Drink Recipes

Mint Bellinis

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:41:18 +0000

Prep: 10 mins. Cooking: 20 mins. Yield: 9 1/2 cups.

Ingredients:

4 (12-oz) cans peach nectar
2 cups sugar
1 lemon halved
1/4 cup firmly packed fresh mint leaves
1 (750-mL) bottle Champagne

Bring first 4 ingredients to a boil, and cook 20 minutes. Cool. Remove and discard lemon and mint; store mixture in an airtight container in a refridgerator until ready to serve. Stir in Champagne before serving.

Bay Bloodies

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:37:49 +0000

Makes 6 cups.

Ingredients:

Lime wedges
Old bay seasoning
4 cups Bloody Mary mix
1 cup vodka
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
2 tbs prepared horseradish
2 tbs lime juice

Rub rims of glasses with lime wedges. Place Old Bay in a saucer, and spin rim of each glass in seasoning. Set prepared glasses aside.

Combine Bloody Mary mix and remaining ingredients. Serve over ice in prepared glasses.

Peppermint Martini

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:18:05 +0000

Ingredients:

1 3/4 oz Seriously… vodka
1 oz peppermint tea, unsweetened, steeped and chilled
2 tsp caster sugar
1 mint lolly
ice

Stir with ice and strain the ingredients into a small martini glass. Garnish with a mint leaf and lolly.

Rio Grande Limeade

admin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:56:00 +0000

Prep: 10 mins. Other: 8 hrs. Yield: 3 quarts.

Ingredients:

24 oz frozen limeade concentrate, thawed
3 cups tequila
3 cups water
2 cups orange liqueur
1 cup fresh lime juice
Lime slices, for garnish

Stir together first 5 ingredients. Cover and chill 8 hours. Serve over ice, and garnish, if desired.

Bourbon Sunrise

admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:16:28 +0000

Prep: 15 mins. Cook: 10 mins. Yield: 8 1/2 cups.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar
2 large navel oranges, sliced
1 1/2 cups bourbon
1 quart orange juice
1 (10-oz) jar maraschino cherries with stems, undrained

Combine water, sugar, and orange slices in a saucepan, squeezing slices to release juices. Bring to a boil; cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, 5 minutes. Cover; remove from heat; cool. Pour syrup through a wire-mesh strainer into a pitcher, discarding orange slices; stir in bourbon and orange juice. Stir in jar of cherries with juice. Serve over ice.

Lemon-Rum Slush

admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:06:57 +0000

Ingredients:

1/4 cup sugar
2 (6 ounce) cans frozen lemonade concentrate
2 cups water
1 1/2 cups pineapple juice
2 cups rum

Combine all ingredients, and freeze 6 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove lemonade mixture from freezer, and stir until slushy.

Watermelon Daiquiri

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:46:48 +0000

Ingredients:

4 cups seeded and cubed watermelon
1/3 cup light rum
1/4 cup to 1/2 cup orange juice
2 tbsp orange liqueur
4 tsp powdered sugar
2 tsp fresh lime juice

Place watermelon in a zip-top freezer bag. Seal bag; freeze 8 hours. Process watermelon, rum, and remaining ingredients in a blender until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Serve immediately.

Watermelon-Lemonade Cooler

admin — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:13:10 +0000

Yield: 14 cups; Prep: 25 min.; Cook: 10 min.; Other: 8 hours

Ingredients:

15 cups seeded and cubed watermelon
2 (12 ounce) cans frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
2 fresh mint sprigs
Ice
Garnish: watermelon wedges, fresh mint sprigs

Process 15 cups watermelon, in batches, in a blender or food processor until smooth.

Combine lemonade concentrate and 2 mint sprigs, and cook in a saucepan over medium-high heat 10 minutes. Stir together watermelon puree and lemonade mixture, cover and chill 8 hourse. Remove and discard mint. Stir and serve over ice. Garnish, if desired.

Pink Palace

admin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:10:55 +0000

Yield: 1 serving

Ingredients

1/2 cup pineapple juice
3 Tbs cream of coconut
2 Tbs half-and-half
2 Tbs Grand Marnier or other orange-flavore liqueur
1 1/2 Tsp lemon juice
Dash of grenadine
Crushed ice

Combine first 6 ingredients in container of electric mixer; process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides. Serve over crushed ice.

Blended Eggnog

admin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:48:19 +0000

Blended Eggnog

Yield: 2 1/2 cups, 2 servings.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups egg substitute
1 1/3 cups whipping cream
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup spiced rum
Ice
Grated nutmeg, whipped cream, and cinnamon stick for garnish (optional)

Combine first 4 ingredients in container of electric blender; process 5 seconds. Add enough ice to bring mixture to 2 1/2 cups-level; process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides. Pour into 2 large coffee mugs and top with whipped cream and nutmeg, if desired. Serve immediately from blender.