The Cosmopolitan - Episode 4
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A much abused modern classic cocktail, when made right, is a very pleasant if a little girly cocktail - it is pink! Also the flamed part is a winner as customers love the anticipation of fire. This is essentially a modern martini style drink that has come about in the late eighties or early nineties. I have read Toby Cecchinis excellent book ‘Cosmopolitan’ and he lays claim to the oigin in that. I know of another bartender by the name of ‘Cointreau’ using the ‘Cape Cod’ of vodka, lime and cranberry recipe as a base and marketing their brand.
Where ever it came from it certianly helped the re-generation of cocktail consumtion and awareness throughout. New York, ‘Sex in the City’, Boom..It was suddenly cool to be seen drinking one. This truly has been the quintessential cocktail that almost every proffessional bar tender will know of and how to make. Its a very modern recipe, using vodka and fruit juice. It certianly atrracts the female customers, probably because its sweet, has little alcolhol taste, is pink, Carrie Bradshaw drinks them and she has a thousand pairs of Manolo Blahniks so, hey, it must be cool. Miss Bradshaw and friends has certainly aided in the popularisation of female cocktail drinkers - a fact I know many of us bartender appreciate immensly. Having said that, I personally know of quite a few guys who also enjoy this cocktail very much - incl the boys from our video podcasting team.
Here is what I use in the episode
5 cl Stoliichnaya Citrus Vodka
2.5 cl Cointreau
2.5 cl Cranberry Juice
2 cl Fresh Lime Juice
Pre - Chill a cocktail glass, add all the ingredients into a glass half of a shaker, fill with ice and give it a good shake. Fince strain into the pre-chilled coctail glass and to garnish flame an orange zest over the surface. A good tip when doing this, is to hold the flame on the zest until it starts visibly spitting, this is the moment to squeeze. This will carmelise the oils from the zest on top of the cocktail.
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