Mixology Trends: Recipe Recommendations
Steve Prati's Selections
Week of October 25 - October 30, 2010
Witch's Brew Punch
Ingredients
1 (6-ounce) package lime gelatin
2 cups boiling water
3 cups chilled pineapple juice
1 (2 liter) bottle chilled lemon-lime soft drink or ginger ale
2 cups chilled vodka
Special Equipment
1 large black plastic cauldron (available at party or craft stores)
1 punch bowl that fits inside the cauldron
1 plastic hand (available at party supply stores), sterilized in hot water
1 block dry ice (available at supermarkets, ice cream shops or ice companies)
Directions
1. Pour the gelatin mix into a large bowl. Slowly stir in the boiling water. Stir at least 2 minutes, until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Stir in the pineapple juice. Let cool to room temperature.
2.
Wearing heavy duty gloves or using tongs, place the block of dry ice in the bottom of the cauldron. (Dry ice will burn skin, so handle it with gloves and tongs and keep it away from kids and pets!)
3.
Use an ice pick to break the block into smaller chunks, if necessary.
4.
Fill the cauldron with just enough water to cover the dry ice. It will begin to "steam."
Dracula's Kiss
Ingredients
1 oz black cherry vodka
1/2 oz grenadine
cola
maraschino cherries for garnish
Directions
Coat the bottom of a highball glass with grenadine. Add ice and vodka. Fill with cola. Garnish with cherries.
Black Cat
Ingredients
1 oz vodka
1 oz cherry brandy
cranberry juice
cola
Directions
Pour the vodka and brandy into a highball glass filled with ice. Fill the glass with equal amounts of cranberry juice and cola.
Bo Clarke's Monthly Featured Cocktail
September 2010
Bo Clarke has concocted some special recipes for our customers and we will be featuring these tasty drinks the first week of each month. Recipe cards will be available in the store so be certain to pick one up! This is just one of many of Bo's Recipes, so stay on the lookout for future ones online and in the store.
Spanish Demon Rioja Sangria
Ingredients
2 bottles Spanish Demon Rioja
1 E&J brandy
1/2 cup Dekuyper triple sec
1 cup orange juice
1 cup pomegranate juice
1/2 cup simple syrup, or more to taste (equal parts sugar and water, heated until sugar dissolves, cooled)
Orange slices
Apple slices
Blackberries
Pomegranate seeds
Directions
Mix all ingredients together and let stand in a tightly sealed container or pitcher for at least 24 hours in the refrigerator before serving.
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