Fabulous Holiday Cocktail Ideas
The
holiday is in full swing and it's time to celebrate. If you are hosting a
get-together with friends or family, it's always fun to have a festive
cocktail. Here are three fabulous cocktails that are as beautiful as
they are tasty.
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LEFT Holiday Champagne Cocktail
Makes: 1 cocktail For the Fresh Sour Mix: Make a syrup by stirring together 1 1/2 cups sugar with 1 cup hot water until sugar is completely dissolved. Add 1 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice and 1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice and refrigerate. (Can be prepared up to 1 day ahead. Syrup may be substituted with 1 pint agave nectar.) For one cocktail: Fill a chilled champagne flute half way with ice to chill. Stir 1 ounce of Fresh Squeezed Sour Mix and 1 ounce of Hum Botanical Spirit with fresh ice. Strain mixture into the flute to fill 1/2 way and top with Champagne. Garnish with a single rose petal and serve.
CENTER Red Currant and Grappa Cocktail
1/3 cup fresh red currant juice
2 oz good quality grappa 1 tsp Meyer lemon juice
Garnish with fresh currants
Place all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until well chilled and strain into glass.
RIGHT Cherry Sour
Add
to a cocktail shaker and muddle: 2 orange slices, 6 pitted cherries, 4
brandied cherries, and 1/2 ounce agave nectar or simple syrup
Add: 1 1/2 ounces bourbon, 1 ounce Campari, and 1/4 ounce lemon juice then fill halfway with ice
Shake well then strain into a chilled cocktail glass Garnish with a few cherries and an orange slice |