Holiday Party Cocktail: How to Make a Crystal Cosmopolitan

By AUTUMN JOHNSON (Patch Staff)

DUBLIN, CA- If you are searching for a signature cocktail to complete your holiday menu, look no further. Bay Area Chef Michele Wieser’s festive concoction is perfect for Christmas parties or a New Year’s eve celebration. We had to taste test this adult beverage and we give it a thumbs up.

Chef Michele Wieser— aka Chef Shell the Dinner Belle— is a personal chef for many professional athletes and news anchors all over the Bay Area.

Here’s how to make this delicious drink:

• Fill shaker with ice
• Add two ounces of Citron or Mandarin vodka (Chef Shell likes Absolute)
• Two ounces of Triple Sec or Cointreau
• Juice of a lemon
• Fill the rest with white cranberry juice
• Shake and pour into a sugar-rimmed martini glass with six cranberries in glass as garnish

Enjoy!

Follow Chef Shell’s cooking features on Patch and watch her videos for easy, healthful ideas for feeding the family or relatives visiting for the holidays.

Follow Chef Michele’s ‘Ask a Chef’ feature and past videos on Patch.

• Fall Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
• Holiday Dessert 101: Fall Pear Crisp
• Ask a Chef: What Are 5 the ‘Must Have’ Items to Keep in Fridge, Pantry?
• Pork Tenderloin 2 Ways: Easter Dinner in a Snap
• St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef: 1 Traditional Meal Cooked 2…
• Father’s Day Food: Baby Back Ribs
• Ask a Chef: Perfect Poached Eggs; How to Find Culinary Scholarships
• Ask a Chef: What Herbs Belong in Spaghetti Sauce?
• Ask a Chef: Which Marsala Wine is Best in Chicken Marsala?

Find Chef Michele on Facebook.

Photo, video courtesy Autumn Johnson/ Patch