I need a good holiday cocktail?!


Question: Does anyone have any good holiday cocktails I can serve at my Christmas Party: hot or/and cold

**I would love to have a layered martini with green and red


Answers: Does anyone have any good holiday cocktails I can serve at my Christmas Party: hot or/and cold

**I would love to have a layered martini with green and red

Brandy Egg Nog Recipe

Ingredients

* 6 Eggs, Separated
* 1/2 c Super fine sugar
* 1/4 tsp Salt
* 2 ts Vanilla
* 2 c Brandy
* 1 c Milk
* 2 c Whipping cream
* Nutmeg

How to make Homemade Brandy Egg Nog

Beat egg yolks, 1/4 cup sugar, nutmeg, salt and vanilla together with rotary beater or electric mixer until very thick and light yellow.

Slowly beat in brandy and milk. Cover and chill overnight.

Shortly before serving, beat egg whites to soft peaks.

Gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup sugar with same beater, beat cream to soft peaks. Fold meringue into beaten cream. Then slowly pour on chilled brandy mixture folding in gently.

16 servings
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A.J.'s Christmas Punch

Serves 10

Ice (in block form if possible, if not, large chunks)
4 oz. Cointreau
4 oz. brandy
2 oranges, cut into wedges
1 cup frozen cranberries (optional)
2 bottles chilled champagne

1. Add ice to a large punch bowl. If using chunks (as opposed to a large block of ice), fill the bowl just under half way.

2. Add Cointreau and brandy. Using a ladle or long spoon, stir briefly.

3. Add orange slices and cranberries (if using) and then pour in the champagne.

4. Stir 12 times and let sit for a minute, so the ingredients can get acquainted.
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Christmas Cookie Cocktail

Instructions:

1. Drizzle chocolate sauce on a chilled martini glass.

2. Add 2 oz. White Godiva Vodka, 2 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream, 1/2 oz. Peppermint Schnapps and 1/2 oz. half and half

3. Garnish with a miniature candy cane or chocolate shavings.
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Red Hot Santa Tini

Instructions:

1. Rim a martini glass with cocoa powder with a pinch of cayenne pepper added.

2. Shake together 2 oz. Mazama vodka from Bend Distillery in Bend, Ore. and 2 oz. Godiva chocolate liqueur and pour into glass.

3. Top with 1 1/2 oz. sweetened whipping cream.

4. Garnish the cream with a small Thai chili pepper.
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BACARDI COCO Butter Shot Drink

1 part BACARDI COCO
1/2 part butterscotch schnapps
1/2 part half and half

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into chilled shot glass.
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Pomegranate Kir


Makes 1 serving

4 oz. champagne
splash of pomegranate juice

Pour champagne into a chilled flute and top with a splash of pomegranate juice.
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Silver Jubilee and Three Wise Men Shooters

Silver Jubilee

Shake together two parts gin, one part crème de banane and one part cream.

Three Wise Men

In a shaker filled with ice, mix 1/3 ounce each of the following: Johnny Walker, Jim Beam and Jack Daniels. Shake and strain into a shot glass.

Tip from the tester: "These are strong, perfect when you're getting worn out from all that shopping to get you back on your tired feet."
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Mistletoe and Holly Cocktail

Serves 4

Ingredients:

12 fresh cranberries for garnish
1 1/2 cups cranberry juice (100 percent juice)
1/4 cup (2 oz.) white creme de cacao
1/4 cup (2 oz.) ces) 100-proof peppermint schnapps
1/4 cup heavy cream lightly whipped with 1 tsp. sugar for garnish
pinch of Matcha powder for garnish

Instructions:

1. Spear three cranberries each onto four bamboo skewers or heatproof swizzle sticks.

2. Pour cranberry juice into a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer.

3. Lower heat, add creme de cacao and peppermint schnapps and stir to blend and release some of the alcohol. Continue to cook over low heat for exactly 1 minute.

4. Pour the hot beverage into footed glass mugs and place a small dollop of whipped cream in each.

5. Garnish with cranberry skewers and use a fine-mesh sieve to gently tap a light dusting of matcha over the whipped cream. Serve hot.
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Hot Eggnog

Serves 8-10

Ingredients

1 quart milk
4 egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
4 egg whites
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup bourbon or rum
grated nutmeg

Instructions:

1. Heat milk just until small bubbles form without boiling.

2. Beat egg yolks with sugar until light and fluffy. Add salt and hot milk and mix well.

3. Place over low heat or hot water and cook, while stirring, until mixture thickens (excess heat and long cooking will cause it to curdle).

4. Beat egg whites until stiff, gradually adding the 1/4 cup sugar.

5. Fold whites into hot milk mixture.

6. Stir in bourbon or rum. Serve hot with a dash of nutmeg.
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Poinsettia Punch

Ingredients:

2 10 oz. packages frozen raspberries (thawed)
1 6 oz. can of frozen pink lemonade concentrate (thawed and undiluted)
1/4 cup of sugar
1 bottle of Biltmore Estate Zinfandel Blanc de Noir or other rose
1 2-liter bottle of raspberry or regular ginger ale

Instructions:

1. Blend the first three ingredients and pour into a wire mesh strainer to get rid of the seeds.

2. Add to a punch bowl or large pitcher.

3. Mix in remaining ingredients and enjoy!

Think this one is called a "Hot Shot"..
Great for greeting guests in cold weather and driving off the Chill....
Shot Glass of Cinnamon Schnapps
3 or 4 Shakes of Tabasco Red (NO SUBSTITUTE!)

Try Oprah's Pomergranate Martini:
http://www2.oprah.com/foodhome/food/reci...

I make it often and people love it!

Caramel Apple Martini


Ingredients
Ice
1 1/2 oz. vodka
1 1/2 oz. De Kuyper? Pucker? sour apple schnapps
1 Tbsp. warmed Creamy Caramel Sauce

Directions
Place first 3 ingredients in cocktail shaker; shake briskly. Drizzle Creamy Caramel Sauce inside martini glass; strain vodka mixture into glass. Makes 1 serving.

Frosty Chai


Ingredients
1 scoop (3 Tbsp.) Oh My! Chai?
6 oz. hot water
1/2 cup vanilla ice cream
1 - 2 Tbsp. brandy

Directions
Combine first 2 ingredients; stir rapidly to blend. Add ice cream and brandy; stir to melt ice cream. Makes 1 serving.

http://tastefullysimple.com/web/dgoodacr...





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