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Subject: Re: Make an Apple Martini Blush (???)
From: sweetie1213
Posted: Tue Sep 20. 2005, 12:17 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Make an Apple Martini Blush (???)"  by freelivin91  (Tue Sep 20. 2005, 06:10 UTC)
> > > > I recently had a customer request Apple Martini, but they wanted 
> > it 
> > > 
> > > > to 'blush'.
> > > > The request went to the server, who relayed the same to me. I 
> > > haven't 
> > > > a CLUE what they wanted, as he Apple Pucker is GREEN and not 
> > > RED..... 
> > > >  I could have added a cherry... but what else could they have 
> > > > meant?
> > > > The drinks were served the normal way, and the customer made no 
> > 
> > > > further comment, so I still don't know... but this is bugging 
> > > me!
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I have never heard this request either, but I would have put a 
> > little 
> > > 
> > > cranberry juice in the drink. I have requests for red apple 
> > martinis 
> > > 
> > > and this is how I make them, with cranberry in them. If the 
> > customer 
> > > 
> > > did not know what the ingredients of the cocktail should be when I 
> > 
> > > 
> > > asked them, then I would have used cranberry. A light splash will 
> > 
> > > give it a pinkish color and a more makes it have a red hue. 
> > 
> > The trick here is to not use just apple pucker for the apple flavor.  
> > 
> > Use some apple infused vodka (which is clear) to replace about half 
> > 
> > of the apple pucker...Effectively the recipe is:
> > 
> > 2 part apple pucker
> > 2 part apple infused vodka
> > 1 or 2 part cranberry (pour to taste or house rules)
> > 1 or 2 part Sour mix (again, to taste or house rules)
> > 
> > Needless to say, the sour mix should probably only be included if you 
> > 
> > would normally add it.  Since you're building a drink with a lot less 
> > 
> > color, the cranberry red will show much more obviously than the green 
> > 
> > from the pucker.
> 
> 
> I might have dripped some grenadine down the side of the glass... or 
> I might have just made a washington apple...


A Blushing Appletini on the rocks, tall! OR A Russian Washington Apple! LOL! 


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