How to Make T.G.I Friday’s Martinis

Serves: 1 + 1

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: –

Ingredients needed to make T.G.I Friday’s Martinis:

For the pomegranate martini:

• 1 ½ oz PAMA pomegranate liqueur
• ½ oz Cointreau Liqueur
• 1 oz Skyy vodka
• 1 ½ oz Ocean Spray cranberry juice cocktail
• Orange wedge, for garnishing

For the Candy Apple Martini:

• 1 oz Stoichnaya Vanil Vodka
• 1 ½ oz Hiram Walker Butterscotch Schnapps
• 2 oz DeKuyper Pucker Sour Apple Schnapps
• Caramel sauce, for garnishing
• Thin apple slice, for garnishing

Cooking instructions for T.G.I Friday’s Martinis:

• To make the pomegranate martini, plop several ice cubes into an 8 0z martini glass to make it chilled.
• Plop another handful of ice cubes into a cocktail shaker and pour in the vodka, PAMA and Cointreau, followed by the cranberry juice.
• Fasten the lid of the shaker and shake it rigorously until well mixed.
• Discard the ice cubes from the martini glass and pour the drink blend through a fine sieve, into the glass.
• Slit the orange slice halfway and insert it into the glass rim.
• Serve it right away.
• To make the apple martini, place few ice cubes into another 8 oz martini glass to let it chill.
• Plop some ice cubes into a cocktail shaker and pour in bouts of schnapps and vodka into it.
• Put its lid on and shake it like crazy until they blend thoroughly.
• Remove the ice from the glass and pour the drink through a strainer into the glass.
• Slice the apple wedge halfway and insert it onto the rim of the martini glass.
• Smother the slice with caramel sauce so that some of it drips down to the drink and serve right away.

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Last Updated on January 23, 2013 by