Recipes

[Noel7]

What are you fixing as holiday cocktails this season?

My parents used to make hot buttered rum and serve it in these little cups, which I use also. 

[Noel7]

Looking through the Betty Crocker recipe site, I came across this cocktail recipe for:

Italian Eggnog Martinis

I really want to try this one, I love eggnog, I like almond liqueur, and am assuming Amaretto can be substituted for the Disaronno, both are almond liqueurs.

Toast the holidays in style with an elegant martini made with Disaronno, vodka and eggnog. For added flair, rim the glass with brown sugar, caramel and cinnamon and garnish with a candy cane and cinnamon stick.

Ingredients

  1 oz Disaronno 1 oz vodka (pick your favorite brand) 2 oz store bought eggnog Maraschino cherry Cinnamon Brown sugar Caramel syrup Candy cane and cinnamon stick for garnish (optional)

Directions

• 1 Coat the inside of a small plate with caramel syrup, sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Dip the rim of a martini glass in the mixture and spin back and forth and all around until the whole rim is coated. Place the glass in the freezer.
• 2 In a shaker with ice, add the eggnog, vodka and Disaronno. Shake for a minute. Remove glass from freezer. Place one maraschino cherry in the bottom of the glass.
• 3 Pour mix from shaker into glass and sprinkle with cinnamon. Garnish with a candy cane and a cinnamon stick.

[curlywhitedog]

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@Noel7 wrote:

Looking through the Betty Crocker recipe site, I came across this cocktail recipe for:

Italian Eggnog Martinis

I really want to try this one, I love eggnog, I like almond liqueur, and am assuming Amaretto can be substituted for the Disaronno, both are almond liqueurs.

Toast the holidays in style with an elegant martini made with Disaronno, vodka and eggnog. For added flair, rim the glass with brown sugar, caramel and cinnamon and garnish with a candy cane and cinnamon stick.

Ingredients

  1 oz Disaronno 1 oz vodka (pick your favorite brand) 2 oz store bought eggnog Maraschino cherry Cinnamon Brown sugar Caramel syrup Candy cane and cinnamon stick for garnish (optional)

Directions

• 1 Coat the inside of a small plate with caramel syrup, sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Dip the rim of a martini glass in the mixture and spin back and forth and all around until the whole rim is coated. Place the glass in the freezer.
• 2 In a shaker with ice, add the eggnog, vodka and Disaronno. Shake for a minute. Remove glass from freezer. Place one maraschino cherry in the bottom of the glass.
• 3 Pour mix from shaker into glass and sprinkle with cinnamon. Garnish with a candy cane and a cinnamon stick.

That looks seriously good...

Maria

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[curlywhitedog]

Made these for Thanksgiving...word to the wise, one is fine, two, not so much if you're the hostess...lol

[Ms X]

Thanks for this thread and the suggestions I've already seen.  I love amaretto.  It doesn't seem to have much alcohol in it for a martini.  I drank two martinis many years ago and they had so much alcohol in them that I've never even thought of ordering another one.

My comment will mark this thread in my profile for future reference.

[Noel7]

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@Ms X wrote:

Thanks for this thread and the suggestions I've already seen.  I love amaretto.  It doesn't seem to have much alcohol in it for a martini.  I drank two martinis many years ago and they had so much alcohol in them that I've never even thought of ordering another one.

My comment will mark this thread in my profile for future reference.

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@Ms X

It seems almost anything can be called a martini nowadays, especially if it's served in a typical martini glass

I agree about the strength of the old fashioned martinis.  They were almost always made of gin, a potent liquor, imo.  Later, we started seeing them made with vodka, a lot easier on the palate, imo.

I'm not a big drinker but I like to have things on hand to serve to guests, especially during the holidays, and I would like to try that BC recipe for myself

[Ms X]

Merry Christmas cocktails, Noel7!

[Noel7]

@curlywhitedog

This looks wonderful!  Thanks so much, and just think, the base has some of the same ingredients as the Italian Martini, no waste there

ps I've tasted the cake vodka, it's pretty good.

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@curlywhitedog wrote:

Made these for Thanksgiving...word to the wise, one is fine, two, not so much if you're the hostess...lol

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[Noel7]

So others will have a visual of the cake vodka:

Pinnacle Cake French Vodka

[dmod nj]

Merry Christmas Noel and Maria.  Both those cocktails look yummy!!