GlytchMeister wrote:Hmmm... I wonder what drink would go well with
Purple Haze...
Alcoholic:
Submarine Kiss
1 oz Creme Yvette topped with silver fizz
Silver fizz:
2 oz Plymouth Gin(as much as I love my Bombay Sapphire, it's botanicals soften this up a bit too much, and it needs a bit of bite with the Yvette)
¾ oz fresh lemon or lime juice
¾ oz simple syrup(spring for the cane sugar variety if you don't make your own, because standard bar syrup ruins most of these classics)
Egg white
Combine silver fizz ingredients in shaker and dry shake.
Add ice, then shake again.
Add Crème Yvette to the bottom of a champagne flute.
Fine strain and layer silver fizz over Crème Yvette...I find using a parfait spoon helps to float it.
There's also that God-awful Purple Haze Martini...lessee if I can remember it...
Jigger of Vodka
Jigger of Blue Curacao
Splash of Grenadine
Mix in iced shaker, pour into martini glass.
(Because blue and red makes purple, though how this crap makes a martini is beyond me)
Lemon-lime fizz on top.
This really is awful if you're used to James Bond grade cocktails. It's like a frat boy was on a play-date and pretended he was a bartender.
If I were going to attempt to make one worthy of that song(oh yeah wait, I did)...
1 oz Stolichnaya Vanil
1 oz Stolichnaya(100 proof if yer a masochist)
Splash of Ouzo
Dash of one of the following:
Creme de Violette,
Creme Yvette,
Monin Sirop de Violette,
or 1/4 tsp of candied Parma violets(why yes, I love Violet drinks, how'd ya guess?) soaked then stirred in a teaspoon of Vodka for a few minutes then strain out petals(or do all four for deep purple)
Sparkling wine or Champagne
A swirl of creme de coco...just a kiss.
Mix all but sparkler and creme de coco in an iced shaker.
Pour into a flute glass.
Top with champagne.
Lastly, gently stir in the creme de coco to make it hazy.
Now...'scuse me while I kiss the sky!
Non-Alcoholic
Hmmmm...
1/4-1/2 oz Monin Sirop de Curacao Bleu(imparts citrusy flavour, blue colour, no alcohol)
1/4-1/2 oz Monin Sirop de Cerise(Cherry soda syrup)
8 oz Lemonade
A swirl of creme de coco
Long Island or tall tea glass.
Add ice to shaker, then add sirops, and lemonade, shake.
Strain into tea glass, and swirl in creme de coco to make it hazy.
Other variation is to add sirops to sparkling lemonade, then stir in creme de coco.