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20110702

4th of July Cocktails put the Sparks in Independence Day

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY

There's not a better reason to break out the booze and celebrate with a special cocktail.

Below are my unique and patriotic themed cocktails and martinis to help you toast to Independence Day:

FOURTH OF JULY COCKTAILS

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Updated 2-2016

20110701

MARTINI POPSICLES! Frozen Cocktails on a Stick!

FROZEN COCKTAILS ON A STICK!

It's been so HOT here lately that I joked I needed a Martini Popsicle. Then I realized there was no reason I couldn't have a martini popsicle > read more.

BTW, July is NATIONAL ICE CREAM MONTH so check out

my other Ice Cream and Popsicle Inspired Martinis

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20110630

IT'S NATIONAL CHEESECAKE DAY!

JUNE 30th is NATIONAL CHEESECAKE DAY

Why not celebrate with a cheesecake inspired drink at Happy Hour?

Below is the link to a number of my original cheesecake inspired cocktails from all the chocolate types to the most popular fruit flavors:

CHEESECAKE COCKTAILS

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20110624

HAPPY NATIONAL PRALINE DAY

Happy

NATIONAL PRALINE DAY
It's Peach Praline Martini Time

Peaches and pecans go darned well together if this cocktail is anything to go by. This recipe reminded me of those great pralines we used to get at Stuckey's once upon a vacation when I was a kid, only with a little peach flavor added. If anything can make a praline better it's peaches & booze.

PEACH PRALINE MARTINIS
(Makes 2 cocktails)

INGREDIENTS:
2 Oz. Candied Pecan Liqueur
1 Oz. Peachtree Schnapps
1 Fresh (or frozen)Peach, Diced
1 Oz. Half & Half
Ice

Garnish: Cinnamon & Nutmeg Spiced Sugar Rim, Peach Slice

Tools: Blender

Glass: Cocktail

DIRECTIONS:
Mix some cinnamon and nutmeg with some sugar crystals and rim the glasses. Chill glasses in freezer.

Add all the ingredients to the blender and pulse until smooth and chilled, pour into the chilled glass, garnish and serve.

Updated 6-2020

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20110623

The CHERRIES JUBILEE MARTINI Cocktail Recipe

Cherries Jubilee is a classic dessert that was very popular in the 1950s. Made with cherries and brandy or Kirschwasser (aka Kirsch, a clear German cherry brandy) that is flambéed and served as a sauce, usually over ice cream.

The recipe is the creation of famed French chef, Auguste Escoffier, who prepared the dish for Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebrations for her 50th year as Queen on the Golden Jubilee of 1887. If you can find a copy of Escoffier's book, Le Guide Culinaire, published in 1903, you will find the recipe as "Jubilee Cherries."

Escoffier's original recipe, which wasn't all that detailed, was basically pitted cherries poached in syrup with warmed kirsch "set a light", no mention is made of ice cream. The Escoffier Culinary Academy's recipe uses bing cherries, orange juice, corn starch and sugar then flambées this fruit reduction with brandy just before spooning it over vanilla ice cream.

Inspired by both, my recipe uses two cherry brandies, Kirschwasser (Morello cherries) and a Marasca Cherry Brandy, orange juice and agave syrup as sweetener. Then I added cherry rum and topped it with whipped cream in place of the ice cream.

CHERRIES JUBILEE MARTINI RECIPE with Ingredients and Instructions

The
CHERRIES JUBILEE
MARTINI

INGREDIENTS
1/2 Cup of Fresh Cherry Puree
1 Oz. Cherry Rum
1/4 Oz. Kirschwasser
1/4 Oz. Cherry Brandy
1/2 Oz. Orange Juice
1 Tbsp. Agave Syrup

Garnish: 1 Cocktail Cherry, Whipped Cream

Tools: Blender

DIRECTIONS
Puree your cherries. Chill your glass in the freezer.
Fill a blender with 1/2 cup of ice then add the ingredients and blend until slushy.
Pour into a chilled glass, top off with whipped cream and garnish with the fresh cherry.

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EASY CHERRIES JUBILEE RECIPE:

Melt a stick of butter, then add ½ cup of sugar, caramelize to a nice light golden color then quickly add the cherries and sauté until warmed through. Then, just before you serve, add a splash of Kirsch and cautiously set it aflame with a kitchen match and spoon this over your ice cream, pound cake or whatever!

National Cherries Jubilee Day is September 24th.

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