Christmas Goodies

Hot Spiced Cranberry Cider

capewelld — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:51:54 +0000

Ingredients:
2 litres apple cider
1.5 litres cranberry juice
50 grams brown sugar
4 small cinnamon sticks
15 whole cloves
1 lemon, thinly sliced

Instructions:
Makes approx 15-20 servings
In a large pot, combine the apple cider, cranberry juice, brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves and lemon slices.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occassionally.
With a slotted spoon, remove cinnamon, cloves, and lemon slices.
Serve hot.

Serve In:
Mulled Wine Glass (or heat resistant mug)

Cocktail: Santa Shot

capewelld — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:40:42 +0000

Ingredients:
1 part Grenadine
1 part Green Creme de Menthe
1 part Peppermint schnapps

Instructions:
Carefully layer these in the order listed to get a red (Grenadine), green (Creme de Menthe) and white (Peppermint) shot.

Serve In:
Shot Glass

Cocktail: Christmas Pudding

capewelld — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:33:21 +0000

Ingredients:
10 cl Southern Comfort
10 cl Drambuie
50 cl Guinness or stout

Instructions:
In a glass add Southern Comfort and then Drambuie.
Top up with Draught Guinness

Serve In:
Hi-ball Glass

Cocktail: Drunk on Christmas

capewelld — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:31:48 +0000

Ingredients:
9 cl Midori melon liqueur
6 cl Irish whiskey
3 cl Apple schnapps
Sweet and sour mix
Ice cubes
Maraschino cherries

Instructions:
Mix whiskey, Midori, and Schnapps with ice in a shaker and shake.
Fill a whiskey sour glass with ice and train mixture over ice in glass.
Top up the glass with sweet and sour mix.
Garnish with several free floating Maraschino cherries.

Serve In:
Whiskey Sour Glass

Danish Christmas Glogg

capewelld — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:30:28 +0000

Ingredients:
75 cl bottle of red wine
30 cl port
20 cl blackberry schnapps or orange schnapps
6-8 cardamom seeds
10 whole cloves
1 small cinnamon stick
1 orange peel (without white part)
1 piece (about 2-inches in size) fresh ginger
150-200 grams dark, organic raisins
Cane sugar to taste.

Instructions:
In a glass container, combine red wine, port, schnapps, spices, orange peel, ginger and raisins. Seal the container tightly and leave it for at least 12 hours in a dark place at room temperature.

Strain the blend and pour into a stainless steel pot, warm gently over medium heat, stir occasionally, until steaming hot (NOT boiling hot, boiling will burn off the alcohol).
Sweeten to taste with a little cane sugar.

Serve with a snack of fruits, nuts, sweets, or homemade Christmas cookies.

Serve In:
Mulled Wine Glasses (or a heat resistant mug)

Cocktail: Black Christmas

capewelld — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:25:24 +0000

Ingredients:
20 ml Black Sambuca
80 ml Eggnog

Instructions:
Another easy one! Add Black Sambuca into a glass with the Eggnog. Stir. Enjoy!

Serve In:
An ‘Old-Fashioned’ glass

Cocktail: Christmas Cheer

capewelld — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:19:54 +0000

Ingredients:
1 part Eggnog
1 part Peppermint schnapps

Glass:
Shot Glass

Instructions:
Pretty easy this one, add equal parts of Eggnog and Schnapps in a shot glass, stir it up and shoot it down.

HO! HO! Hic! HO!

Cocktail: Snowball

jo — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:02:30 +0000

The classic light fluffy Christmas drink

Ingredients:
2 shots Advocaat
1 shot Sherry
squeeze of lime juice
top up with sparkling lemonade

Glass:
Collins glass

Instructions:
Mix Advocaat and sherry in the glass and top up with sparkling lemonade.
Add a twist of lime or a 1/4 shot of lime cordial if desired.