Christmas Food - Christmas Drinks
Christmas is a great time to sit back and relax and have a few drinks with friends and family. Whether it is a glass of champagne with a strawberry in it, or a nice cold glass of beer it’s a good time to stock up the bar fridge and make sure you are prepared for any unexpected guests.
If you are feeling adventurous and wantt to try something different to make your friends and family feel special here are some drink recipes that are sure to make your Christmas gathering a success.
Check out our great recipes for Champagne, Cocktails and Coffees for the adults and down the bottom of this page are some great drinks for the children at Christmas time.
Don’t forget the teetotalers at the Christmas party and provide your guests with a choice of non- alcoholic drinks. With good preparation before hand, great company and attractively presented drinks, you will be a relaxed host and your Christmas party will be well on its way to success.
And if it is red or white wine you are after. Check out the great links on the right of this page.
Champagne
Champagne is always popular at Christmas time. Provided below are 3 great ways to serve champagne to your guests. For each recipe you will need a 750ml bottle of champagne to serve 4 to 6 people. The champagne should be chilled and drinks can be served immediately.
Strawberry Bellini
100g of strawberries (1/3 of a punnet)
1/3 cup Grand Marnier
1 tablespoon castor sugar
1 teaspoon Grenadine cordial
Wash, hull and then puree or blend strawberries, add Grand Marnier, add castor sugar and cordial. Divide strawberry mixture between glasses and top up with chilled champagne
Champagne Blossom
1 cup orange juice
½ cup Cointreau
1 tablespoon castor sugar
Combine orange juice and Cointreau and add castor sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves. Divide mixture between glasses and top up with chilled champagne
Cocktails
A cocktail is a drink consisting of two or more ingredients, stirred or shaken, and should be drunk as soon as possible after serving. Note: To avoid overindulgence try splitting the alcoholic / rich cocktail into smaller glasses and give your guests a taste. Decorate glasses with split strawberries or cherries.
Egg Nogg
1 egg
1 tablespoon sugar
30ml brandy
milk
nutmeg
Shake egg, sugar and brandy well. Strain into a glass and fill with milk. Sprinkle nutmeg on top and serve. Note: Gin, rum or whisky can be substuted for brandy.
Bloody Mary
Dash Worcestershire sauce
2 Drops Tabasco sauce
8ml lemon juice
salt and pepper
3 cubes ice
60ml vodka( white rum, gin or tequila can be substituted
Tomato Juice
Put worcestershire sauce, tabasco sauce, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Mix together and then add ice cubes and vodka. Top with tomato juice. Serve with a swizzle stick , or stick of celery.
Golden Dream
30ml Galliano
15 ml Cointreau
15 ml Orange Juice
15ml Cream
ice
Shake or blend ingredients with ice and strain into a champagne glass.
Coffee
Make your after dinner coffee special by topping it with flavoured whipped cream. The recipes below will make enough whipped cream to top up 4 large mugs of coffee.
Mint Chocolate Coffee
½ cup of cream
1 table spoon crème de menthe
Grated chocolate
Whip cream, stir in crème de menthe, spoon on to hot coffee and top with grated chocolate
Mint Chocolate Coffee
½ cup of cream
1 ½ table spoon Irish crème liqueur
Cinnamon
Whip cream, stir in Irish crème liqueur, spoon on to hot coffee and sprinkle lightly with cinnamon
Childrens Drinks
Children also need to drink at Christmas time and we found a number of great kids recipes below.
Creamy Cola Spider
1.25 litre bottle of cola
1 cup vanilla ice-cream
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Combine all ingredients; blend in two batches until smooth. Makes 8 to 10 cups.
Chocolate Banana Shake
1 ½ litres milk
¼ cup chocolate flavoured topping
3 chopped bananas
3 eggs
Combine all ingredients; blend in two batches until smooth. Makes 8 to 10 cups.
