Fruit

  4.2 – 4 reviews  • Fruit Level: Easy Total: 10 min Active: 10 min Yield: 4 drinks Ingredients 1 lemon, sliced into wheels 1 orange, sliced into wheels 6 maraschino cherries, stemmed, plus 4 with stems for garnish 4 cups lemonade 8 ounces vodka, optional Crushed ice Ginger beer, for topping Instructions Put the lemon wheels, … Read more

  5.0 – 1 reviews  • Fruit Level: Easy Total: 4 hr 35 min Active: 20 min Yield: 4 to 6 servings Ingredients 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup packed fresh basil leaves 1/2 cup packed fresh mint leaves 2 tablespoons fresh tarragon leaves Peel of 1 orange, plus more for garnish 3/4 cup fresh orange juice 4 … Read more

  5.0 – 4 reviews  • Fruit Level: Easy Total: 15 min Active: 5 min Yield: 1 cocktail Ingredients 1 Ruby Red grapefruit 1 tablespoon sugar 2 ounces vodka, such as Tito’s 2 ounces ginger ale Instructions Preheat the broiler. Remove some of the grapefruit peel for a twist garnish, then cut the grapefruit in half. Place … Read more

  5.0 – 4 reviews  • Fruit Level: Easy Total: 1 day 15 min Active: 15 min Yield: 1 liter Ingredients 12 large, thick-skinned lemons or 8 Valencia oranges or 5 Ruby Red grapefruit, depending on which citrus type you want to use 1 liter inexpensive vodka, such as Smirnoff or Tito’s 1 cup sugar Instructions Remove … Read more

  5.0 – 7 reviews  • Fruit Level: Easy Yield: 4 servings Ingredients 4 cups (3/4-inch) diced red watermelon 6 ounces good vodka, such as Grey Goose 3 ounces Cointreau or Triple Sec liqueur 2 ounces freshly squeezed lime juice (2 limes) 4 large mint sprigs, for garnish Instructions Place the watermelon in a food mill fitted … Read more

  4.8 – 5 reviews  • Fruit Level: Easy Total: 5 min Prep: 5 min Yield: 1 drink Ingredients 3 ounces orange-flavored vodka (recommended: Grey Goose L’Orange) 3/4-ounce sherry (recommended: Lustau East India Solera Sherry) Splash freshly squeezed orange juice Ice cubes Orange peel, for garnish Instructions Shake vodka, sherry, and orange juice with ice cubes in … Read more

  5.0 – 1 reviews  • Fruit Level: Easy Total: 1 hr 5 min Active: 20 min Yield: 4 to 6 servings Ingredients 3 cups freshly-squeezed orange juice 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier 6 to 8 ounces vodka, cold Orange-flavored club soda, cold, to top 4 to 6 orange slices, for garnish Instructions Combine … Read more

  5.0 – 4 reviews  • Fruit Level: Easy Total: 5 min Active: 5 min Yield: 1 cocktail Ingredients 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/2 ounce agave syrup 5 large seedless green grapes 2 sprigs fresh mint, plus more for garnish (optional) 2 ounces vodka Ice cubes for serving Instructions Add lemon juice, agave, grapes and … Read more

  5.0 – 2 reviews  • Fruit Level: Intermediate Total: 1 day 40 min Active: 40 min Yield: 10 servings Ingredients Peach-and-Mint Ice Mold, recipe follows 4 cups vodka 3 cups creme de cassis 2 cups Peach Syrup, recipe follows 1/2 cup lime juice 1 bottle Champagne 3 cups sliced peaches, fresh or frozen 20 sprigs fresh … Read more

  4.8 – 5 reviews  • Fruit Level: Easy Total: 15 min Active: 15 min Yield: 6 drinks Ingredients 2 cups good vodka 1 cup orange liqueur 2 cups blood orange juice 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (4 limes) 6 generous peels from a fresh blood orange Instructions Combine the vodka, orange liqueur, blood orange juice … Read more