnished with mint and myrtle.
Source: http://www.weddingbycolor.com/futuremrsnixon1/milium/52519
Purple Avalanche
Ingredients:
*1oz – Absolute Chron
*1/2 – Lemonade
*1/2 – PurpleTM
Directions
Fill tall glass with ice, add absolute, fill glass with half Lemonade and half PurpleTM.
Purple Wounds
Ingredients:
*1 oz. PurpleTM
*1 oz. White Rum
*1 oz. Dark Rum
*1/2 oz. Cherry Juice
*1 oz. Simple Syrup
Directions
Shake the ice.
Strain over ice into a tall glass.
Garnish with a slice of pineapple and a cherry.
Purple Pinball
Ingredients:
*1 1/2 oz. PurpleTM
*1 1/2 oz. LEGS
*4 oz. Seven Up
Directions
Pour all the ice into a ball glass.
Decorative taste.
Purple Surfer
Poolside/Surfside Party Punch
Use a standard 2 quart pitcher and fill well with ice. Add the following:
*8 oz Coconut Rum
* 4 oz light rum
*4 oz Dark / Spiced Rum
* 12 oz Pineapple Juice
*4 oz Sour Mix
*2 oz Blue Curacao
* 10 oz of PurpleTM
Directions
Mix well or stir and serve cold on a hot sunny day!
The sweetest purple heart
Ingredients:
*1 oz. PurpleTM
*1 1/2 oz. Vodka
*1 oz. Cointreau
* Fresh lime to taste
Directions
Shake well over ice
Strain into a chilled martini glass
Shoelace decorated with lemon peel
Non-Alcoholic Weddings:
Purple Cow
Ingredients
* Scale ingredients to 80 servings
*160 scoops of vanilla ice cream
*480 oz red grapes
Directions
juice over ice cream in a large glass/cup and mix until smooth. You can add more or less juice depending on the desired thickness. Serve immediately with a straw and a long spoon.
All of the above drinks can be found at: http://www.weddingbycolor.com/futuremrsnixon1/milestones/52519
