Fuzzy Lemon Brandy

Fuzzy Lemon Brandy
A lovely drink for lovely ladies

Ingredients :

• 2 Ounces Brandy
• 1 Ounce lemon syrup
• 1 candied lemon slice, garnish
• 1 mint leaf, lightly pressed
• Soda water

Instructions:

1. In a shaker with ice combine the brandy, and lemon syrup. 
2. Prepare a highball glass with ice, add the candied lemon and mint leaf. 
3. Pour shaker over ice,  top up with soda water. 
4. Sip delicately, like a lady.

Enjoy! 

Pantry Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate

Ingredients:
(Listed per serving, so multiply everything by the number of people you are serving)

• 1 Cup Milk
• 2 Tablespoons Milk
• 2-3 Tablespoons Sweetened Condensed Milk
• Pinch Salt
• 2 Tablespoons Unsweetened Coco Powder
• 1/8 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions:

1. In a sauce pan large enough, combine the 2 tablespoons milk with the 2 tablespoons unsweetened coco powder, and a pinch of salt. Heat over a medium low temperature until the coco completely dissolves into the milk and everything looks smooth and wonderful.
2. Add the sweetened condensed milk, cup of normal milk and whisk everything well to blend.
3. Heat to desired temperature and serve, or. . .
4. Use an immersion blender to make it more frothy.
5. Also ,mini marshmallows are optional.

Enjoy!

Notes:

Winter on an island in the North Atlantic is less fun in winter. . .  lots of snow and ice and cold. . . Thank goodness for hot food and drinks.

Boozey Blueberry Jello Shots

Boozey Blueberry Jello Shots

Ingredients:

• About 30 disposable shot glasses
• About 30 fresh large Blueberries
• 1 Package Berry Blue Jello
• 1 Cup boiling water
• 1 Cup ice cold Rum (if you are using less rum, top up to one cup with ice cold water)
• 2 Ounces Rum
• 1 Tablespoon Sugar

Instructions:

1. The night before whisk the sugar into the 2 ounces of rum to dissolve. Add the blueberries and top up with enough water to cover all the berries. Let them soak in the fridge over night. 
2. On a large tray set out all of the shot glasses,. 
3. Drain the soaking blueberries and place one or two berries in the bottom of each shot glass.
4. Boil a cup of water 
5. Pour the jello package into a large bowl with a lip for easier pouring. 
6. Add the boiling water to the large bowl and whisk to dissolve completely. 
7. Add the ice cold rum to the jello and stir to mix well.
8. Pour the Jello mix into each shot glass, trying to be even about how much each gets. 
9. Once done place the tray in the fridge for about 5 hours until the jello sets.

Keep chilled in fridge until ready to serve.

Enjoy!

Notes:

Made these for a birthday party, they were excellent! However I like to make my jello shots as strong as possible to surprise people. You may not want to have exceptionally strong jello shots so there is a trick to this, to lower the alcohol levels in them you can do a few of the following things differently.

First I gave my fresh blueberries a nice bath in rum and sugar for about 36 hours, because I love boozey fruit in summer. This is a step that can be skipped if you want.

Second I made the jello half water and half rum, so I made a standard one package of blue berry flavored jello, by boiling one cup of water and adding one cup of ice cold rum while following the other jello instructions. You can easily lower the alcohol levels by not using a full cup. Anything between 1/2 and 1 full cup of rum is a good amount for yummy jello shots.

So for most alcohol, soak the blueberries for up to 2 days in sugar and rum, and use a full 1:1 ratio of water to rum in recipe.

For less alcohol, use fresh blueberries and less than one cup of ice cold rum topped up with water or a fruit juice (not kiwi or pineapple) to make the one cup ice cold liquid to start the setting process.

Ps. You can switch up the flavors and use any fresh berry with it's matching or a complimenting berry flavor. Except for kiwi and pineapple! These two fruits have different enzymes in them which react with the gelatin or other setting ingredients in jello, meaning if you add a fruit like kiwi or pineapple, the jello wont ever ever set and you have created a hot science mess.

Also if you use a tooth pick a jab a hole in each of the berries, more fresh berry flavor gets into the rum. More berry is better berry.

White Wine Sangria

It's my birthday soon! Which means time for a summer party. My new favorite summer drink is a white wine sangria, it is light and fruity and delicious, plus it also has a lot of boozey fruit which will make a nice snack after the drink is gone but the party remains. Boozey fruit is awesome in the summer time. So this is how I made mine, it was awesome according to my opinion and my party guests that night. So I am pretty confident that it will be a successful addition to almost any party this summer. And all the summers after.

White Wine Sangria

Ingredients:

• 1 750ml bottle of Riesling White Wine.
• 2/3 Cups White Sugar
• 3 oz Brandy (3 shots)
• 1 Orange
• 1 Tangerine
• 1 Lemon
• 1 Lime
• 1 Mini sized cucumbers, or about half an English cucumber
• Some other assorted fruit like berries, water melon, grapes etc
• 1 Can ginger ale
• 1 or 2 Cans club soda

Instructions:

1. The night before ideally, in a large punch bowl or juice pitcher mix together the wine, sugar and brandy. Whisking until the sugar dissolves. 
2. Slice all the fruit into thin slices or small pieces and add to the liquor mix. 
3. Chill over night. 
4. Just before serving add the ginger ale and club soda and stir to mix. 
5. Keep it chilled and serve with ice.

Enjoy!