Oscar Cocktails

[chitowngirl]

<span style="font-weight: bold">AVATAR (a/k/a Ame Na'Vi)</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">(Recipe from Rafael Jimenez Rivera, bartender at the Lobby Bar of the St. Regis in San Francisco)</span> - This cocktail uses Parfait Amour (or the more common blue curacao) to create a drink with a hue similar to the blue skin of the nature-loving Na'Vi in &quot;Avatar.&quot; Imagine enjoying it under the Tree of Life.


Ice
1 1/2 ounces gin
1 teaspoon dry vermouth
1 teaspoon Parfait Amour or blue curacao
1 teaspoon orange juice (no pulp)
Orange peel, for garnish

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all ingredients. Shake, then strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with strip of orange peel.

[chitowngirl]

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<span style="font-weight: bold">INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (a/k/a Lady In Red)</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">(Recipe from Tony Roumph at the Cityhouse Restaurant at the Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco)</span> - Inspired by Shoshanna, the young woman who gets revenge on the Nazis in wartime Paris — while wearing a stunning red dress.


1/2 ounce pomegranate juice
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
Ice
2 ounces Remy Martin VSOP
1 ounce Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur
Candied ginger and pomegranate seeds, to garnish

In a liquid measuring cup, stir together the pomegranate juice, lemon juice and simple syrup. Measure out 1 ounce of this mixture, then reserve the rest for another use.
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the 1 ounce of pomegranate-lemon syrup, Remy Martin VSOP and the ginger liqueur. Shake, then strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a slice of candied ginger and several pomegranate seeds.

[chitowngirl]

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<span style="font-weight: bold">DISTRICT 9 (a/k/a Alien Cooler)</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">(Recipe from Jon Ojinaga at the Redwood Room at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco)</span> - The movie about displaced aliens inspires a drink with a green theme. Slivers of cucumber add a tentacle effect.


ces julienned cucumber
Ice
1 1/4 ounces premium vodka
3/4 ounce Veev ( or other acai berry liquer)
3/4 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Club soda
Cucumber slice, to garnish

Place the julienned cucumber in a 10-ounce tall, narrow tumbler. Add ice, vodka, Veev, lime juice and simple syrup. Fill the glass with club soda. Stir to mix, then garnish with a cucumber slice on edge of glass.

[chitowngirl]

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<span style="font-weight: bold">JULIE AND JULIA (a/k/a Vin Amer Fizz)</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">(Recipe from Jackson Cannon of Eastern Standard Kitchen &amp; Drinks in Boston)</span> - This drink is named Vin Amer Fizz in tribute to Julia Child and her legacy of bringing classic French dishes to American households. Vin is French for wine; amer means bitter, and fizz stands for good times. &quot;Julie &amp; Julia&quot; follows the parallel stories of Child, working on her cookbook &quot;Mastering the Art of French Cooking&quot; during the post-war years, and Julie Powell, a modern young woman who shakes up her life by making the recipes.


2 ounces rose vermouth
1 ounce apricot brandy
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1 egg white (or an equivalent amount of pasteurized egg white product, depending on preference)
Ice
Champagne

In a cocktail shaker, combine the vermouth, apricot brandy, lemon juice and egg white. Shake well to emulsify. Add ice, then shake again to chill. Strain into a coupe or martini glass. Top with Champagne.

[chitowngirl]

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<span style="font-weight: bold">UP IN THE AIR (a/k/a The Aviation)</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">(Recipe from Charles Joly of The Drawing Room in Chicago)</span> - The skies inspire a cocktail for &quot;Up in the Air,&quot; a movie about a corporate downsizing expert with a passion for frequent flying. This is a classic cocktail that dates to 1916, when flying was a new-fangled adventure. The Creme de Violette gives the drink a tinge of blue sky.


Ice
1 1/2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce maraschino liqueur
1/3 ounce Creme de Violette (or blue curacao)
3/4 ounce lemon juice
1/4 ounce simple syrup
Lemon peel

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all ingredients except the lemon peel. Shake well, then strain into a chilled martini glass. Twist a lemon peel over the surface of the drink to add a few drops of lemon oil.

[chitowngirl]

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kid-friendly


<span style="font-weight: bold">UP (a/k/a Celebration Ice Cream Float)</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">(Recipe from Scott Whidden of Fenton's Creamery in Oakland, Calif.)</span> - &quot;Up,&quot; a movie about an old man and his young neighbor who fly in a balloon-powered house to South America, includes some San Francisco Bay area landmarks, including the popular ice cream parlor, Fenton's Creamery, in Oakland.


Italian sparkling water
1/4 ounce orange syrup (such as Torani)
Premium vanilla ice cream

Fill a tall glass with sparkling water and the orange syrup. Mix, then stir 1 teaspoon of the ice cream into the soda until frothy. Gently top the soda with a scoop of ice cream.

[Jazz]

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mmmmmm - thanks Chitown - some of these sound deelish!

[Pepper]

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hmmmm Alien cooler sounds tasty.