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SPICED APPLE
CIDER INFUSION
1 teaspoon ginger
2 teaspoons allspice
1 teaspoon nutmeg
4 cinnamon sticks
1 cup simple syrup (Recipe Below)
Mix all spices with simple syrup. Place mixture in a quart glass
container & fill with Smirnoff vodka. Infuse one week.
Serve warmed with cider, red wine or fruit juice.
Simple
Syrup Recipe
1 cup
sugar
1 cup water
Mix in saucepan and boil until sugar dissolves. Let cool. Store
in refrigerator. |
MOM'S OLD
FASHION EGGNOG
3 eggs
(pasteurized)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 ounces Maker's Mark bourbon, Myer's rum or St. Remy French
brandy
1 cup heavy cream or milk
Premium vanilla
ice cream (optional)
All ingredients
should be kept cold in advance. In a blender beat eggs &
sugar until thick. Add vanilla & alcohol & continue to beat.
Add cream or milk & optional ice cream & stir. Garnish with
a sprinkle of nutmeg. Serve immediately.
Serves 2. |
WHITE CHOCOLATE MARTINI
3 ounces Ketel
One vodka
1 ounce Godiva
White Chocolate Liqueur
Shake, strain
and serve in a martini glass. Optional garnishes include a
chocolate stirrer, Hershey kiss or try lining the glass with
some chocolate syrup swirls.
CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO MARTINI
3 ounces Van
Gogh Expresso Vodka
1 ounce
Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
Shake, strain
and serve in a martini glass. Optional garnishes include a
chocolate stirrer, coffee bean or try lining the glass with
some chocolate syrup swirls. |
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HOLIDAY MIMOSA
Grand Marnier
or Prunier Liqueur d'Orange
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 bottle Cristalino cava champagne
1 cup orange juice (preferably fresh-squeezed)
Pour a small amount of the orange liqueur into a small bowl.
Place the sugar in a saucer. Dip the rims of Champagne
glasses first in the orange liqueur, then in the sugar. Fill
each champagne glass with 3 ounces champagne and 1 ounce
orange juice. Garnish with an orange wheel. |
HOMEMADE
CRANBERRY LIQUEUR
1 1/2 cups
Smirnoff vodka
16 ounces cranberries
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup water
1/2 lemon peeled (rind only, no pith)
1/4 orange peeled (rind only, no pith)
1 cinnamon stick
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
Chop the cranberries in a blender or food processor, lowest
setting, until consistency of grits. Pour into clean jar
that has a lid. Add the lemon & orange peelings & spices.
Pour vodka over mixture. Boil sugar & water together until
sugar is dissolved, let stand a minute & measure 1 1/2 cups
into the jar. Seal the jar quickly. Let the mixture steep
for 4 weeks, shaking lightly each day. Store in a dark
place. |
CRANBERRY CHAMPAGNE PUNCH
1 pint cranberry juice
Juice
of 1 grapefruit
Juice
of half a lime
1/2
cup Smirnoff Cranberry Vodka or
Orange Vodka
1/2
cup Orange Liqueur
2
bottles Cristalino Brut Champagne, chilled
Mix all ingredients except champagne & garnishes in a punch
bowl with a large cake of ice. Just before serving, add 2
bottles chilled champagne and garnish with cherries & orange
slices.
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THE PERFECT MANHATTAN
1 1/2 ounces Crown
Royal whiskey
1/4 ounce dry vermouth
1/4 ounce sweet vermouth
2-3 dashes Angostura bitters
Mix all ingredients
in a cocktail glass filled with ice. Strain into a chilled
cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.
To make a Dry Manhattan, use the above recipe but substitute dry
for the sweet vermouth & garnish with a twist of lemon peel
instead of a cherry. |
RASS-BAILEY
MARTINI
1 1/2 ounce
Bailey's Irish Cream
1 1/2 ounce Chambord raspberry liqueur
1 ounce heavy cream
1 teaspoon simple syrup *recipe below*
Make simple
syrup, let cool. Mix all ingredi-ents in a shake filled with
ice. Strain & pour into martini glass. Garnish with
raspberries.
Simple Syrup
Recipe:
1
teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon water
Heat in a microwave safe dish until dissolved. |
WHITE CHOCOLATE MARTINI
3 ounces Ketel
One vodka
1 ounce Godiva
White Chocolate Liqueur
Shake, strain
and serve in a martini glass. Optional garnishes include a
chocolate stirrer, Hershey kiss or try lining the glass with
some chocolate syrup swirls. |
