Gold Nugget Mandarin Vodka Cocktail
by Thea Miller
Adapted from Dude that Cookz
Makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients
2 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Grand Marnier or your favorite orange liqueur
3 oz. Gold Nugget Mandarin orange juice, freshly squeezed*
2 oz. sparkling water, preferably orange-flavored
Orange slices for garnish
Directions
Fill your shaker with crushed ice.
Pour the vodka, Grand Marnier, and fresh mandarin orange juice in the shaker. Shake well.
Pour into a glass and top off the cocktail with a splash of orange-flavored sparkling water.
Garnish with an orange slice.
*Oranges at room temp yield more juice
*To juice, roll an orange on the countertop with the palm of your hand to break juice sacs. Cut fruit in half crosswise and squeeze out juice by hand or with a juicer.