Healthy Living in Austin, Texas

What’s a holiday without a few bottles of champagne and yummy cocktails. Say no more, the blog post you have been waiting for is here. Your ultimate drink stop is awaiting. Just keep reading for all of the recipes.

Sherry Bazaar

Ingredients:

35ml Fino Sherry
15ml Dolin Chamberyzette
10ml gin (Cream Gin works best in this)
5ml strawberry liqueur
A slice of lemon

Method:

Stir all the ingredients over ice, then strain into a glass. For a punch, just quadruple the ingredients, pour into a bowl and add ice.

Clementine Negronis

Ingredients:

35ml clementine-infused gin
35ml Campari
35ml Cocchi sweet vermouth
Two drops cranberry bitters

Method:

“Before your party, add the dried skins of two clementines to a bottle of your favourite gin. Leave it to sit for 48 hours then strain for clementine-infused gin.

“Pour all of your ingredients into a glass and stir with ice. Serve with a dehydrated slice of clementine, cranberries and a blast of Wham turned up loud.

French 75

Ingredients:

15ml lemon juice
7.5ml sugar syrup
37.5ml gin
Fizzy wine

Method:

Pour the lemon juice and sugar syrup into a champagne flute with your gin. I like to use Burleighs Distillers Cut as it’s full of floral and warm spices that go really well in this drink. I then top up with whatever fizzy wine my wife has left (of course this should be champagne, but needs must). If you’re feeling fancy, decorate with a lemon peel twist.

Spiced Daiquiri

Christmas Spiced Syrup Ingredients:

500ml water
500g white sugar
20g black peppercorns
20g cloves
20g star anise
20g cardamom
10g cinnamon bark
Two pieces orange zest
One piece lemon zest
One vanilla pod

Christmas Spiced Syrup Method:

Mix the water with all the ingredients, and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 minutes, then remove from the heat and pour into a plastic jug. Leave to cool. Strain when room temperature.

Daiquiri Ingredients:

20ml ruby port
20ml rum
20ml lime juice
20ml Christmas spiced syrup
20 ml pomegranate juice

Daiquiri Method:

Add all the ingredients to shaker with ice, give a hard shake then strain into a chilled glass.

Vin Chill Factor

Ingredients:

25ml gin
25ml Tempranillo wine (or any other red wine you like)
15ml grenadine

Method:

Pour all your ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a flute, then top up with prosecco.

If you wanted to share with guests, simply multiply your ingredients, add to a punch bowl and pour over a full bottle of Prosecco. Ladle into glasses.

Rum Punch

Ingredients:

One part sour: lemon juice
Two parts sweet: strawberry liqueur
Three parts strong: rum
Four parts weak: water. I recommend brewing your water with a bag of mulling spices for an extra kick.

i.e. 100ml lemon juice, 200ml strawberry liqueur (or sugar syrup), 300ml rum, 400ml spiced water.

Method:

Put all these ingredients straight into a large vessel, throw in a few slices of orange and some ice and you’re away. You can also ladle this drink into tea cups, wine glasses or anything you like!

Happy Holidays and remember to drink responsibly!

Your Realtor and Friend for Life~ Kathy

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