Oscar Winning Cocktails
The Brokeback Mountain Cocktail
3 sprigs fresh mint
2 ounces fresh sweet `n sour or fresh lemonade
1 1/2 ounces Bulleit Bourbon
3/4 ounces Disaronno Amaretto Liqueur
2 tablespoons sliced canned peaches
Place the mint in a highball glass and muddle it for few seconds. In a shaker, combine lemonade, peaches, bourbon, and Amaretto. Fill with ice, and shake vigorously for few seconds. Transfer to a highball glass (do not strain). Serves 1.
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1/2 ounce Harvey Bristol Cream Sherry
2 1/2 ounces Level vodka
Ice cubes
1 green olive, stuffed with a pimento
1/2 teaspoon fresh rosemary needles, plus 1 sprig
Combine the sherry, vodka, and rosemary needles in a shaker filled with ice. Shake, and strain into a chilled martini glass. Thread olives onto rosemary sprig. Add to glass for garnish; serve immediately. Serves 1.
The Crash Cocktail
3 orange wedges, unpeeled and cut in small pieces
1/2 ounces Simple Syrup
1 1/2 ounces Belvedere Pomarancza (Orange-flavored vodka) 
Juice of 1/2 lime
1 ounces pomegranate juice
1/4 ounce Cruzan Mango-flavored rum
1 sprig fresh mint, for garnish
In a large glass, combine the orange pieces, without straining, and simple syrup. Using a muddler or a wooden spoon, press to break down the orange pieces. Add the lime and pomegranate juices and the vodka. Fill shaker with ice, cover and shake vigorously. Pour into tumbler glass. Top with rum. Garnish with sprig of mint. Serve immediately. Serves 1.
Simple Syrup for Crash Cocktail
MAKES ABOUT 2 1/2 CUPS
3 cups super fine sugar
Combine sugar and 1 cup water in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat, and transfer to a medium bowl. Set aside until cooled. Store refrigerated in an airtight container, up to 1 month.
The Good Night and Good Luck
Ice cubes
1 1/2 ounces Stolichnaya vodka
4 ounces ginger beer
1/2 lime
2 thin slices cucumber
Fill a tumbler size glass with ice. Add vodka and ginger beer. Squeeze lime juice into a glass and add lime halve. Stir to combine. Garnish with cucumber slices; serve immediately.
The Munich
Ice cubes
1 1/2 ounces Plymouth gin
4 ounces passion fruit and orange juice
Prosecco (Italian sparkling wine)
Campari or Creme de Noya Liqueur, for garnish
1/2 small orange, flesh removed and discarded
Fill a highball-size glass with ice. Add gin, fruit juice, and enough Prosecco to fill the glass. Add enough Campari to just cover the surface. Stir to combine. Pierce a hole in the center of the orange halve with a knife. Insert a straw and place in the glass, skin side up for garnish. Serves 1.
Recipes courtesy of Francesco Lafranconi.
Source: www.marthastewart.com
