Festive Drinks
By C. Harold Pierce
BLOOD ORANGE COSMOPOLITAN
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/3 oz orange liqueur
• 2 oz vodka
• 3 oz blood orange juice
• 1 oz cranberry juice
In a shaker tin, mix sugar, ice and orange liqueur. Add vodka, blood orange juice and a splash of cranberry juice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.
PECAN COFFEE
• 1 oz pecan liqueur
• fresh coffee
• 3/4 oz milk
• whipped cream
In a coffee mug, mix pecan liqueur with milk, then add freshly brewed coffee. Top with whipped cream.
PLUM MINT MARTINI
• 3/4 fresh sliced plum
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 4-5 fresh mint leaves
• 2 oz gin
• squeeze of fresh lemon
Mix plum, sugar and mint leaves in a shaker tin and muddle with ice. After adding gin and sugar, shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.
BUTTERSCOTCH COFFEE DREAM
• 3/4 oz Irish cream
• 3/4 oz butterscotch schnapps
• 1 oz coffee creamer
• 1 1/2 oz cold espresso
• whipped cream
Fill a short glass with ice and add Irish cream, butterscotch schnapps, creamer. Top with espresso and whipped cream.
GUINNESS VANILLA FLOAT
• 3/4 oz vanilla vodka
• 3/4 oz creme de cacao
• Guinness stout
• whipped cream
Fill a pint glass with vanilla vodka, creme de cacao and Guinness stout. Top with whipped cream.
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