I found this video yesterday on how to make Edible Martinis! What an amazing idea - now I want a vacuum machine! Oh, the fun I could have!
I would probably use vodka instead of gin as I'm not all that fond of gin in most cases. BTW, I do agree that if you don't put vermouth in a gin martini it's not really a martini!
Here's my recipe for a Cucumber Martini, which I enjoyed last night to use up my cucumbers before they went bad:
The POP-A-TINI is a raspberry, lemon and cherry martini inspired by Popsicle's Firecracker® popsicles. The flavor profile of this martini is based on those same raspberry, cherry and lemon flavors. For the fun blue color of the raspberry part of the popsicle I've used Blue Curacao which adds just a touch of orange/citrus.
The popularity of Blue Bunny's Bomb Pop® (Bomb Pop Martini link below!) inspired a bunch of red, white and blue popsicles with similar flavor profiles but the two most popular were the Bomb Pop and the Firecracker®. Bomb Pop used lime where the Firecracker used lemon. I always found it interesting that growing up in the "atomic age" we had so many explosive icre cream and candy treats! Read more about nuclear noshes on Ice Cream Nostalgia and The Cold War.
This one is entirely for me - The BANANA FUDGESICLE MARTINI! I loved Banana Fudgesicles when I was a kid but Popsicle® quit making them. Yes, I have seen what some call a banana fudgesicle but it is not the same!! Not as creamy and it doesn't have that artificial banana flavoring that just tickles my fancy.
Since I was diddling around with creating ice cream martinis that reminded me of some of my favorite frozen confections as a kid I decided that I would create my own adult version of the Banana Fudgesicle. It's not exactly the same thing because alcohol won't freeze, but it's pretty darn close and it suits my adult palate, especially at cocktail hour.
So, for all my fellow Banana Fudgesicle fanatics out there - this one's for you as well as me, because even though we have no Banana Fudgesicles anymore we now have the BANANA FUDGESICLE MARTINI:
Louis Prima's 1940s recording of "Yes, We Have No Bananas"
As I mentioned yesterday in my Creamsicle Martinipost, I have been having some fun with martinis inspired by the ice cream treats of my youth. All this was started by a rare visit on my street of The Ice Cream Truck!
Today I give you the BOMB POP MARTINI - a really delicious concoction of raspberry rum, cherry vodka and limeade that captures those nostalgic flavors of the Bomb Pop frozen treat from the fifties and sixties. You can now enjoy that wonderful retro ice cream bar with a little more sophistication and an adult kick in this martini!
All these "atomic" named retro treats got me thinking about growing up in a nuclear world, the cold war and how we named some of those space age treats. For a little history on the goodies that inspired this series of martinis and how they got their names read my post on Ice Cream Nostalgia and the Cold War.
A few days ago I heard something I haven't heard in ages, I heard that distinctive sound of the ice cream truck coming down my road! I used to love the ice cream man when I was a kid and, like every other kid on my block, I'd run into the house to pester my Mom for a nickle to buy an ice cream.
Yes, I did run out to the ice cream truck even though I had ice cream in my freezer. I ran out for the sheer nostalgia of it and I ran out to see if they still carried some of my favorites from childhood. I did not run out with a nickle though, I ran out with a ten dollar bill, lol. I don't think there's anything you can get for a nickel anymore except five pennies - besides I planned to buy one of each of my preferred choices as a kid: The Creamsicle, the Astro Pop, the Bomb Pop and a Banana Fudgesicle. Alas, they had no banana flavored Fudgesicle but they did have the others!
I enjoyed them so much it got me to thinking about turning the flavors into martinis. Today you get to sample my first Ice Cream Martini recipe. The Creamsicle Martini or Creamsicle Tini will bring back the memories and taste experience of that wonderful mix of orange juice and cream with an adult twist added by the orange vodka and Grand Marnier!
Happy May Day! When I was a kid we always had a May Pole that we would dance around - do kids do that anymore? Even if they don't perhaps a few of you out there remember the tradition and can enjoy my use of a Carousel Horse as part of my design. A merry go round is sort of like a May Pole, don't you think?
No matter what your traditions are for the first of May you can enjoy the May Day Martini - a lovely currant and raspberry flavored martini that should help you welcome in the month of May flowers, Mother's Day and the memory of a ride on a carousel horse on a Spring day.
Made with pear infused vodka and Perle de Brillet, a pear cognac, it is the essence of the pear. I recommend Grey Goose La Poire for the pear vodka as it has a true pear flavor with some interesting floral notes. The Perle de Brillet is difficult to find and pricey but worth the effort - you can find it online!
If you would like to serve a less "high octane" version of The Oh! Pear Martini simply add some fresh squeezed pear juice from ripe pears.
