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20120113

How about a Peach Melba Martini for National Peach Melba Day?

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National Peach Melba Day is January 13th.
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Peach Melba is a classic dessert dish that consists of vanilla ice cream, topped with a peach half, drenched in raspberry puree and garnished with slivered almonds. The very first Peach Melba was created in 1892 by famed chef Auguste Escoffier as a special dessert for a dinner party given by the Duke of Orléans. The party was in honor of Nellie Melba, the Australian soprano who was being lauded for her performance in Wagner's Lohengrin at Covent Garden.

Since a swan was featured in the opera, Escoffier displayed the desert by having the Peach Melba being cradled in a swan ice sculpture. This original Peach Melba did not have the raspberry puree, being garnished instead by spun sugar. The raspberries made their appearance in 1900 when Escoffier again presented the Peach Melba for the opening of the Carlton Hotel, this time with the raspberry puree and slivered almonds.

Interestingly, Ms. Melba, like most divas of the day was afraid of eating ice cream for fear the extreme cold would damage her vocal chords. However, since the dessert also had a peach at room temperature, this supposedly warmed the ice cream enough for it not to be harmful and the dessert was enjoyed by all the guests, Nellie included.

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20210801

PEACH MELBA MARTINI Cocktail Recipe

PEACH MELBA MARTINI Cocktail Recipe

Peach Melba is a classic dessert created by August Escoffier for the Australian opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba. It's a combination of peaches on vanilla ice cream with a Raspberry Coulee (sauce) topped with slivered almonds.

Sadly, it has gone out of vogue as a preferred dessert and that's really a shame because it's absolutely delicious. It's even better as a cocktail. Tart raspberries and sweet, juicy peaches are a beautifully balanced combination complemented by creamy vanilla ice cream and the nutty crunch of toasted almonds and I've done just that below.

PEACH MELBA MARTINI Cocktail with Ingredients and Instructions

The
PEACH MELBA
MARTINI

INGREDIENTS
1 Oz. Peach Vodka
1 Oz. Whipped Cream Vodka
1/2 C. Peach Puree
1 Oz. Half & Half
1/2 Cup Ice

Garnish: Chopped Toasted Almonds on Rim, Whipped Cream, Chambord, Peach Slice, Fresh Raspberries

DIRECTIONS
Dip the glass rim in Chambord then into the chopped almonds. Chill glass in freezer.
Shake the ingredients in a cocktail shaker until chilled.
Pour into your chilled cocktail glass.
Top with whipped cream.
Add the peach slice and a few raspberries, drizzle on 1 ounce of Chambord and serve.

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National Peach Melba Day is January 13th and Peach Month is August.

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20150904

PEACH MELBA BEER ICE CREAM FLOAT




Thanks to Frozen Pints it's been a beer float kind of week. Wednesday I posted an off-the-cuff recipe for my Really Drunk Brown Cow Beer Float, yesterday I published two recipes for Chocolate Porter Beer Floats and Float Shots and today I'm sharing a really deadly good beer float using Frozen Pint's Peach Lambic Beer Ice Cream and Samuel Smith's Raspberry Ale.


The whole inspiration is from Auguste Escoffier's famous Peach Melba. This is a classic dessert made with peaches, raspberries  and vanilla ice cream which Escoffier created for the famous Australian opera singer Nellie Melba. Once I tasted the Peach Lambic Ice Cream I knew exactly where I was going with it.

Even if you're not a beer lover you'll love this glass full of peach and raspberry ice cream treat.


PEACH MELBA BEER FLOAT

INGREDIENTS:
2 Scoops Frozen Pints PEACH LAMBIC Ice Cream
1 Bottle of Sam'l Smith RASPBERRY ALE
Homemade Raspberry Simple Syrup

GARNISH: 1 Fresh Peach Slice and/or Fresh Raspberries

TOOLS: Pint glass, Ice cream scoop, Straw, Ice cream spoon

DIRECTIONS:
Chill your glass in the freezer a few minutes before hand.
Pour the Sam'l Smith Raspberry Ale down the side of the glass to keep the head minimal.
Scoop out the Peach Lambic Beer Ice Cream and gently slide it into your glass.
Slip the peach slice on the rim then pour the raspberry syrup over the floating scoop of ice cream.
Add your straw and ENJOY!


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20251005

The ANEURYSM, A Whiskey, Peach& Raspberry Halloween Cocktail


"My goodness she's not dead?'

No, I am alive and kicking, but almost!* 😉 I just semi-retired and am concentrating on my art almost exclusively. 

But, you know how it is, you still have to have cocktails, don't you?

I have also  been busy with other things, including *operations for aneurysms and silly things like that. However, with Halloween coming up, I decided a cocktail tribute to one of the scariest things I've experienced lately would be appropriate.

Now, this drink may look like my aneurysms exploded (yes, I had more than one, but that's a story for a different day), however, it tastes wonderful being based on The famous Peach Melba dessert recipe. I happen to love those flavors together so I have a few Peach Melba inspired cocktail recipes.

So here she is because the scrambled look of this cocktail is exactly how my brain was after anesthesia.


The
ANEURYSM COCKTAIL
A Halloween Peach Melba Cocktail featuring Whiskey.

INGREDIENTS

1 Tsp Lemon Juice
1 Oz Crown Royal Peach
1 Oz Peach Schnapps
1 Oz Bailey's
1 Splash Chambord

GARNISH:  White Chocolate Dipped Fresh Peach Slice. At Halloween, if you can't get a fresh peach, just use a peach candy slice.

DIRECTIONS

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the lemon juice, the Crown Royal Peach and the peach schnapps and shake until well chilled. Pour this into your chilled cocktail glass. Grab your bar spoon & gently pour the Irish Cream over the top.  Finally, drizzle in the Chambord, DO NOT STIR - IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE UGLY - garnish and enjoy.

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20150905

ALCOHOLIC ICE CREAM IS A THING!


ALCOHOLIC ICE CREAM IS A THING!
 
The UPS guy came a knocking and delivered unto me five, count them, FIVE pints of booze ice cream recently! Three flavors of Frozen Pints Craft Beer Ice Cream and two flavors of Ice Cream Bar liquor ice cream, sitting snugly in their little cooler looking all frosty and tempting. @FrozenPints and I had connected on Twitter and they volunteered (when their production caught up with demand) to send me some samples to taste and to use to create some fun cocktails. That was a few weeks ago and I had completely forgotten they were coming, then - BINGO - a booze and ice cream lovers dream! 
 
The five pints arrived perfectly frozen, packed in their own cooler with dry ice. They were still frozen, not a sign of melting anywhere. And I live in Tucson and it's summer! Plus the handled cooler they came packed in is a cool little dividend. Sadly, I had to put them away, hard as it was, because I wanted time to give them a real taste test and to work out some recipes and, at that particular moment, I was immersed in Daiquiri week recipes.
 
 
BUT, naturally, first I grabbed a spoon and immediately tasted each one, even though it was only 10 a.m. I'm no fool, and who can resist boozy ice cream? I really could have polished a whole pint off then and there, but, sadly, I  had to tuck them in the freezer. Man, that was hard. Yeah, okay, I kept sneaking back for little spoonfuls.
 
So, a few days later there I was with the (somewhat depleted) Frozen Pints and Ice Cream Bar goodies lined up in front of me and five dishes and spoons at hand ready to give serious attention to each flavor. Can I just say, I love my job?
 
REVIEW OF FROZEN PINTS & ICE CREAM BAR ICE CREAMS:
 
Ice Cream Bar BOURBON BUTTER PECAN
I made Homemade Toasted Walnut Infused Maple Bourbon and used up my entire first batch pouring it on ice cream so I immediately dug into this one! The first taste you get is the bourbon, which is what you want in bourbon ice cream, but then it mellows as the ice cream melts and the vanilla comes in and kisses your palate. The last burst of flavor is from the chunks of toasted pecans which combine their slight bitterness with the sweetness from the caramel for a really pleasant finish. Best use? Pour in 1 shot of good bourbon, half a shot of cold espresso and a scoop of this into a cocktail shaker with a few ice cubes, shake hard, strain into a coupe glass and garnish with a dusting of espresso powder.
 
Ice Cream Bar WHITE RUSSIAN
Tastes like a really cold, really creamy White Russian. Best use? Grab a spoon.
 
 
Frozen Pints MALTED MILK CHOCOLATE STOUT
Tastes just like a chocolate malt then surprises you with the stout at the end. The malt is at the forefront, nice and creamy and sweet then the sweetness drops down with a little chocolate sliding in, then - bam! - that stout grabs your attention. It's sort of a roller coaster of tastes as you go from one spoonful to the next. Kind of fun. Best Use? Savor with a crisp chocolate wafer cookie or go full tilt boogie and do my Malted Milk Beer Float.
 
Frozen Pints BROWN ALE CHIP
This is the one I'd keep in the fridge all the time. Interestingly enough, I don't like chocolate chip ice creams, the chips are too large and they're so cold from the ice cream you don't get the full richness of the chocolate. Someone over at Frozen Pints is smart, they made the chips small so as the ice cream melted the chocolate started to melt and you got that dark chocolate hit on your tongue. The brown ale here was a nice tang at the end. Best use? Served up as my Chocolate Chip Beer Float
 
Frozen Pints PEACH LAMBIC
Right off I wasn't in love, probably because I tasted this right after the White Russian Ice Cream, but on my second go 'round I felt like I was eating a very fresh peach sherbet with a twist of bitterness from the Belgian lambic that complemented the sweetness of the peaches and left a little zing on my tongue. Turns out this ended up my favorite of all, especially after adding Raspberry Ale and turning it into a Peach Melba Beer Ice Cream Float. Seriously, one of the best floats ever! Best use? That Peach Melba Float!
 
Overall I was really impressed with these alcoholic ice creams. Because of the alcohol they never freeze as solid as regular ice cream which is good because ice cream should never be eaten that cold. This means you can dig right in and fully experience the flavors. Interesting enough, they don't seem to melt any faster than non-alcoholic ice cream. The texture is creamy, smooth with no noticeable ice crystals and they're not whipped full of air for volume and, as a result, don't turn to foam in the mouth. (Cheap aerated ice creams are a particular pet peeve of mine.) 
 

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PEACH MELBA BEER ICE CREAM FLOAT
 
The REALLY DRUNK BROWN COW Beer Float
 
I'm not a huge beer drinker and if you would have told me a month ago I'd be not only creating but really enjoying beer ice cream and beer floats I would have looked at you crossways. But I'm a convert. You really can teach an old dog new tricks, especially if you use beer ice cream as a treat! As for the Bourbon and White Russian Ice Creams, all I can say is I'm glad these can't be found at my corner market (yet) or I'd probably end up pulling my fat pants out of storage.
 
(This is not a monitarily compensated post. I got free ice cream samples and I'm not complaining!)
 
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20171014

DESSERT COCKTAILS




DESSERT COCKTAILS
Why bake when you can shake?

I have a huge sweet tooth plus I'm lazy and don't like to bake much so I have a ton - seriously, a ton - of Dessert Cocktails. Many are directly inspired by famous or popular dessert recipes.  I've been creating original cocktail recipes since 2005 and when you combine that much time with my kind of sweet tooth you end up with a pretty hefty list.

To make it easier I've combined many of them in standard DESSERT CATEGORIES:

CAKE COCKTAILS
CANDY COCKTAILS
CARAMEL COCKTAILS
CHEESECAKE COCKTAILS
CHOCOLATE COCKTAILS
COOKIE COCKTAILS
CUPCAKE COCKTAILS
ICE CREAM COCKTAILS
PIE COCKTAILS
TRUFFLE COCKTAILS
SUNDAE COCKTAILS
   
If the recipe is not in one of my dessert cocktail categories, or happens to be a favorite of mine, you'll find it listed alphabetically BY DESSERT below:
APPLE PIE COCKTAIL
ANIMAL CRACKERS IN MY BOOZE
BANANAS FOSTER BOOZY SHAKE
BLACK FOREST CAKE COCKTAIL
BOYSENBERRY RUM FLIP 
BRANDY ALEXANDER 
BOURBON ALEXANDER
BROWN COW BEER FLOAT
BROWNIE MARTINI 
CAPPUCCINO MARTINI
CHERRIES JUBILEE MARTINI
CHERRY CLAFOUTIS MARTINI
CHOCOLATE FONDUE COCKTAIL 
CHOCOLATE PORTER BEER FLOATS
CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY MARTINI
COCONUT DAIQUIRI
CREME BRULEE COCKTAIL 
CREPES SUZETTE COCKTAIL
DECADENT DUTCH COCKTAIL FLOAT
DERBY PIE COCKTAIL
DRUNK ELF ON A SHELF
DRUNK RUSSIANS
DRUNKEN BABY DOLE PINEAPPLE WHIPS 
DRUNKEN OREO TRUFFLE COCKTAIL
HOT FUDGE COCKTAIL
GOLDEN CADILLAC
GRASSHOPPER 
PEACH MELBA BEER FLOAT
PEACH MELBA MARTINI
PEACHES & CREAM MARTINI
PEACHES & CREAM SHOOTER
PEARS HELENE MARTINI
 PECAN PIE MARTINI
PINEAPPLE DRUNK SIDE DOWN SMASH
PINK SQUIRREL 
RASPBERRY TRIFLE MARTINI
SALTED CARAMEL APPLE COCKTAIL
SAMOA COOKIE BOOZY SHAKE
S'MORES COCKTAIL
S'MORES SHOOTER
STICKY BUN MARTINI
STRAWBERRY PARFAIT MARTINI
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE MARTINI
STRAWBERRY SUNDAY MARTINI
STRAWBERRIES & CREAM MARTINI
TIRAMISU MARTINI
 
Many of my EDIBLE COCKTAILS are dessert inspired as well.

National Dessert Day is October 14th.

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20180701

RASPBERRY COCKTAILS


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If you're jonesing to put some berries in your cocktails raspberries are a great choice because they're bursting with delicious healthiness and luscious berry flavor. They also make for a very pretty pink or red drink if you need some color for your next cocktail party or event.

I happen to love raspberries as you will see by the sheer number of raspberry cocktail recipes I've managed to create and consume over the years. There's enough Raspberry Cocktail recipes here to cover the entire month of July, which just happens to be Raspberry Month.

RASPBERRY
COCKTAILS
 
ANEURYSM COCKTAIL
BEACH BUM TIKI COCKTAIL
BERRY BLACK CAT COCKTAIL
BERRY VALENTINE SHOOTER
CLOVER CLUB
DRUNKEN ASTRONAUT
FRENCH MARTINI
HOMEMADE RASPBERRY LIQUEUR
 LADY ROSE COCKTAIL
LOVE NOTION #9 CHOCOLATE
PEACH MELBA BEER FLOAT
PEACH MELBA MARTINI
PINK RIBBON MARTINI
RASPBERRIES & CREAM MARTINI 
RASPBERRY MARTINI
RASPBERRY CAKE COCKTAIL
RASPBERRY COLADA
RASPBERRY MINT MARTINI
RASPBERRY SANGRIA
RASPBERRY SGROPPINO
RASPBERRY TARRAGON DAIQUIRI
RASPBERRY TART COCKTAIL
RASPBERRY THYME MARTINI
 RASPBERRY TRIFLE MARTINI
RAZPIROSKA
RAZZED BLACKBERRY MARTINI
 RCH BTCH MARTINI
RED CARPET COCKTAIL
RED NOSE SLUSHY MOCKTAIL
RED, WHITE & BLUEBERRY EDIBLE COCKTAILS
RED, WHITE & BOOZESICLES
SEX ON THE BEACH MARTINI
SPARKLING RASPBERRY RESOLUTION MARTINI
SPARKLING SKELETON SANGRIA
SUNSET IN PARADISE MARTINI
THAT TRAMP STOLE MY MAN TARTINI
WHISKEY BERRY SMASH

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ARCHIVED RASPBERRY COCKTAILS
RASPBERRY LIME MARTINI
RASPBERRY PARFAIT MARTINI
RAZZATINI

  
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20180525

MEMORIAL DAY COCKTAILS

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Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.

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It is also recognized in the U.S. as the beginning of summer, most likely because it was traditionally the day the school year ended. Currently we celebrate Memorial Day on the last Monday of May with the Memorial Day celebrations occurring on the weekend just ahead of that.

For me that means, after honoring those among my friends and family who served and sacrificed, sharing the weekend with my remaining family and friends and having a cookout with some refreshing summer cocktails. It is also my signal to start crafting cocktails made with all the lovely, fresh produce and herbs that become abundant in summertime. Over the years, I have created quite a list of original drink recipes perfect for the long, hot days of summer and I've included links to some of my favorites below, as well as some some of the best warm weather drink categories and flavors to keep you cool from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

SOME OF MY FAVORITE

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20160526

SUMMER COCKTAILS

   
"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

SUMMER COCKTAILS 

As the weather heats up and we slide into summer, our cocktail thoughts turn to cool, refreshing drinks. The kind of drinks you would enjoy while sitting out on an early summer evening watching the sun go down. Tall drinks with lots of ice and summer juices and fizzes that slide down just a little too easy. Tart, fruity drinks loaded with garden fresh goodness. Frozen, slushy, brain-freezing glasses of chillness.
Drinks made with gin and vodka, maybe a little rum or tequila, or perhaps a wine cooler or punch. Coolers, Mojitos, Sangría, Fizzes, Juleps, Collins, Cobblers, Bucks, Rickeys, Smashes. Yeah, like that.

So I've gathered together some of my favorites for you to enjoy this summer. Sit down, get comfy, this is a long list, I drink a lot in summer.

BASEBALL INSPIRED COCKTAILS

COBBLERS
 BERRY CHERRY SHERRY COBBLER
BLACK EYED SUSAN COBBLER
WHISKEY CHERRY COBBLER

COLADAS
CARROT COLADA
 HIBISCUS COLADA FRAPPÉ
RASPBERRY PINA COLADA
SNEAKY TIKI 
STRAWBERRY PINA COLADA

COOLERS
AN APERITIF TO REMEMBER
JUNGLE JUICE
NEVERLAND COOLER
PALOMA
RAZPIROSKA
SKIP AND GO NAKED
STONED TEQUILA SUNSET
STRAWBERRY BASIL MOSCATO COCKTAIL
WATERMELON ORANGE COOLER

FIZZES
(Collins, Rickeys, Slings)
ABSINTHE MINDED LEPRECHAUN FIZZ
BLACKBERRY BOURBON FIZZ
CHERRY DIAMOND RAMOS FIZZ
CHERRY PEACH WHISKEY RICKEY
GOLDEN RAMOS FIZZ
HIBISCUS HEART FIZZ
PIMM'S BERRY CUP #1
RAMOS GIN FIZZ
SPICED RUM POMEGRANATE FIZZ
STONED TEQUILA SUNSET
TERRI'S CHERRY 75
TIJUANA JACKASS
TWISTED FAIRYTALE FIZZ
THYME for a LEMON CHERRY SLING

FLOATS WITH BOOZE
CHOCOLATE PORTER BEER FLOATS (2)
DECADENT DUTCH FLOAT
FERNET MOCHA FRAPPÉ CHOCOLATE SHAKE
PEACH MELBA BEER FLOAT
REALLY DRUNK BROWN COW
SLIGHTLY BANANAS, DEFINITELY COCONUTS, CHOCOLATE BOOZY SHAKE

FROZEN DRINKS & BOOZESICLES
ALL MY MARGARITAS HERE
ALL MY DAIQUIRIS HERE
RED NOSE SLUSHY
RED, WHITE & BOOZESICLES

JULEPS & SMASHES
ALL MY JULEPS
TEQUILA POMEGRANATE SMASH
WHISKEY PEACH SMASH

MELON COCKTAILS

MOJITOS
BLACKBERRY MOJITO
CHERRY BASIL MOJITO
CHIPOTLE WATERMELON MOJITO
GRAPEFUL DEAD MOJITO
GRILLED PINEAPPLE MOJITO
Mind Your Ps & Qs PEA SHOOT CUCUMBER MOJITO

ALL MY SANGRIAS

SUMMERY SOURS
APPLE GO BRAGH SOUR
APRICOT LAVENDER BOURBON SOUR
BLOOD ORANGE BLACKBERRY BOURBON SOUR
PINEAPPLE PISCO SOUR
SPICED LAVENDER BEES KNEES
TANGELO BOURBON TANGO
TIPSY MISS
WATERMELON ROSEMARY GIN SOUR

TIKI COCKTAILS
BEACH BUM
DRUNKEN BABY DOLE PINEAPPLE WHIPS
LOST MAI TAI
MERINGUE ISLAND PUNCH
TRIPLE RUM PUNCH

TONICS
BUTTERFLY PEAFLOWER & ELDERFLOWER
BLACKBERRY BLACKCURRANT
CUCUMBER
MINT & GREEN TEA
STRAWBERRY BASIL VODKA TONIC
VODKA TONIC BAR
WILD HIBISCUS

And if that's not enough for you, you can use my search bar at top and search for any summer fruit, herb, flavor or booze that you prefer.

"Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August."
—Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty

Have a great cocktail filled summer! 


Updated 6-21-2018
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