Readers may be surprised to learn that La Femme wasn't always a cocktail maven. In fact, I didn't have my first drink until I was completely legal, on my 21st birthday in Victoria, Canada (I got wasted on two margaritas and almost got a tattoo, luckily K talked me out of a tramp stamp). But that wasn't my first time making a cocktail, oh no. My one act of high school rebellion involved me making a White Russian for a classmate (who, obviously, influenced by the impeccable taste of The Dude wanted to try his favorite drink). And while, I am not making a White Russian for you today, The Grashopper, its sweeter and richer cousin always makes me think of that day. Don't worry Mom and Dad, I may have made the drink but my lips didn't touch it.
A Grasshopper is a drink I had heard of but never tried until one night K and I went to my favorite Seattle speakeasy Knee High Stocking Co. I heard the bartender describe it as a Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream in drink form and I thought "I'm Interested!". Anyone who knows La Femme knows that Mint Choclate Chip Ice Cream is my jam! I would rather have it than almost any other dessert known to man. And so, I tasted the forbidden fruit and loved it! What I didn't love was the absolutely sinful amount of calories that I knew I was ingesting... even a cocktail aficionado has to watch her figure!
So, The Grasshopper became a special occasion kind of drink for me and Christmas is the perfect time to bust out that mint green treat. No liquor has lasted me longer than the Creme de Menthe and White Creme de Cacao needed for this sweet concoction. And the drink couldn't be easier to make with equal parts of those liquors and some heavy cream (it's Christmas, Indulge! We'll worry about fitting into our pants in January).
The Grasshopper
1 oz White Creme de Cacao
1 oz Creme de Menthe
1 oz Heavy Cream
Mix all three ingredients in a cocktail shaker with lots of ice. The Grasshopper must be served ice cold! Serve in a chilled martini glass.
If you ask me, this is an ideal Christmas Eve cocktail or Christmas Day dessert. Enjoy!
Merry Christmas!
Julie
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