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Classic Cocktails

From Betty Crocker.

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From Betty Crocker, printed page 9, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/betty-crocker-1500-recipes-for-the-way-you-cook-today-2011

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Bloody Mary: In tall glass, mix 3 ounces tomato juice, 2 ounces vodka, 1 ounce lemon juice, dash Worcestershire sauce, dash celery salt and pepper.
  2. Mix well and add hot pepper sauce to taste.
  3. Add ice to fill glass.
  4. Garnish with celery stalk and lime or lemon wedge.
  5. Gibson: In shaker, mix 2½ ounces gin and ½ ounce dry vermouth.
  6. Add ice cubes and shake;
  7. strain into cocktail glass.
  8. Garnish with 1 to 3 cocktail onions.
  9. Gimlet: In cocktail glass, mix 1 ounce lime juice, 1½ ounces gin or vodka and crushed ice to fill glass.
  10. Garnish with hazelnut or lime wedge.
  11. Gin and Tonic: In tall glass over ice, mix 2 ounces gin with 3 ounces tonic water.
  12. Garnish with lime wedge.
  13. Mimosa: In tall glass over ice, mix 3 ounces orange juice and 3 ounces champagne.
  14. Garnish with orange wedge.
  15. Mojito: In cocktail glass, mix ½ ounce lime juice and 1 teaspoon sugar until dissolved.
  16. Rub 6 mint leaves over inside of glass and discard leaves.
  17. Fill glass with 2 ounces rum, 2 ounces club soda and crushed ice.
  18. Garnish with mint sprig.