Christmas and Holiday 2011 Recipes

Bring milk to a simmer. Whisk in drinking chocolate. Simmer for 30 seconds while stirring. Add Kahlua Peppermint Mocha. Garnish with peppermint stick and marshmallows.

Mix ingredients together and top with whipped cream.

Run orange slice over the rim of the martini glass and dip rim in cinnamon sugar. Combine Cockspur Rum and apple cider in a shaker with ice. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with the orange slice. Also can be served in a tall glass on the rocks.

Shake all ingredients but the pomegranate juice and pour into prepared glass. Pour pomegranate juice slowly down the side of the cocktail glass, let settle. Garnish with apple slice and serve.

Glass Preparation:

• Mix clear gelatin with water according to directions on box (for an extra kick, infuse the gelatin with Van Gogh Wild Appel Vodka the night before!)
• Place cranberry in bottom of Martini Glass
• Rim Martini glass with cinnamon and sugar mixture
• Chill - should sit overnight to ensure everything has time to gel completely.

By Jose Torrella, Mixologist

Shake ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a martini glass and garnish.

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with black raspberries.

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a tall glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a lemon twist and a black raspberry.

Shake well with ice and strain Into a chilled cocktail glass with a sugar coated rim. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Combine ingredients in an ice-filled glass and top with the ginger beer. Garnish with a lime.

Add the spirits, cream, egg, and simple syrup to an iced shaker. Shake for 20 seconds. Strain into a martini glass and top with fresh cinnamon.

You might not want to pass on the egg-nog this year, because it's spiked with Pisco Porton - the premium Peruvian Pisco that is taking the country by storm!

Created by Nate DeWitt of Mise en Place in Tampa, FL

For each person, heat a cup of milk to steaming. Remove from heat before bubbles begin to form around edge of saucepan. Into cup or mug, measure chocolate mix, coffee creamer and bourbon. Add hot milk; stir until well mixed.

It's never been a better time to drink Hot Chocolate, because this cocktail is no joke - the smoothness of handcrafted Maker's Mark will have you coming back for more!

In a shaker add all ingredients over ice then shake and strain; can be served either straight up or on the rocks.

This libation isn't for the kids, but we definitely recommend leaving one out for Santa!

In a shaker combine vodka and curacao together with several ice cubes. Shake vigorously, then strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a sheet of edible silver foil.

To get extra creative garnish with edible Silver Foil; serve on silver cocktail napkin. For a variation, add a little lemon-lime soda.

Mix ingredients in blender with ice, pour into sugar-rimmed glass.

Rim your glasses; run a lemon wedge around the rim of your glass and dip in sugar. In a shaker filled with ice, combine pomegranate juice, coconut water, tequila, liquors and lemon juice. Shake and pour into prepared glasses. Garnish with a lemon wedge. For an extra special touch, add fresh pomegranate seeds to the cocktail and serve with a spoon so your guests can easily enjoy!

Combine ingredients and shake with ice and strain into a larger shot glass.

*Add one ounce (by weight) of cloves per 750ml bottle, let sit for 20-25 minutes.

Crush candy cane with the back of a spoon. Combine hot chocolate and Baileys by pouring into a coffee mug. Top with a dollop of whipped cream and sprinkle crushed candy cane on top. Garnish with mint leaf.

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice Add Ketel One Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Fresh Lime Juice and Orange Bitters and shake vigorously. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice and top with ginger beer.

Dry shake all ingredients hard, add ice, shake hard again and strain into a sherry glass. Dust with grated nutmeg.

Divide coffee, Coffee-mate and rum between two mugs. Top each with whipped cream and sprinkle of nutmeg.

Shake all ingredients together with ice in a shaker and strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with cinnamon.

Rim 10 oz. coffee mug or heat-proof glass with vanilla frosting. Add hot coffee and remaining ingredients; stir. Serve.

In a large bowl combine pomegranate vodka, chili, and pomegranate seeds. Cover and marinate in fridge for 30 minutes. Add the rest of ingredients when ready to serve.

In a shaker combine all ingredients above. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain into martini glass rimmed with maple flakes, drop in 2 coriander leaves, and garnish glass with pink grapefruit rind twist.

Combine all ingredients in a martini shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a medium sniffer. Garnish with a sprinkle of fresh ground cinnamon & 1 whole cinnamon stick.

In a shaker, combine the Russian Standard, Tea Infused Vodka and Limoncello. Shake well and pour with into a champagne flute, and fill up with sparkling wine of your choice. Garnish with candied cherries on a skewer or drink stirrer.

**To make tea-infused vodka:

• 1 tbsp. loose Silver Needle Chinese Tea
• 1 750-ml. bottle of Russian Standard Vodka

Add tea to vodka and shake to combine. Set aside for 3 hours to infuse. Strain out tea and store vodka in a cool, dark place until ready to use.

Combine Russian Standard Vodka, apple juice and ice in a highball glass. Stir well and garnish with the apple slice and cinnamon stick.

Shake ingredients gently over ice. Strain and serve in a chilled martini glass. Garnish with olives.

In a tumbler, combine Russian Standard Vodka, lemonade and ice. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

Shake Russian Standard Vodka, lemon juice and pomegranate juice gently over ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a mint leaf or lemon twist.