Beverages
Bicerin Ginger-honey lemonade Lotus blossom
Chocolate lemonade Hot spiced orange juice Salty puppy
Bee sting
1 Tbsp honey, warmed if possible
1 Tbsp balsamic or raspberry vinegar
1.5 cup seltzer or sparkling water, chilled
ice cubes
Combine honey and vinegar; add water and stir once. Serve over ice.
Source unknown
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Bicerin
2 c whole milk
2 c hot strong brewed coffee
3 oz bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
3 Tbsp. sugar, or to taste
1/4 t orange flower water, to taste (optional)
Bring milk just to a boil. Whisk coffee with chocolate and sugar until smooth, then whisk in hot milk and orange flower water. Adjust sugar.
From: The chocolate deck : 50 luscious indulgences / by Lori Longbotham. Chronicle Boks, c2005, which says this was a favorite drink of cafe society in Turin, Italy during the nineteenth century.
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Chocolate lemonade
12-ounce can lemonade concentrate
1/3 cup chocolate syrup
Mix concentrate with water according to directions (or make 2 qts.lemonade using your favorite recipe). Mix lemonade with syrup and serve chilled.
From: 1st Traveler's Choice Internet Cookbook.
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Chocolate martini
3 oz. plain or vanilla vodka
1.5 oz. clear creme de cacao
2 Hershey's Kisses, unwrapped
Place vodka and creme de cacao in a cocktail shaker with ice and stir togther until cold. Strain into two martini glasses and garnish each with a Kiss. You can also add half a teaspoon of Cointreau or other clear liqueur of your choice to influence the flavor.
From: The chocolate deck : 50 luscious indulgences / by Lori Longbotham. Chronicle Books, c2005.
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Ginger-honey lemonade
3 cups water
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup minced peeled fresh ginger
1 1/4 cups fresh lemon juice
Boil 1 cup water, honey, sugar, and ginger over high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Cool and strain into a pitcher. Mix in lemon juice and remaining 2 cups water. Fill pitcher with ice and let stand 5 minutes.
From: Bon Appetit, Aug. 2001
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Hot spiced orange juice
1 can orange juice concentrate
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pour all ingredients into 5 cups of water. Bring to a slow boil. Serve hot.
From: 1st Traveler's Choice Internet Cookbook.
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Hot vanilla
1 c milk
1 tsp. honey
1 drop vanilla extract
pinch ground cinnamon
Heat milk without boiling; mix in remaining ingredients thoroughly. Serve immediately.
Source unknown.
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Lotus blossom
1 ripe banana, peeled and chunked
1 ripe peach, peeled, pitted, and chunked
1 ripe nectarine, "
dash almond extract
24 oz. chilled ginger ale
Puree all ingredients except ginger ale until smooth. Pour ca. 1 c each into 5 tall glasses and fill with ginger ale. Stir gently.
Source unknown
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Salty puppy
coarse salt
crushed ice
1 cup grapefruit juice
club soda, chilled
fresh mint, for garnish (optional)
Moisten rims of 2 glasses and dip in salt. Fill with ice and divide juice between them. Fill with club soda.
Source unknown
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