festive fall cocktails | James & Everett https://jamesandeverett.com Sharing delicious recipes from our kitchen Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:36:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/jamesandeverett.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-J_E_new_logo_favicon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 festive fall cocktails | James & Everett https://jamesandeverett.com 32 32 35272068 TGIF with an Amaretto-Cranberry Kiss https://jamesandeverett.com/2012/09/21/tgif-with-an-amaretto-cranberry-kiss/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tgif-with-an-amaretto-cranberry-kiss https://jamesandeverett.com/2012/09/21/tgif-with-an-amaretto-cranberry-kiss/#respond Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:30:25 +0000 https://jamesandeverett.com/?p=1362 Tart cranberry is kissed with sweet amaretto to make an unforgettable martini. The Cranberry Kiss cocktail is the perfect fall drink with it’s crisp and clean flavors. Also perfect for a date night, this colorful cocktail is the perfect way to begin that special evening. …

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Tart cranberry is kissed with sweet amaretto to make an unforgettable martini. The Cranberry Kiss cocktail is the perfect fall drink with it’s crisp and clean flavors. Also perfect for a date night, this colorful cocktail is the perfect way to begin that special evening.

December 15, 2018 – A little update to the post.  We are very excited to have had our drink included by USA TODAY in their holiday cocktail guide! 

Amaretto Cranberry kiss cocktail
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Amaretto-Cranberry Kiss

The nutty sweet flavor of Amaretto mingles with the tart taste of cranberry to “kiss” this martini with a feeling of fall.
Course Cocktails
Prep Time 5 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 16 oz cranberry juice cocktail
  • 8 oz vodka
  • 4 oz Amaretto DISARONNO
  • 3 oz fresh orange juice
  • Clementines peeled, separated into segments
  • ice cubes

Instructions

  • Mix cranberry juice, vodka, amaretto, and orange juice in pitcher.
  • Cover and chill until ready to serve.
  • Fill cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
  • Pour 8 ounces of mixture into shaker.
  • Cover and shake vigorously.
  • Strain into Martini glass.
  • Garnish with clementine segment.

 

I hope everyone has a chance to take some time to enjoy the spectacular fall colors this weekend.

Remember life is short, so have some fun!

 

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With the cool crisp feeling in the air, why not end the week with a drink that celebrates the approaching season? Developed in the kitchens of Williams Sonoma, this Apple Cidercar truly embodies the rich flavors of the harvest season, and is a perfect way to “fall” into the weekend.

This apple inspired cocktail made with brandy and citrus, is an autumnal spin on a classic drink known as a sidecar. A traditional sidecar is a mixture of cognac, Cointreau, and lemon, and was created either in London or Paris around the end of the first World War. The first recipes for the Sidecar appear in 1922 in MacElhone’s ‘Harry’s ABC of mixing cocktails’, and in Vermeire’s ‘Cocktails and how to mix them’, however there seems to be some conflicting stories about where the drink originated. A book published in 1948 by David A Embury lists the cocktail as one of the six basic drinks, and credits the invention to an American Army captain in Paris during World War I, and claims it was named after the motorcycle sidecar in which the captain was chauffeured to and from the little bistro where the drink was born.

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Apple Cidercar Cocktail

This apple inspired cocktail made with brandy and citrus, is an autumnal spin on a classic drink known as a sidecar
Course Cocktails
Prep Time 5 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 5 oz apple cider concentrate¹
  • 5 oz water
  • 3 oz brandy
  • 5 oz Cointreau
  • 2 oz fresh lemon juice
  • apple slice for garnish

Instructions

  • In a cocktail shaker, stir together the apple cider concentrate and water.   
  • Add the brandy, Cointreau and lemon juice.
  • Fill the shaker with ice and shake well.
  • Pour into sugar-rimmed cocktail glasses.

Notes

¹ Apple cider concentrate can be made by reducing apple juice over medium high heat by about seventy-five percent into a syrup.

 

Take some time to relax and enjoy this weekend.

Remember life is short, have some fun!

 

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