The Blushing Buck - Gin Cocktail

[judydawn]

Plenty of liquid came out Helene, not a problem at all. 

[ThermomixBlogger]

Great! Thanks Judydawn  --

Thanks for doing the 'hard'  work on this for the benefit of us all !

- TMB

[judydawn]

It was my pleasure Helene 

[ThermomixBlogger]

Judydawn... in the name of 'research'  I made the Blushing Buck again yesterday evening and did some taste-testing  with a friend to compare your strained version against the original... side by side.

Your strained version came out the clear winner.  I was pleasantly surprised at the resulting consistency and after typing this note I will be adjusting the recipe on the blog accordingly. Hooray for INTERCONTINENTAL RECIPE-DEVELOPING TEAMWORK. 

Thanks so much for inspiring the improvement in this recipe! 

Big cheers to you!
TMB

[judydawn]

Thanks for your enthusiasm & compliment Helene - I also love the way we all band together to create recipes, tweak them and come up with an absolute beauty.  Go the Blushing Buck 

[judydawn]

I finally found some blood oranges last week and tonight I decided it was time for another cocktail, hang waiting for the warmer weather!  Did the full recipe and thought I'd keep the leftovers for tomorrow night but it was too nice and I have managed to drink both glasses.  Been a while since I made it and had forgotten how nice it really was. Hic

[I Love Bimby!]

Great work JD 

Thanks for suggesting this one for the cocktail night. I'll pick up some blood oranges on the weekend while I'm away. They had them recently at the farm gate so hopefully will still have some. 

[Thermomixer]

Hick !!      Blood oranges are yummy.  I can understand you not wanting the mix to go off - had to drink it 

[ThermomixBlogger]

Sounds like the blood oranges are in season down undda? Not so here 

Oh well, must think of something else to make in the TMX while I wait....

Hmmmmmm

 

[Very Happy Jan]

I was in a fruit & veg shop yesterday and had walked past the oranges before the sign saying "Blood Oranges" registered in my brain. This recipe just happened to "Pop" into my mind  so it was a quick double back to grab a couple of the elusive oranges.
Could only hold out until 4.30pm to make the drink and like Judy had intended to have just 1 glass. HA HA what a joke. Drank the lot    Very nice and you could make it with Vodka if preferred.

[Thermomixer]

LOL - such restraint - 4:30 ?  Did you clean up all the evidence before anybody got home ??

[Very Happy Jan]

LOL - such restraint - 4:30 ?  Did you clean up all the evidence before anybody got home ??

Dh watched me make it and laughed when I refilled my glass. No need to hide the evidence this time buy I gave him a taste and he quite liked it-  soooo next time 

[cookie1]

I will make mine tomorrow night. I think I'll bring some to the next get together, we can have a tiny taste each.

[judydawn]

Bumping this for new forum members.  I am enjoying one right now and will go back for the remainder a bit later.  I saw the blood oranges the other day so bought 4, juiced and froze them so they were on hand when I was ready for this cocktail. 

[gertbysea]

I have not seen any blood oranges yet but I will be  looking for them.

Gert