Olive~Me & Co Balsamic Vinegar Cocktails!!!

Olive~Me & Co’s The Vinegar Cocktail

• 2 ounces gin
• 1 ounce juice or strong tea
• 2 teaspoons thick sweetener, such as honey, molasses, or maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vinegar, any Olive~Me & Co’s Flavored balsamic or our Traditional balsamic, etc.

In a cocktail shaker, stir the last three ingredients well to combine.  Add the gin and plenty of ice.
Shake and strain into a chilled glass.

Olive~Me & Co’s Balsamic Bloody Mary

• 24 ounces vegetable cocktail
• 1 tsp celery seed
• 1 tbsp black pepper (freshly ground)
• 1 wedge lime juice (cut)
• 1 lemons juice
• 2 tbsp horseradish (freshly grated, 1 tablespoon)
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• hot pepper sauce (to taste)
• 8 ozs vodka
• 4 celery (stalks with leaves)
• 4 tsps Olive~Me & Co’s Traditional balsamic vinegar

1. In a large pitcher, combine the vegetable cocktail, celery seed, pepper, citrus juices, 2 tablespoons grated horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, and hot pepper sauce and stir well to combine. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
2. Fill 4 glasses with ice. Add 2 ounces vodka to each and fill three-quarters full with the vegetable cocktail mix. Sprinkle with the remaining horseradish, place 1 celery stalk in each glass, and squeeze a lime wedge over each glass before dropping the wedge into the glass. Float a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar on the top of each drink and serve.

Olive~Me & Co’s Strawberry Balsamic Martini

• 1-3/4 ounces vodka
• 1 ounce simple syrup
• Squeeze of fresh lime juice
• 3 strawberries, hulled
• 1/4  ounce Olive~Me & Co’s Strawberry Balsamic vinegar (2 small spoonfuls—the better the vinegar, the better the martini will be)
• Strawberry for garnish
• Ice

1. Muddle the strawberries with the balsamic vinegar, simple syrup and lime juicmhaggartye.
2. Add the vodka and ice. Shake vigorously and strain into chilled short martini glass. Garnish with half strawberry.
3. If you’d like the cocktail less sweet, cut back on the simple syrup.

Olive~Me & Co’s Dirty Martini

• 1 oz Dry Gin
• 1/4 oz Vermouth
• 2/3 oz Olive~Me & Co’s olive brine from our Cajun Jalapeno or Garlic stuffed olives
• 2 or more Olive~Me & Co’s Cajun Jalapeno or Garlic stuffed olives

Pour all ingredients (except olives) into a shaker with a few cubes of ice and shake vigorously for about 10 seconds then strain into glass and garnish with olives.