Serves 6: gin 100ml (use cranberry juice for a lower-alcohol serve) bitter aperitif such as Campari 100ml sweet vermouth 200ml chilled espresso 50ml chilled prosecco 350ml
Combine all ingredients in a punchbowl or large pitcher with ice. Stir lightly. Garnish with orange slices, star anise, cinnamon sticks, long orange and lemon twists, and fresh cranberries. Serve in punch cups.
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1/3 cup fresh squeezed clementine or blood orange juice
Ginger Beer, for topping,
pomegranate arils, for topping
1 sprig fresh thyme or mint
Instructions:
1. Fill a cocktail glass with ice. Add the vodka, elderflower liquor (if using), and clementine juice. Top with ginger beer. Add the pomegranates and thyme or mint. Enjoy!
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Eggnog has virtually the same ingredients as ice-cream – egg yolks, whipping cream, milk and sugar. Legendary bartender Harry Craddock worked this out in the 1920s at the American Bar at the Savoy, when he created the white cargo, blending equal parts gin and vanilla bean ice-cream. He garnished this frosty masterpiece with a grated nutmeg. For Christmas, try this classic with a dark rum or a scotch whisky.
Makes 1 glass good vanilla ice-cream 50ml aged rum 50ml, or whisky (or whiskey) nutmeg
Combine the ice-cream and the spirit in an empty cocktail shaker. Shake without ice. Pour into a chilled cocktail glass and grate nutmeg over the top.
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