Christmas Cocktails
The Editor
Want to impress your family and any guests that you have included in "the three household" rule this Christmas?
Why not create your own Cocktails and Mocktails!
Here are a selection of our favourites.
Christmas Lights
Recipe:
2 oz cranberry juice
.5 oz lemon juice
2 oz homemade sorrel tea
Dry kombucha
Directions:
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a champagne flute. Top with kombucha and garnish with a clove-studded orange twist.
Lamplighter Inn
Recipe:
1.5 oz heavy cream
1.5 oz spent coffee grounds syrup
.5 oz lemon juice
.5 oz egg white
Seltzer
Directions:
Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake. Add ice shake again. Strain into a fizz glass. Top with seltzer and garnish with coffee beans.
Sparkling Cranberry Apple Cider Mocktail
Recipe:
Apple cider
Cranberry juice
Soda water
Lemon juice
Sugar in a dish (for the rim)
Lemon slice or peel (optional)
Directions:
Dip the top of the flute in water and then immediately dip into sugar dish. Add ¼ cup of apple cider to the flute. Add ½ cup of cranberry juice to the flute. Add a splash of soda water for bubbles. Top with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Garnish with a lemon slice or peel (optional).
