Sunday, November 13, 2011

Sake cocktails: El Morocco's Morocco-tini

Sake cocktail at Desert Hot Springs' El Morocco
A welcoming cocktail at a small B&B is a very nice touch; even more refreshing when it's made from sake.  At Desert Hot Springs' El Morocco, guests are welcomed to the casbah-themed inn with a cool pitcher of sake cocktails.  I found their Morocco-tini just right for the warm desert happy hour--served in a plastic martini glass so you can drink it in one of the inn's fabulous hot mineral water pools.

The recipe:  Mix in a pitcher with lots of ice: sake (I imagine a domestic brand will do nicely), orange juice, cranberry juice, some sweet vermouth and lemon seltzer served over ice in a sugar rimmed glass.

Cheers!