Drinks Recipes

Bunny Easter

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:06:00 +0000

Ingredients
• 0.5 oz Vodka
• 1.0 tsp Chocolate Syrup
• 1.0 tsp Cherry Liqueur
• 1.5 oz Brown Creme de Cacao

Preparation Steps
Shake vodka and creme de cacao with ice. Strain over ice and float chocolate syrup and cherry liqueur

Manhattan

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:25:00 +0000

Ingredients:

ice cubes
2 oz Bourbon
3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 Maraschino Cherry
1 twist Orange Peel

Method:

Combine the vermouth, bourbon whiskey, and bitters with 2 - 3 ice cubes in a mixing glass. Stir gently, don't bruise the spirits and cloud the drink. Place the cherry in a chilled cocktail glass and strain the whiskey mixture over the cherry. Rub the cut edge of the orange peel over the rim of the glass and twist it over the drink to release the oils but don't drop it in

Love Bug #2

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:46:00 +0000

Ingredients

3 part(s) Ginger Ale
1 1/2 part(s) Dekuyper Pomegranate Liqueur
1 part(s) Vox Vodka

Instructions

Stir and serve over ice in a highball glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Caipirinha

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:35:00 +0000

Serves 1

Ingredients

2 measures cachaca (Brazilian Cane Spirit)

1 whole lime chopped into 8 pieces

2 tsp sugar

1. Muddle sugar and lime in a glass tumbler.

2. Fill the tumbler with crushed ice then add cachaca and stir.

Cherry Bomb

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:32:00 +0000

Serve 1

Ingredients

0.5 floz vodka

0.5 floz Midori

0.5 floz Disaronno

0.5 floz amaretto

Fresh lemon sour mix and cranberry juice to top

Method:

1. Fill a tumbler with ice.

2. Add the vodka, Midori, Disaronno and amaretto, then top with cranberry juice and fresh lemon sour mix.

3. Swirl and serve.

Mint tea caipiroska

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:26:00 +0000

Ingredients:

100ml vodka

2tsp Moroccan-style mint

green tea leaves

20 fresh mint leaves, stalks removed

2 tsp lemon juice

ice cubes

Method:

Combine vodka and mint green tea leaves in a small bottle and cover tightly. Let steep for 2 hours, then taste vodka, it should be fragrant and minty. If not flavourful enough, steep for another 30 mins to 1 hour.

Divide mint, sugar and lemon juice between two glass, lightly crust mint with sugar, using a spoon. Top with ice cubes, divide vodka between glasses and stir, serve immediately.

Cocoa

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:30:00 +0000

Ingredients:

2 cups milk

2 ounces semisweet chocolate ( in small chunks)
1 cinnamon stick
1 dash vanilla
1 pinch dried ancho

1 ounce brandy (optional)

Method:

1. Place milk, chocolate, and cinnamon stick in a saucepan and heat, stirring frequently. Until chocolate is melted.

2. Remove cinnamon stick, whisk melted chocolate and milk together until thoroughly blended and foamy.

3. Gently whisk in vanilla, Chiles, and brandy. Serve in a warm mug.

Fruity Punch

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:34:00 +0000

Make 18

Ingredients:

6 c Orange juice
20 oz Frozen strawberries in syrup
2 c Cranberry juice cocktail
3 c Ginger ale

Method:

Blend together the orange juice, strawberries, and cranberry juice cocktail.
Add ginger ale immediately before serving drinks.

Hot Chocolate

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:33:00 +0000

Ingredients:

2 cups water
1 tbsp sugar
1 t bsp honey
1/2 tsp ancho Chile powder
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Method:

1. In a small saucepan, combine water, sugar, honey, and red pepper.

2. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, then reduce to medium and simmer 3 minutes.

3. Remove from heat.

4. With wire whisk, stir cocoa and vanilla briskly until frothy. Strain into warm cups.

Mango Lassi

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:11:00 +0000

4 servings

Ingredients:

255ml plain yoghurt
130ml milk
130ml canned mango pulp or 200g from 3 fresh mango, stoned and sliced
4 teaspoons sugar, to taste

Method:

Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend for 2 minutes, then pour into individual glasses, and serve. Feel free to try salt and cardamom seeds. The lassi can be kept refrigerated for up to 24 hours.

Basil and Lime Sorbet

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:09:00 +0000

4 servings

Ingredients:

1 wineglass (148ml) water
1 wineglass sugar (equal in weight to the water)
5-6 limes, zested
1 glass lime juice
1 very large bunch basil, pounded to a puree

Method:

Place the water and sugar in a pan, bring to a boil, and simmer for 4 minutes with the lime zest. Remove from the heat, and allow to cool for a while. Add the lime juice and basil puree. Stir this up and leave to infuse for a while. Pass it through a coarse sieve and pour into a plastic tub or earthenware dish and place in the freezer. Generally, sorbet takes 2 hours to set. Try to stir it around every 30 minutes, if you remember. Serve it in a glass on its own.

Campari and Passionfruit Sorbet

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:06:00 +0000

4 servings

Ingredients:

1 cup water
198g sugar
15 passion fruits
1 (142g) wine glass Campari

Method:

Place the water and sugar in a pan, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for a while.
Halve the passion fruits and scoop out the flesh, seeds and juice using a spoon. Stir this up, you can pass it through a sieve to remove the seeds.
Mix the passion fruit with the Campari and sugar syrup in a plastic tub or earthenware dish and place in the freezer. Generally, sorbet takes 2 hours to set. Try to stir it around every ½ hour if you remember.
Serve on its own, with some seasonal fruit, or in a cone with some vanilla ice cream.

Christmas Punch

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:53:00 +0000

Ingredients:

1 (750ml) bottle light rum

1 oz. triple sec

2 cups orange juice

2/3 cup lemon juice

1 4 oz. jar maraschino cherries, with juice

1/2 cup sugar

1 orange, sliced into rounds

1 lemon, sliced into rounds

1 8oz. ) can pineapple chunks

1 liter carbonated water

Method:

In a punch bowl combine sugar, orange and lemon juice, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add cherries, triple sec, light rum, orange slices, lemon slices, and pineapple chunks.

Set for 1-2 hours to allow flavors to blend.

Add carbonated water and ice just before serving.

Cranberry Punch

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:57:00 +0000

Serves 20

Ingredients:

A large block of ice

2 Cups Vodka

4 Cups Cranberry Juice

1 1/2 Cups Rose's Lime Juice

2 Cups Water

3 tbsp. Sugar

Method:

Combine all ingredient in a large punch bowl. Add a large block of ice to keep it all cool.

Glogg

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:51:00 +0000

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Brandy

1/2 bottle Red Wine

4 Hole Cloves

2 Cardamom Pods - crushed

1 Cinnamon Stick

1/2 cup Raisins

1/2 cup Blanched Almonds

3/4 cup Sugar

2 tsp. Brown Sugar

Method:

Combine everything in a saucepan. Warm over medium heat, stir often to dissolve the sugar. Set the thing on fire and melting sugar cubes piled on a grate as you ladle the burning liquid over them. Once heated thoroughly reduce heat to low. Serve Warm.

Watermelon Punch

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:27:00 +0000

Ingredients:

1 watermelon

1.5 litre ice cream soda , chilled

Method:

Cut out 1/4 of the watermelon, scrape out the flesh using a metal spoon. Chop watermelon flesh coasrsely. Keep chilled till ready to serve.
Just before serving, fill watermelon with about half of the coasrsely chopped flesh. Add 1/2 cup crushed ice and chilled soda , about 1/3 bottle or more, to fill watermelon. Mix and serve.

Raspmatazz

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:20:00 +0000

Serves 10

Ingredients:

150g frozen raspberries (don't defrost)

125ml freshly-squeezed orang juice

4 tbsp caster sugar

150ml campari

1 bottle cava (spanish sparkling wine)

Method:

Combine respberries, orange juice and sugar in a food processor or blender and blend till smooth, slushy sorbert consistency, about a full minutes.
Scrape into a plastic container, cover and freeze for 15 mins.
Spoon about 1 tbsp campari into each glass then top up with cave. Serve immediately.

Watermelon Kicker

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:04:00 +0000

Ingredients:

6 oz. Crystal Light (Watermelon)
1 1/2 oz. Watermelon Pucker

Method;

Combine in a highball glass filled with ice.

Sunny Lemonade

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:08:00 +0000

Ingredients:

6 cups white grape juice, chilled
1 (12 oz) can frozen lemonade thawed & undiluted
5 ½ cups club soda, chilled

Method:

Garnish w/ fresh lemon slices

Frozen Pina Colada

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Mon, 25 May 2009 08:07:00 +0000

Ingredients:

1/2 can of Coco Lopez (Coconut water, mix well before adding)
4 cups of Pineapple Juice
Ice to thicken juice

Method:

After blending, top with grenadine or an orange and cherry

One Night Stand

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:05:00 +0000

Ingredients;

2 oz Vodka
1 oz Watermelon Pucker
Splash of cranberry juice
Splash of Sprite

Method;

Fill a cocktail shaker two-thirds full of ice. Combine the vodka and pucker and shake well. Strain over ice into a highball glass. Top with cranberry juice and Sprite.

Watermelon Margaritas

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:03:00 +0000

Ingredients
1 1/2 oz. Rum, watermelon (Bacardi Grand Melon)
1 oz. Sour Watermelon Pucker
1/2 oz. Apple Juice
2 oz. Cranberry Juice
1 1/2 oz. Lemonade
1 tsp. Syrup, lime

Method;

Build over ice in the glass and stir.

Southern Millionaire

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:56:00 +0000

Ingredients:

white of 1 egg
1/4 teaspoon Grenadine
1/2 oz. Curacao
1 1/2 oz Southern Comfort

Method;

Shake well with cracked ice and pour into cocktail glass.

Colorado Bulldog

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Sun, 17 May 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz Kahlua
1 1/2 oz Vodka
5 oz cream
Splash of CocaCola

Method:

Shake ingredients in a shaker.

Banana Yogurt Shake

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn's recipe) — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:58:00 +0000

Ingredients:

1 carton (16 oz) plain yogurt
1 cup milk
1/2 cup honey
1 1/2 cups frozen unsweet strawberries
1/4 cup toasted wheat germ(optional)
1/4 teas almond extract

Method;

In two batches, process all ingredients blend in blender until smooth. Pour into chilled glassses serve immed.