Blood Martini Recipes

BLOODY MARY MARTINIS

Steps:

• Place horseradish and peppercorns in vodka bottle; seal; chill at least 24 hours. Purée tomatoes; drain with fine-mesh sieve; discard pulp. Add celery salt. Fill a shaker with ice; add 2 oz vodka (not peppercorns or horseradish), 1 oz tomato puree; shake. Strain into martini glass. Garnish with celery stalk.

BLOOD ORANGE MARTINI

Steps:

• Before starting, place martini glasses in freezer to chill.
• Combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker.
• Shake till mixture is very cold.
• Strain into frozen martini glasses.
• Garnish with orange slices.

BLOODY MARTINI

Steps:

• Pour vodka, Bloody Mary mix and lime juice over ice.
• Stir to combine and chill.
• Strain over martini glass, serving it straight up.
• Garnish with limes, olives, celery.

BLOOD ORANGE-VANILLA MARTINI

Steps:

• For the simple syrup: Combine the sugar, vanilla bean and 2 cups water in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until the sugar melts. Remove from the heat and let cool. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
• For the martini: In a cocktail shaker with ice, add the blood orange juice, vodka and 2 ounces of the simple syrup. Shake, then strain into a martini glass. Garnish with the orange zest.

BLOOD ORANGE MARTINI

Steps:

• In a martini shaker combine all ingredients except the orange slices with a generous amount of ice. Shake vigorously for a few seconds. Strain the libation from the ice into a martini glass. Garnish with the orange slices.

HALLOWEEN BLOODY MARTINI

Steps:

• Add vodka, vermouth and ice to a martini shaker, and shake well. Strain into martini glass.
• In small bowl, mix corn syrup and red food color. Use fingertips to dip into red corn syrup, and rub around rim of martini glass, dripping the "blood" around the glass and letting it drip down into the drink.