Showing posts with label cocktails. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cocktails. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Hot drink recipies pt 2

And as promised, here's the other 3 from winemag.com/hotdrinks:

Vin Chaud
Courtesy of Noir Bar at Charles Hotel, Cambridge, MA
  • 1 750ml bottle Pinot Noir
  • 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 cardamom pods
  • 5 whole cloves
  • 1/3 cup Cognac
  • 4 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 orange peel
Combine wine, sugar, cardamom pods and cloves in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer, about 15 minutes. Strain out the spices by pouring the mixture through a cheese cloth. Add the Cognac to a mug and ladle the mulled wine over it. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and orange twist. Makes 4 drinks.

 
 
Happy Swallows
Courtesy of Willy Shine of 1534, New York City

 
  • 5 ounces black tea, brewed 
  • 2 ounces Disaronno 
  • ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice 
  • 3 rose petals 
Combine the hot tea, Disarrono and lemon juice into a coffee mug. Garnish with the rose petals.

 

 

 
Rum Ta Ta 
Courtesy of LOKaL, Chicago
  • 1 750ml bottle of white wine (sweet works best)
  • 10 cloves 
  • 2 cinnamon sticks 
  • 2 spoonfuls honey

 
In a saucepan, bring the wine to a simmer, about 10 minutes. When heated, the add cloves, cinnamon sticks and honey. Let it simmer for another 10 minutes. Let cool for 45 minutes before serving.

 

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Hot drink recipies

About 2 years ago, I posted a recipie for my Hot Toddy- a standy for the winter. Today I was reading Wine Enthusiast and ran across a few more - I'll publish my hot toddy today along with 3 of WE's recipies (giving credit for the bar they originally came from as well) and tomorrow I'll post 3 more:

WineLush’s Hot Toddy 
  • ½ shot bourbon 
  • ½ shot triplesec/cointreau/grand marnier (whichever you have)
  • 1 shot brandy
  • 1 tbs honey
Fill mug with hot tea. (personally I use Orange Spiced (black) Tea or Orange Passionfruit & Jasmine (green) Tea.

 

 
And 3 from winemag.com/hotdrinks:

 

 
The Beale End All

Courtesy of Chaim Dauermann of Inoteca e Liquori, New York City 
  • 2 ounces spiced rum
  • 1 ounce Montenegro Amaro 
  • ½ ounce lemon juice 
  • ¼ ounce Demerara sugar syrup 
  • Dash of Regan's Orange Bitters 
  • Dash of Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Bitters 
  • 4 ounces hot water 
  • Orange peel, for garnish

Combine all ingredients, pour into a coffee mug, and garnish with an orange peel.

 

 
Midnight Cowboy Haut Chocolat
Courtesy of EDGE Bar at Four Seasons Denver, Denver, CO

 
  • ¾ cup milk 
  • 1 hot chocolate powder packet (your choice of any gourmet brand)
  • 1½ ounces Jack Daniel‚Äôs Tennessee Whiskey
  • ½ ounce Amaretto
  • Whipped cream
  • A pinch of allspice 
  • Marshmallows, for garnish 
In a saucepan, heat the milk, then add the hot chocolate powder and mix until the chocolate is well incorporated. Add the Jack Daniels and Amaretto to the hot chocolate mixture. Pour into a coffee mug and top with whipped cream and a pinch of allspice. Serve with marshmallows on the side.

 

 

 
Death by Hot Chocolate

Courtesy of 39 Degrees at Sky Hotel, Aspen, CO
  • ½ ounce Godiva Dark Chocolate Liqueur
  •  ½ ounce Baileys Irish Cream
  •  ½ ounce Navan Vanilla Cognac
  •  1 hot chocolate powder packet (your choice of any gourmet brand)
  •  Marshmallows, for garnish

Combine the liqueur, Irish cream and cognac. Add the powder packet of hot chocolate and garnish with marshmallows.