Ina Garten recently shared a picture on instagram of Blood Orange Cosmo’s and it became all the rage.  I had to give it a try and it’s the perfect Valentine’s Day cocktail.  They are gorgeous and delicious.  Lots of juicing to do so an electric juicer is a must!

 

2 cups good vodka

1 1/2 cups blood orange juice

1 cup Cointreau

½ cup freshly squeezed lime juice (4 limes)

6 generous peels from a fresh blood orange

Combine the vodka, blood orange juice, Cointreau, and lime juice in a large pitcher. Fill a cocktail shaker half full with ice, pour the cocktail mixture in, and shake for a full 30 seconds. Pour into chilled martini glasses, rub the rim of each glass with a blood orange peel and add as a garnish. Serve immediately.