Signature Drink of the Week – Three Amigos Cocktail

Three Amigos Cocktail

Think of this as Mexico in a glass: the vivid flavor of fresh lime juice plus beer and salt. For a traditional finish, add a dash of hot sauce.

Ingredients:
Ice cubes
2 bottles Mexican beer
1 1/3 cups Limeade

Directions:
Fill a large pitcher with ice cubes. Stir in beer and limeade. Pour into salt-rimmed glasses.

Signature Drink of the Week – Blizzard Cocktail

The Blizzard Cocktail

This tasty cocktail recipe is courtesy of Charles Corpion from the Four Seasons

Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounces Irish whiskey or rum
1/2 ounce hazelnut liqueur, such as Frangelico
1/2 ounce Irish cream liqueur, such as Bailey’s
Hot coffee
Dollop of Grand Marnier Whipped Cream

Directions:
In a glass coffee mug, stir together whiskey, hazelnut liqueur, and Irish cream; top with coffee. Garnish cocktail with whipped cream and serve immediately

Signature Drink of the Week – Pineapple Gin Kir

Pineapple Gin “Kir”

Ingredients:
3/4 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup gin
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons creme de cassis
2 pineapple wedges (for garnish

Directions:
In a pitcher, mix together pineapple juice, gin, and lemon juice. Divide between 2 tall (Collins) glasses. Pour 1 teaspoon creme de cassis in the center of each glass; do not stir. Carefully fill glasses with ice cubes, and garnish each with a pineapple wedge.

You can prepare these cocktails without the pineapple garnish, if desired.

Signature Drink of the Week – Cranberry Spiced Sparkler

Fall is Just Around The Corner…

Cranberry Spiced Sparkler

Ingredients:
8 fresh cranberries
1 tsp. Pumpkin spice Agave nectar ***
Splash of freshly squeezed lemon juice
3 oz. Champagne or sparkling wine

Directions:
In the bottom of a mixing glass, muddle the cranberries, agave nectar, and lemon juice. Then add ice and the champagne or sparkling wine and gently fold. Strain out into a champagne flute. Top off with an extra splash of wine. Garnish with 3 floating cranberries.

Signature Drink of the Week – Dolce Domani

Dolce Domani

Muddle half of a lime with 2.5 teaspoons of sugar until all the juice is extracted
Add 3 oz. of Ecco Domani’s Merlot
Add ice into a boston shaker and shake vigorously for at least 6 seconds
Pour all ingredients into a lowball glass or wineglass
Garnish with a lime wheel

Signature Drink of the Week

Frozen Frangelico Coffee with Cream

Coffee and Frangelico, a hazelnut liqueur, are frozen and then topped with a billowing peak of maple syrup-flavored cream.

Ingredients:
4 cups strongly brewed chilled coffee
1 cup Frangelico
2/3 cup heavy cream
4 to 6 tablespoons pure maple syrup

Directions:
Stir 4 cups strongly brewed chilled coffee and 1 cup Frangelico in a medium bowl. Transfer to freezer until slushy but slightly frozen, about 5 hours, stirring twice.

Whisk heavy cream in a medium bowl until soft peaks form. Add pure maple syrup; whisk until soft peaks return.

Divide coffee mixture among 4 large glasses; top with whipped cream, dividing evenly.

Signature Drink of the Week – Key Lime Mojito

Key Lime Mojito

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups light rum
3/4 cup fresh lime juice
3/4 cup fresh key lime juice
3/4 to 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
3 3/4 cups club soda
10 large sprigs fresh mint, about 4 to 6 leaves each
Crushed ice
Key lime wedges, for garnish

Directions:
In a large pitcher, combine rum, lime juices, and sugar. Stir until sugar has dissolved. Stir in club soda.

Place mint springs in each of 10 glasses. Using the back of a spoon, crush mint leaves.

Add crushed ice to glasses. Divide rum mixture between glasses. Garnish with lime wedges. Serve immediately.

Signature Drink of the Week – Pisco Punch

Pisco Punch

Ingredients:
1 peeled, cored pineapple, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 bottle (750 milliliters) pisco (wine-searcher.com)
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup fresh lime juice (from 4 limes)
Ice

Directions:
Combine pineapple with pisco in a nonreactive bowl. Cover, and refrigerate for 3 days (make sure fruit is submerged). Bring sugar and water to a boil; stir to dissolve. Let syrup cool. Stir 1/2 cup syrup and lime juice into pisco mixture. Fill 6 glasses with ice and punch. Garnish with soaked pineapple

Signature Drink of the Week – Kir Royale Champagne

Kir Royale Champagne Drink

Ingredients:
3 ounces (6 tablespoons) creme de cassis
1 bottle Champagne or other sparkling white wine
6 strips tangerine or orange zest, for garnish

Directions:
Just before serving, pour 1 tablespoon creme de cassis into each glass. Fill with Champagne, and garnish with zest.

Signature Drink of the Week

PARIS MANHATTAN

Ingredients:
2 1/2 ounces bourbon or rye
1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Ice cubes
Maraschino cherry, for garnish

Directions:
Shake bourbon, vermouth, and bitters over ice. Strain into a cocktail glass; garnish with cherry.