My Aunts’ Cosmopolitan
Since I always have someone else around when I make these drinks, and who wouldn’t want to drink a Cosmo, this is the doubled recipe.
My Aunt Trish told the story that she, Madeline and Aunt Mishelle had gotten together one night and were making Cosmopolitans from Madeline’s basic recipe. They wanted changes and so tweaked the recipe and this is what they decided upon. The hand written recipe (included below) appears to have been well loved.
Cosmopolitan
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup vodka I like Tito's
- 3 tablespons cointreau
- 1/4 cup cranberry juice
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- sugar and lime twist optional
Instructions
- In a shaker with ice, add vodka, cointreau and both juices. Shake for a minute and strain (to exclude the ice) into a sugar rimmed (optional) martini glass.
- Add a lime twist to the rim (optional) and serve.
