With all these vampires running around and Halloween right around the corner, we found  you the perfect beverage to kick back with. Ready, set, DRINK!

BLOOD MARTINI

The Chef
Stacey Leeds of Speak

Servings
One Drink

Ingredients
Fresh limes
2 ounces fresh squeezed beet juice
2 ounces of orange juice
1 ounce of vodka
Triple Sec to taste

Instructions
Cut a lime open and run it around the rim of a martini glass.  Squeeze the excess juice into a shaker.  Add vodka, orange juice, and beet juice. Depending on the sweetness of the beet juice, add Triple Sec (if the juice is very sweet, omit Triple Sec). Shake with ice and strain into glass.  Garnish with fresh lime.

Photograph by Daniel Maurer

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