Spiced Apple Juice

INGREDIENTS:

4 cups apple juice
1 cup water
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 lemon, thinly sliced
1/2 orange, thinly sliced
1 stick cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
lemon slices for garnish

PREPARATION:

Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer; continue cooking for 10 minutes. Strain and serve in warm mugs. Garnish with lemon slices.
Serves 4 to 6.

SPICY BUBBLE – A light Green concoction

Ingredients

A spring of coriander (chopped)
A pinch of green chillies
15 ml lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
15 ml Midori Melon ( a liqueur)
45 ml vodka
Freshly ground black pepper ( to taste)

Mixology

Muddle the coriander and chillies. Then pour them along
With the rest of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker topped up with ice.
Double strain it into a Martini glass.

Peach & Ice Cream Juice

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup sliced fresh peaches or frozen thawed peaches
1/4 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups vanilla ice cream
3/4 cup milk

PREPARATION:

Blend peaches with pineapple juice and sugar until smooth. Add ice cream and blend until soft; pour in milk and pulse to mix in. Pour shake into chilled glasses.
Serves 2.

Homemade Ginger Beer

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Fresh ginger
• 2 Lemons
• 1 teaspoon Cream of tartar
• 1 pound Sugar
• 1 gallon Boiling water
• 1 ounce Yeast

Method:

You will need eight pint bottles or four quart bottles. They should be of a strong material with firm caps ~ it's more explosive than champagne. Makes 1 gallon.
Roughly crush the ginger root. Wash and slice the lemons into thick rings. Put the ginger, lemon, cream of tartar and sugar in a large bowl. Pour the boiling water over. Stir and leave to cool to 98 degrees. Stir in the yeast. Leave to ferment for 24 hours. Skim off the yeast. Strain and bottle the liquid. Leave for three days before broaching it.

SUMMER MARTINI WITH A YUMMY SNACK

INGREDIENTS

3 Mint sprigs
1 tsp. Superfine sugar
1 oz. Lemon juice
2½ oz. Vodka
Mint sprig for garnish

MIXOLOGY

Muddle mint, sugar, juice, and vodka in bottom of mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into your Martini Glass and garnish.

ACCOMPANYING SNACK Ginger & Honey toasted peanuts

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
2 tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon salt
1 pound raw, skinned peanuts

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 325 degree F. Combine the butter, honey, garlic, red pepper, ginger, and salt in a medium bowl. Stir in the peanuts until well coated.
2. Spread nuts in a shallow baking pan and roast about 25 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring once or twice. Cool. Makes 48 servings (3 cups).

THE PUNCH LINE

1. CHOCOLATE MARTINI

The combination is extremely tempting. With a blend or irresistible dark chocolate and Martini you can savor the sweetness of chocolate & the punch of Martini

Ingredients - 60 ml Absolute Vanilla, 60 ml white chocolate sauce.

Mixology: Mix the white chocolate sauce with vodka. Shake well with ice and strain into a Martini glass. Garnish with chocolate cigars / sticks or flakes.

2. OASIS

The color is enough to make you thirsty. This refreshing drink gives you the feeling of the ocean. A delectable blend of blue Curacao and tonic water is the final thirst quencher. A word of caution, sip it slowly.

Ingredients – 50 ml Gin, 10 ml blue Curacao and tonic water to top up.

Mixology: Pour the gin into a highball glass, half filled with crushed ice. Add the Curacao and top up with tonic water. Stir gently and garnish with a slice of lemon and a sprig of fresh mint. Now you are ready to go.

DELICIOUS ICED COFFEE

A creamy iced coffee, naturally sweetened with honey. The taste of fresh honey in the summer, well nothing like it.

INGREDIENTS

2 tbs instant coffee
1/4 cup boiling water
1/4 cup honey
3/4 cup cold water
1 quart milk
1 cup ice cubes

PREPARATION:

Dissolve the instant coffee in hot water. Stir in honey and mix well. Add cold water, and pour over ice cubes in glasses. Top up with milk. Serves 4