Another year, another holiday season! Whether you are hosting or hoping for a fancy night in, Crème Mag has got your back with a selection of festive cocktail recipes to take your evening up a notch.
Try these 5 classic cocktails with a twist!
The wedding and family blog 100 Layer Cake is hosting a “12 days of cocktails” series. In the latest instalment, they’ve gone back to the original, lesser known version of the French 75, initially created in 1915 at the New York Bar in Paris.
© Plum + Oak Photography
Ingredients
1 oz Cognac
½ oz Lemon juice
½ oz Simple syrup
Top with champagne
Garnish: Lemon wedge
Morgan and Alice from The Drink Blog offer a great selection of cocktail recipes and tips, intertwined with personal anecdotes and travel inspiration. After visiting Denmark, they shared their own Glühwein recipe. Cheers and keep warm!
© The Drink Blog
Ingredients
½ Cup of honey
5 Whole cloves
2 Cardamom pods
2 Cinnamon sticks
1 Cup of water
½ Cup of orange juice
Rind of one orange
1 Bottle of inexpensive red wine
Top with golden rum
Garnish: Orange Peel
Gastronomista is a cocktail blog with vintage vibes, carefully curated by architect Emily Arden Wells. The latter is explicit about her creative process, while giving a bit of background on the liquor used, making Gastronomista as instructive as it is entertaining. Enjoy her take on the classic Old Fashioned!
© Emily Arden Wells
Ingredients
2 oz White Pike whisky
1/4 oz Simple syrup
4 Dashes of Cardamom Bitters
Garnish: Lemon Peel and Whole Cardamom Pods
Reading bartender Gabriella Mlynarczyk’s La Loving Cup is like opening up an online storybook. In her series titled “Tails from the Bookworm”, Mlynarczyk gathers cocktail inspiration from literary classics: you’ll hit two birds with one stone by choosing your next read as well as your evening drink!
© Patrick O’Brien-Smith
Ingredients
4 Eggs, yolks and whites separated
1 Cup + 1 tablespoon of cane sugar
½ Cup of heavy cream
½ Cup of milk
1 Cup of panettone infused madeira (Italian spiced bread, which you can drop into a ziplock bag with a bottle of madeira)
½ Cup of good brandy
Garnish: Nutmeg and candied peel
Marilou and Alex’s Three Times a Day is an online cooking magazine, on which you can create a collage of your favorite recipes to go back to. The pictures and recipes are sensational, while the layout is easy to navigate, including a “fast” tab if you are in a pinch! Their clementine and cranberry punch can be prepared without alcohol.
© Three Times a Day
Ingredients
1 Bag fresh cranberries
1 Carton fresh blackberries
2 Cups orange juice
1 L White cranberry juice
1 L Red cranberry juice
1 L Store-bought mandarin-flavoured sparkling water
Juice of 10 squeezed clementines
1/4 Cup of honey (or as desired)
1 Cup of vodka (optional)
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