Winter Warmers (Favourite Homemade Christmas Recipes)

Member Name: meah

Product:	Favourite Homemade Christmas Recipes
Date:	28/11/03 (688 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to make

Disadvantages: You might get a headache.

Though winter definitely isn't my favourite season there are a few things that I really like about this time of year - the football on Boxing Day, Christmas dinner (the eating part not the hours I spend in the kitchen before and after) and, best of all, the feeling you get when you have your hands wrapped around a hot alcoholic drink, the taste burning your throat and the steam rising up through your nose. Let's face it, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas if you had to stay sober for more than five minutes.

HOT BUTTERED RUM

1 teaspoon of brown sugar
120ml of boiling water
1 whole clove
60ml of dark rum
1 teaspoon of unsalted butter
An eighth of a teaspoon of grated nutmeg


Pour the boiling water into a large glass and stir in the sugar until it dissolves. Add the clove and the rum, float the butter on top and dust the whole lot with nutmeg.

ELENI'S EARL

2 tablespoons of brandy
1 tablespoon of Bols triple sec
1 teaspoon of honey
A cup of hot Earl Grey tea

Preheat a mug, combine the ingredients and stir. My favourite Christmas drink of all.

MALIBU HOT CHOCOLATE

2 tablespoons of Malibu
250ml of hot chocolate (approx. one cup)

Mix the Malibu and hot chocolate together in a mug. Add a dollop of whipped cream if you've got an extra sweet tooth.

ITALIAN COFFEE

50ml of amaretto (http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food_and_beverages/drinks /amaretto/)
1 tablespoon of brandy
150ml of hot coffee

Be careful with this one as amaretto is a bit of an acquired taste.

GLÜHWEIN

I first tasted this when one of my sons brought back a bottle from a German Christmas Market a couple of years ago. The recipe was easy enough to find on the internet and it's simple enough to make. Wonderful on frosty mornings, just as long as you don't have to work afterwards.

3 cups of water
240ml of sugar
>12 cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
1 lemon peel
750ml of red wine
60ml of brandy

Simmer the water with sugar, cloves,cinnamon and lemon peel in a pot for 10 minutes. Pour in the wine and heat (but don't boil or you'll lose the wine!). Add brandy and pour into a coffee mug.

CALYPSO COFFEE

My daughter's favourite.

120ml of hot coffee.
3 tablespoons of Tia Maria
1 tablespoon of dark rum
60ml of heavy cream

Mix the coffee, rum and Tia Maria together. Pour the cream over the back of a teaspoon so it floats on top of the drink.

COOKED EGGNOG

6 eggs
57g of sugar (about a quarter of a cup)
1 litre of milk (divided into 2 X 500ml)
1 teaspoon of vanilla

Beat the eggs and sugar together in a large saucepan (you can add a pinch of salt for a little extra taste). Stir in half of the milk and cook over a low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick enough to coat a metal spoon. Remove from the heat and stir in the rest of the milk along with the vanilla. Cover the saucepan and refrigerate overnight. Before serving, pour the wggnog into a bowl and serve immediately.

The perfect way to have a merry Christmas.

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