Drink of the Week – ‘Very Pink Raspberry Cosmopolitan’

In honor of my slumber party this weekend, I decided I needed to do a girly cocktail to get us in the slumber party spirit. Everyone knows a Cosmo is as girly as it gets. Plus, this one is a pretty pink color! See you all Saturday!

• 2 cups frozen raspberries
• 1 & ½ cups water

Combine frozen raspberries and 1½ cups of water and bring to a simmer, mashing the berries against the sides of the pain to release their juices. Strain into a cup or bowl scraping the seeds with a spatula along the bottom of the strainer to extract all the juice but not the seeds. Set aside.

• 2 ounces raspberry juice
• 2 ounces raspberry liqueur
• 4 oz good vodka
• Juice from ½ lime
• 1 ounce simple syrup*
• Pink sugar crystals**
• Raspberries for garnish

1. In a shaker combine the raspberry juice that you made, raspberry liqueur, vodka and lime juice over ice and shake until ice cold.
2. Dip the rims of the martini glasses in simple syrup then into pink sugar crystals.
3. Strain liquid into martini glasses and garnish with a few raspberries.

*If you don't know how to make simple syrup. it's super easy! Bring equal parts sugar and water to boil in a saucepan until the sugar is dissolved , and then let cool. Sometimes you can find it in the store already made too.

**If you can't find pink sugar or you don't want to spend money on them, just take sugar and pink food coloring and add 1 to 2 drops at a time to get your desired color. Very easy!

Source: www.creativeculinary.com