Complete drink recipe for Vodka 🍾 based cocktail 🍹 is mixed with 4 extra ingredients 🍾: Cranberry juice, Orange juice, Lime, Lime in Highball glass
Madras Ingredients
- 1-1/2 oz Vodka
- 3 oz Cranberry juice
- 3 oz Orange juice
- 1 slice Lime
- garnish Lime
Madras Equipment
- shaker with strainer - get rid of large pieces of ingredients (ex: fruit parts, seeds)
- knife - to prepare garnish slice
- juicer, squeezer manual or automatic - if you mind using fresh juice
Madras Recipe
- consider making fresh Orange juice you can press fruit yourself (be careful - fresh juice stays good only 12 hours)
- fill a shaker half full with ice cubes so you can properly chill ingredients
- shake till perfectly chilled
- pour into Highball glass half full with ice cubes
- serve with a Lime as a garnish if desired
Recommend: serve in Highball glass
The highball (or hi-ball) and collins glasses have a lot in common. They can both be used for tall beverages and hold the same amount of liquid, which can range from 8 to 16 ounces.A Madras Cocktail is a spin off of the classic Cape Codder, with the addition of a little orange juice. The drink is served over ice in a highball glass.
The Madras Cocktail is believed to be named for the plaid cloth design which originated in the Bay of Bengal seaport formerly named Madras. This large coastal city on India’s southeastern shore is now known as Chennai.
Popular, because
While still a somewhat popular drink, it is not ordered nearly as much as we did back in the 80's when it was pretty much a "go-to" drink, especially among the ladies.
Ocassion
This Madras cocktail is fun and celebratory. It’s great as a:
Bridal shower drink or bachelorette party drink
Girls night drink
Summer drink
Gender reveal party drink (a fantastic pink drink!
Happy hour drink
Dinner party drink
Brunch drink (Mother’s Day, etc)
Cheers ! Enjoy your drink !
If you are going to order Madras in a bar, don’t forget to mention all the ingredients to the bartender. Madras can be served with different ingredients in different places.
