'And What Drink Would You Like With That...?'

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A place to post all those recipes for different beverages

Easy Ginger Beer

Juice 4 Lemons
1 large tlbsp Ginger Powder
4 cups sugar
24 cups of water
(sultanas)

Put all ingredients in a large container
Stir until sugar dissolves
Strain, and put in bottles
Add 3 sultanas, and seal bottles
When sultanas flost to top (approx 3 days) it is ready to drink.

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Chocolate Strawberry Banana Milkshake

* 235 ml low-fat milk
* 75 g frozen unsweetened strawberries
* 0.5 ripe banana
* 10 g powdered chocolate drink mix
* 3 ml vanilla extract
* 8 g white sugar

In a blender combine milk, frozen strawberries, 1/2 banana, chocolate milk powder, vanilla and sugar. Blend until smooth. If consistency is too runny, you may add more strawberries.

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Frothy Eggnog

8 eggs
150 g white sugar
3 g salt
15 g rum flavored extract
5 ml vanilla extract
1890 ml milk
355 ml heavy cream
3 g ground nutmeg

In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs at high speed of mixer until thick and foamy. Gradually beat in sugar and salt, then rum and vanilla extracts. Slowly mix in the milk. Cover and chill in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Just before serving, whip whipping cream until soft peaks form. Fold into eggnog. Pour into punch bowl and garnish with nutmeg.

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Blackberry Breeze

Ingredients (serves 5)

2 x 150g punnets blackberries
500ml (2 cups) chilled lemonade
250ml (1 cup) chilled vodka
250ml (1 cup) chilled raspberry cranberry juice drink (Ocean Spray brand)
Crushed ice, to serve
Bought large feta-filled marinated green olives, to serve


Method

Place the blackberries in the bowl of a food processor or the jug of a blender and process until pureed. Strain through a fine sieve into a glass serving jug.
Stir in lemonade, vodka, raspberry cranberry juice and ice until combined.
Place olives in a serving bowl and serve with the blackberry breeze.

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Arizona Sunshine

Ingredients:-

1 qt rum
1 qt cold coffee
1 qt vanilla ice cream

Method:-

Chill your punch bowl before making. Mix everything in the bowl.

Makes about 24 servings.

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Lemongrass and ginger tea

1 stalk of lemongrass, cut into 3cm pieces
3cm of ginger, sliced finely
6 cups water
2 tbsp honey (optional)


Place the lemongrass and ginger in a pot with the water. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Strain and serve with honey if too pungent.

Another option is to add a clove of garlic to ward off colds and flu, and gargle.

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Hea wana lea punch

* 1 part Havana Club Anejo Blanco
* 1 part Havana Club Anejo Reserva
* 1 part Triple Sec
* 2 parts white wine such as semillon sauvignon
* 1 part pineapple juice
* Fresh lemon juice
* Sugar to taste
* Passionfruit pulp
* Soda water


Add all ingredients but soda water to a punch bowl with lots of ice and stir well, tasting along the way to ensure balance. Garnish with lots of seasonal fruit. To serve, ladle punch into a glass with ice and top with soda water.

Tip: Chop up the fruit and add the alcohol a day before serving. Leave to chill overnight

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The Finnely

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. white rum
2 oz. dark rum
1 oz. pineapple juice
1 oz. grapefruit juice
2 oz. orange juice


Directions: Mix all ingredients, shake and pore over ice in a collins glass. Garnish with a lemon, lime, and orange wedge.

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Secret Blue

Ingredients:
45 ml. vodka
20 ml. lime
1 tsp. sugar
dash blue curacao


Directions:
Shake ingredient vodka, lime and sugar with shaker. Add soda. Pour into Beer-pilsner with Ice. Drop curacao and peppermint. Decorate with cut-lime and cherry

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The Waborita

Ingredients
1 oz. Lime Juice
1 oz. Cointreau
2 oz. Cabo Wabo Reposado Tequila
Splash Grand Marnier®

Directions
Salt the rim of a large margarita glass. Combine ingredients in a shaker over ice and strain into the glass. Serve with a lime wheel.

This signature margarita is served at Sammy Hagar’s new Las Vegas Cabo Wabo Cantina.

Drink Type
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Glass Type
Margarita Glass