❇❆ ☃ Holiday Belly Shots ☃ ❆❇

...in light of last night's Belly-Shot Bonanza ( O_o) I am writing a looking for a bartender, a well stocked bar and a guy with a camera.

Obsessed searched the Web for the Hottest Holiday Cocktails and you'll be surprised to see what we came up with!

With Joy and Jolly all around and the impending doom of New Years Day I'm never drinking resolutions, it is now time... for Holiday Belly Shots off your favorite Santa's Helpers!!!

Drunken Elf

• 1 oz Bacardi Golden Rum
• Pink Lemonade
• Serve with a candy cane hanging off the rim of a tall slender glass.

Gingerbread Apple Cocktail

• 2 oz Domaine de Canton
• 1 oz vanilla vodka
• 2.5 oz apple cider
• A few drops of lemon juice
• Orange zest
• Agave syrup

Line a chilled martini glass lightly with agave syrup on a dish followed by spiced graham cracker crumbs. Place all ingredients except for orange zest in a shaker and shake vigorously. Strain into glass. Freshly grate orange zest on drink and serve immediately.

Dijon Sidecar

2 oz Hennessy VS cognac
1 oz good quality Crème de Cassis de Dijon (preferably Mathilde)
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice.

Shake ingredients together and strain into chilled martini glass; serve with lemon twist.

Created by Megan Flinn, Allegretti Food & Beverage Manager

Chocolate Peppermint Cookie

Serves 1
Chocolate and mint are a quintessential holiday pair. Swapping out a handful of chocolate mint cookies for this chocolate mint drink will help you squeeze into that sexy holiday dress.

Ingredients

• Finely crushed candy cane
• 3/4 ounce Partida Blanco Tequila
• 1 ounce peppermint schnapps
• 3/4 ounce Godiva Liqueur
• 1-1/2 ounces cream

Directions

1. Dip the rim of a martini glass in water and then in crushed candy cane. Set aside.
2. Shake remaining ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into prepared martini glass. Garnish with a small candy cane, if desired.

Source - Liverpool Daily Post

Christmas Pudding Cocktail by Jamie Poole at Babycream (far right)

EVEN those who usually shun the traditional figgy pudding in favour of granny’s trifle are sure to enjoy this liquid version – and not a currant in sight.

Shake one part Southern Comfort with one part Drambuie and strain into a large balloon wine glass.

Add the Guinness and stir. Top up with lots of ice and garnish with a mint sprig.

Manhattan Winter from the Radisson SAS’ White Bar (right)
THIS twist on the traditional Manhattan is a pleasant spicy concoction that is sure to get your tastebuds tingling.
Using a muddling stick, crush four freshly-crushed cloves and half a measure of Martini Rosso in a large cocktail mixing glass, next add a pinch of cinnamon and fill the glass with ice cubes.
Add a measure of Woodford Reserve and half a teaspoon of marmalade and mix using a cocktail stirrer.
Double strain as shown and mix using a cocktail stirrer. Serve with orange zest in a wide martini glass.

Gingerbread Apple Cocktail
2 oz Domaine de Canton
1 oz vanilla vodka
2.5 oz apple cider
A few drops of lemon juice
Orange zest
Agave syrup

Line a chilled martini glass lightly with agave syrup on a dish followed by spiced graham cracker crumbs. Place all ingredients except for orange zest in a shaker and shake vigorously. Strain into glass. Freshly grate orange zest on drink and serve immediately.

Created by: Pichet Ong

Banana Caipirinha

1 1/2 oz Leblon Cachaca
3/4 oz banana schnapps
1/2 banana
1 oz coconut water
Splash of simple syrup
3/4 oz lime juice
3/4 oz pineapple juice

Mix ingredients together in a shaker with ice. Strain and serve.

The Kasbah
With sesame seeds, fresh watermelon, and cloves, this cocktail has all the taste and color of the spice route.

1 oz Russian Standard vodka
1 dash sesame seeds
2 cloves
1.8 oz fresh watermelon
.7 oz Cointreau
1 dash Campari

Muddle sesame seeds, cloves, and watermelon in a mixing glass. Add remaining liquids and shake over crushed ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a kumquat.

Kiwifruit Lychee Sparkler

1 Zespri Gold Kiwifruit, peeled, chopped
3 oz vodka
2 oz lychee syrup*
4 oz ginger ale

Muddle kiwifruit, vodka, lychee syrup, and ice in cocktail shaker. Shake all ingredients, add ginger ale, and strain into two ice-filled Collins glasses. Garnish with kiwifruit and lychee if desired. For mocktail, substitute 3 oz extra ginger ale for alcohol.

*Look for canned lychees packed in lychee syrup in the Asian section of your grocery store.

Makes: 2 cocktails

The Ginger Caipirissimas

5-6 lime wedges
3/4 oz ginger syrup
1 brown sugar cube
2 oz white rum

Muddle lime wedges and shake all ingredients together and serve in a Collins glass.

From 1OAK, a nightlife venue from Richie Akiva and Scott Sartiano.

Winter Wonderland

1.5 oz Spice-infused Sobieski vodka
1/2 oz Premium white creme de menthe
2.5 Pear nectar
1/2 oz Fresh lemon juice
5 Leaves sage
1/2 oz Black currant syrup

Muddle sage leaves in mixing tin. Add all ingredients and shake hard for ten seconds. Strain into a beautiful cocktail glass or champagne flute. Slowly pour currant syrup through the middle of the drink. It will settle at the bottom. Garnish with fresh sage leaves and pear slices.




Spice-infused Sobieski vodka
8 oz. Sobieski vodka, room temperature
1 chai tea bag
5 black peppercorns, cracked.

Put all ingredients into an airtight plastic container. Allow to infuse for 1-2 hours or until desired level of spice is reached. Will yield enough for five cocktails.

Created by: Tad Carducci

Vanille Bourbon

1/2 oz tamarind syrup
1/2 oz NAVAN
1 1/2 oz bourbon
1 oz club soda

In a mixing glass add all ingredients except the soda, add ice, shake and strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass, add soda and garnish with 3 brandied cherries on a pick.

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