Witches Brew Martini Recipe 435

Steps:

• Puree the cucumbers, jalapeños, sugar and ? cup water in a blender until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large pitcher. Add 1 cup lime juice to the pitcher and stir. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Pour the remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice on a plate. Combine 2 tablespoons salt and the chile powder on another plate. Dip the rims of 8 glasses into the lime juice, then into the salt mixture. Add ice to the glasses.
• Add the soda to the pitcher and stir, then divide the punch among the glasses. Garnish with gummy candies.

Steps:

• Dip the rim of the martini glass in water, then rim with the black sugar. Pour the rum, Blue Curacao and Creme de Banana into a cocktail shaker with ice, shaking well. Pour into a martini glass rimmed with the black sugar.

Steps:

• To make the frozen hand: Wash and rinse the outside of a rubber glove. Turn glove inside out and set aside. In a 4 cup measuring cup, combine the thawed raspberries and cranberry juice.
• Pour 2 cups of the raspberry mixture into a small saucepan. Sprinkle the gelatin over and let stand 2 minutes. Warm over low heat, stirring constantly, just until gelatin dissolves. Mix back into the reserved raspberry mixture in the measuring cup.
• Pour raspberry mixture into the inverted glove. Gather up the top of the glove and tie securely with kitchen twine. Freeze until solid, or several days if possible.
• To serve: Carefully cut glove away from frozen hand. Place frozen hand, palm side up, leaning against side of a large punch bowl. Pour in ginger ale and sparkling cider. Garnish with gummy snakes.