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Christmas Cocktails

Mon, 23 December 2024

Christmas Cocktails

HOT MULLED APPLE 

INGREDIENTS, SERVES 
 
  • 1 litre of pressed Irish Apple Juice
  • 100 ml water 
  • The zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 10 g of cleaned fresh ginger cut into matchsticks 
  • 2 star anise
  • 2 cinnamon sticks 
  • 6 cloves 
  • 3 green cardamom pods 
  • 2 tablespoons of date syrup or 3 tablespoon of honey
 
METHOD:
Pour the apple juice and water into a clean pot and stick it on a medium heat.
Add the rest of the ingredients and stir while keeping it on the heat for 15 minutes. 
For each serve, place a tea strainer on your glass and pour in about 200 ml of the hot mulled apple. If you'd like to enjoy it with whiskey, add 35 ml of Powers Irish Whiskey and stir it in with a teaspoon. 
 
 
IRISH ELDERFLOWER ROYALE
 
INGREDIENTS
 
  • 25 ml of iStil 38 Irish vodka
  • 2 teaspoons of Irish elderflower cordial 
  • 1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice
  • 100 ml Mumm Courdon Rouge Champagne
 
METHOD:
Chill a champagne flute with some ice. Pour the vodka, elderflower and lemon into an iced shaker. Seal the shaker and shake it for 10 seconds. Remove the ice from the glass and strain the cocktail in. Top it up with the champagne. 

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