While the Cosmopolitan was born in the 1980s, the cocktail reached the height of its fame during HBO’s original “Sex And The City” run. It was the drink of choice for girl’s night, as Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York and Miranda Hobbes were frequently spotted with a round (or two!) of Cosmos while dishing out all the dirty (and not so dirty) details of their lives.
And just like that, the women are back… and so is this cocktail. After an absence from the small screen, Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte are getting ready to take over New York yet again, and we hope a round of Cosmos is with them. But, this is a reboot, after all, so in order to pay homage to the past while also moving into the future, FINLANDIA Vodka has given us a few new, trendy Cosmo recipes to create at home for the premiere of “And Just Like That.”
Whether you’re all about the original or ready for a reboot, here are five Cosmo recipes that will make your viewing party fabulous… just like that.
Carrie-d Away
Courtesy of Pekka Pellinen, Finlandia Vodka Global Master Mixologist
Quantity/Serves: 1
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Finlandia Botanical Wildberry and Rose
- 1/2 oz. elderflower juice or liqueur
- 1/2 oz. Fresh pomegranate juice
Glassware: Nick and Nora
Garnish: Rose petal(s), berries
Instructions: Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass and stir. Garnish with rose petals and berries.
Cosmopolitan Breeze
Courtesy of Pekka Pellinen, Finlandia Vodka Global Master Mixologist
Description/Inspiration: Sea breeze and cosmo cocktail mash up
Quantity/ Serves: 1
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ oz. FINLANDIA Grapefruit Vodka
- ½ oz. Triple Sec
- 1 oz. Cranberry juice
- ½ oz. Lime juice
Glassware: Martini
Garnish: Grapefruit twist
Instructions: Shake all ingredients and strain into the chilled martini glass. Garnish with a grapefruit peel twist.
Aurora Borealis
Courtesy of Pekka Pellinen, Finlandia Vodka Global Master Mixologist
Description/Inspiration: Crisp feeling of Finnish Lapland
Quantity/Serves: 1
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ oz. FINLANDIA Vodka
- 1 ½ oz. Cranberry Shrub*
- ½ oz. Triple Sec
Glassware: Nick and Nora Glass
Garnish: Lime Peel
Instructions: Shake all ingredients and strain into the chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime peel.
*Cranberry Shrub:
- 1/2 cup white Champagne vinegar
- 3 cups Fresh cranberries
- 1 cup blackcurrant juice
- 2 cups sugar
Instructions: Muddle cranberries in a pot. Combine remaining ingredients over heat until the sugar is incorporated, then set aside until it reaches room temperature. Fine strain and chill.
Arctic Circle Cosmo
Courtesy of Pekka Pellinen, Finlandia Vodka Global Master Mixologist
Quantity/Serves: 1
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ oz. FINLANDIA Vodka
- 1 oz. Lime Cordial*
- 2 oz. White cranberry juice
Glassware: Coupette
Garnish: Lime wedge
Instructions: Shake all ingredients and strain into the chilled coupette glass. Garnish with a lime.
*Lime Cordial
Ingredients:
- 10 limes
- 6 cups of sugar
- 4 cups of water
- 2 teaspoons citric acid* (see note below)
- 1 tablespoon tartaric acid*
Instructions: Using a vegetable peeler, peel the zest from five of the limes and juice all of the limes. Bring water to boil with lime zest. Add sugar citric acid and tartaric acid, stir until sugar is dissolved and simmer for three minutes. Remove from heat and add lime juice. Pour juice through a fine sieve, if you want a clearer, less cloudy cordial. Bring to a boil and simmer for another two minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Remove zest and pour into sterilized bottles.
*This makes quite a bit of lime cordial (about 1.75 liters), so make sure you have enough bottles sterilized. Old whiskey or liquor bottles are good.
Midnight Sun Cosmo
Courtesy of Pekka Pellinen, Finlandia Vodka Global Master Mixologist
Description/Inspiration: inspired by the 24 hours of sunlight in the Finnish summer
Quantity/Serves: 1
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ oz. FINLANDIA Grapefruit
- 2 oz. Lingonberry juice
- ½ oz. Lime juice
- ¼ oz. Triple Sec
Glassware: Nick & Nora Glass
Garnish: Lingonberries
Instructions: Shake all ingredients and strain into the chilled Nick & Nora Glass. Garnish with lingonberries
