Date Night Cocktails!

Before I run off for the weekend, had to share this fabulous looking tropical, summer cocktail.  Doesn't this look elegant?  Romantic? The recipe IS for 2 martinis...

The Aqua Pearl

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup pineapple juice
• 6 tablespoons gin
• 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 4 teaspoons Simple Syrup
• 1 1/2 teaspoons blue curaçao liqueur
• 4 dashes of  bitters
• Ice cubes
• 2 unsprayed purple orchids (optional)

Preparation

• Mix first 6 ingredients in cocktail shaker. Fill with ice. Cover and shake well. Strain into 2 Daiquiri or Martini glasses. Garnish each with orchid, if desired, and serve.
  
  
  Happy Weekend!  I am off to Trader Joe's to find the pineapple juice...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Discovered at http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2006/05/aqua_pearl#ixzz20Y91PBXN