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Winter Chill My New Love! Blue Curaçao ... Ingredients Per Cocktail 1 ounce citrus vodka 1 ounce blue Curaçao 1 ounce lime juice 1 ounce triple sec Ice Preparation Combine ingredients with ice in a shaker. Shake vigorously and strain into martini glass. Curaçao Curaçao is an orange-flavored liqueur made from the dried peel of a citrus fruit called the laraha, which is grown on the Caribbean island of Curaçao. The laraha was developed from the sweet Valencia orange that was planted by Spanish explorers. The orange did not grow well in the nutrient-poor soil and arid climate of Curaçao, yielding small, bitter, inedible fruits. However, the peels maintained much of the sweet, aromatic essence of the Valencia varietal, so the trees were eventually bred into the laraha species. To make the liqueur, the dried peels are soaked in a still with alcohol and water, and other spices are added. The liqueur is naturally colorless, but is often colored, most commonly blue (and called blue Curaçao, although the coloring does not alter the taste). The blue color enables vibrant-colored, exotic-looking cocktails (and adds to blue Curaçao’s marketability in the competitive field of orange-flavored liqueurs). #Love

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Tomorrow is Halloween.. SCREEECHHH!!!! Time to get your Spooky cocktails ready.. Here is one I am definitely going to serve to my guests.. Thanks Martha... INGREDIENTS... 1 (15- to 20-ounce) can peeled lychees (about 20) 20 large blueberries or cranberries Eye Ball Lyche Martini 2 whole canned lychees, plus 1/2 cup drained lychee syrup 1/2 cup gin DIRECTIONS Drain lychees. Place a blueberry or cranberry into the hole of each lychee. Serve on their own or as a cocktail garnish. Place 1 lychee eyeball in each of two martini glasses. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in gin and reserved lychee syrup. Shake well; strain into glasses. Serve immediately.