9 smooth cocktail Recipes

fresh lime juice, fresh lime juice, raw shrimp in shells (preferably 41/50), white onion, chopped into 1/4 in pieces, cilantro, fresh , plus several sprigs for garnish, ketchup, vinegary mexican bottled hot sauce (tamazula, valentina or bufalo), extra virgin olive oil (optional but recommended to smooth out sharpness), cucumbers or 1 cup jicama, peeled and diced, avocado, peeled, pitted and cubed, salt, lime (to garnish ), tostadas , tortilla chips or saltine, for serving

champagne vinegar, shallot, finely chopped, coarse salt, green beans, trimmed, baby zucchini or 1 lb regular zucchini, cut into 1/2 ich pieces, ripe tomato (cocktail or cherry), english cucumber, cut into 1/2-inch dice, smooth dijon mustard, grainy mustard, loosely packed fresh basil leaf, coarsely chopped, loosely packed fresh flat-leaf parsley, coarsely chopped, fresh ground pepper , to taste, extra virgin olive oil , plus, extra virgin olive oil, ciabatta , about 1/2 loaf, torn into 1-inch pieces

heavy cream (preferably not ultrapasteurized), smooth peanut butter (commercially prepared), semisweet chocolate, melted, pure vanilla extract, powdered sugar, dutchprocessed unsweetened cocoa powder, ground cocktail peanuts (optional), mediummesh sieve, triple mesh sieve or a sifter, food processor to grind nuts, if using (if unavailable, place nuts in a heavy plastic bag and run a rolling pin or wine bottle over them to crush evenly.)

heavy cream (preferably not ultra-pasteurized), smooth peanut butter (commercially prepared), semi-sweet chocolate, melted, pure vanilla extract, powdered sugar, dutch-processed unsweetened cocoa powder, ground cocktail peanuts (optional), mesh sieve, triple mesh sieve or a sifter, food processor to grind nuts, if using (if unavailable, place nuts in a heavy plastic bag and run a rolling pin or wine bottle over them to crush evenly.)

cranberry cheese frosting, cream cheese softened, tb whole cranberry sauce, salt, powdered sugar, cranberry fluff frosting, tb butter or margarine, ts grated orange rind, salt, powdered sugar, tb cranberry juice cocktail, quick cranberry frosting, jelly cranberry sauce, egg white, salt, ts almond extract, ts lemon juice, cranberry cream topping, heavy cream, tb lemon juice, powdered sugar, jellied cranberry sauce crushed with a fork, cranberry fluffy frosting, jellied cranberry sauce beaten smooth, brown sugar, water, egg white