"elaine" > wrote in news:40cf4ac0$1_3@aeinews.:

> If memory serves me correctly, I think it was Sheldon that posted
> this
> cool recipe. So what I'd like to know is, would vodka work and what
> is Curaçao - probably a liquor - but what flavour. I went out and

Orange.

> bought a raspberry liquor that someone mentioned in this ng and it was
> ghastly. I just don't want to repeat that mistake. Much thanks.
> E.
>
> BLUE MARTINI ICE POPS
> Gins that emphasize fruit botanicals, such as Tanqueray No. Ten,
> work best
> with
> this recipe.
> Active time: 25 minutes Start to finish: 1 day
>
> 1 1/2 cups water
> 1/4 cup sugar
> 6 strips fresh lemon zest (1/2 lemon)
> 3 tablespoons gin
> 2 tablespoons dry vermouth
> 1 tablespoon blue Curaçao
>
> Special equipment: 5 (1/3-cup) ice pop molds and 5 wooden sticks
>
> Simmer water, sugar, and zest in a small saucepan, stirring, until
> sugar
> is
> dissolved. Cool syrup, then stir in gin, vermouth, and Curaçao.
> Discard
> zest.
> Pour into molds and freeze at least 24 hours. Add sticks when
> mixture is slushy, about 1 hour.



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