{"id":330,"date":"2011-05-13T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2011-05-13T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T19:20:00","slug":"orange-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memoirmunchies.com\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"Orange Cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"
Well, my last blog post disappeared into oblivion. Sad.<\/p>\n

I was going to tell you about this awesome Fruit on the Bottom cocktail we devoured last night…<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I was going to show you that it’s really simple to make, both kid-friendly or spiked for grownups.<\/p>\n

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Then I was going to give you the recipe. But it’s too late…the post is gone. <\/div>\n

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\u00a0Well, my memory is coming back to me. This sunny treat is too good to let the internet’s black hole swallow this blog entry up!<\/p>\n

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orange bottom cocktail<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

2<\/span><\/a>2 quarts water<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
juice of 4 limes<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
juice of 5 lemons\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
2 TB chopped mint<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
small can of mandarin oranges<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
1\/2 cup sugar (or 1\/3 cup agave)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
amaretto liqueur<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
151 rum (or whatever you like)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
tools:<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
large pitcher, medium bowl, tall wooden spoon for stirring, 1\/2 cup measuring cup, 1 TB measuring spoon, mesh tea infuser, citrus zester, 6-8 glasses for serving<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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pour <\/span><\/b>water into a large pitcher. add sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved.<\/span><\/span>
juice<\/b><\/span> citrus in medium bowl, straining seeds out. zest 1 lemon and 1 lime into bowl.\u00a0 pour into pitcher. put mint in a mesh tea infuser and drop into pitcher. pour drained can of oranges into pitcher.<\/span><\/span>
chill<\/b><\/span> concoction in fridge for 1-2 hours, allowing mint to infuse with the citrus liquid. serve either virgin or spiked. virgin:<\/b> pour liquid into 12 oz glasses, spooning a few oranges into glass and garnishing with lime and orange. spiked: <\/b>pour liquid into 6 oz glasses, adding 2 TB (1 oz.) amaretto liqueur and 1 TB 151 to each glass. stir. garnish with lime and orange.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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~Laurel~<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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