Festive Cocktail Recipes

Festive Cocktail Recipes

05 December, 2012
by: Spoonfed Food And Drink

Cocktail expert Salavatore Calabrese shares five of his most festive recipes with us, from the Christmas Puddingtini to the Quail's Eggnog.

When pulling out all the stops for your guests at Christmas, why draw the line at food? A cocktail on arrival sets the tone for a special party from the off and is a welcome alternative to red wine teeth and champagne heartburn.

Here are five easy ‘Spirit of Christmas’ cocktail recipes, created by Salvatore Calabrese – one of the world's leading bartenders. With flavours of Christmas pudding, cinnamon, chestnut jam, nutmeg and cranberry sauce, these festive drinks should enliven any celebration.  

Christmas Puddingtini

75ml frozen Tanqueray Gin
10ml Courvosier Cognac
10ml White Creme de Cacao
Dash of Sambuca
Miniature Christmas pudding

Method:
Pour all of the ingredients, except for the Sambuca, into a mixing glass with ice and stir, before straining into a chilled cocktail glass. Using either spoon or a metal cocktail stirrer, dip a mini Christmas pudding into a small liqueur glass filled with Sambuca and soak, before lighting your pudding and dropping it into the prepared cocktail. Eat the pudding and enjoy the cocktail!

The Cardinal

25ml Courvosier Cognac
25ml Visciolata del Cardinale Liqueur
2 drops of Mozart chocolate bitters
Top up with Guinness 

Method:
Place all of the ingredients in a mixing glass (except the Guinness) with ice. Stir and strain into a sling or beer glass and top up with the Guinness, before stirring again.

Quails Eggnog

35ml Johnnie Walker Black Label
25ml Port
15ml  Gomme
10ml Baileys
1 quail egg
Shaker and strainer
Grated nutmeg 
Cinnamon stick

Method:
Place all of the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake sharply before straining into a chilled cocktail glass. Grate nutmeg on top of the finished drink and garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Silent Night

40ml 
15ml Port
1 bar spoon of apricot brandy
2 bar spoon of cranberry sauce
1 vanilla pod 

Method: 
Remove the seeds from a vanilla pod and place them with all the other ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake sharply to allow the mixture to mix well. Double strain into a port glass and enjoy!  

Chestnut Fizz 

30ml Vodka
2 bar spoonfuls of chestnut jam
10ml Grand Marnier
Dash of egg white
Champagne
Small Coupette glass

Method:
Place all of the ingredients except the champagne in a shaker filled with ice. Shake sharply and hard, before straining into a Coupette glass. Top up with Champagne and garnish with an orange twist. 

To sample some of Salvatore’s creations first hand, visit Salvatore at Playboy, 14 Old Park Lane, W1K 1ND.

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