Cocktails without the headache (Homemade Non-alcoholic Drinks)

Member Name: jammaker49

Product:	Homemade Non-alcoholic Drinks
Date:	14/12/02 (7336 review reads)
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Advantages: No headache next morning

Disadvantages: Hmmmmm. Only a disadvantage if you crave alcohol.

As the festive season fast approaches, for those of us out here who rarely if ever drink alcohol, it can be a time when we are accused of not getting into the party spirit. Personally, it has never bothered me, ordering a diet Coke in a bar, but there are times when maybe something different is called for. Not wanting to waken with a sore head the next day, I still tend to plump for the non-alcoholic drinks, although I have been known to sample one or two glasses of Champagne from time to time!

I have spent some time looking up recipes for various non alcoholic cocktails and drinks, some of which may be useful to you over the coming few weeks. As they have no alcohol in them, even the kids can drink them and feel grown up.

RECIPES FOR NON-ALCOHOLIC COCKTAILS

1) Instant Grenadine


Ingredients
Grenadine Syrup 2 tbsp
Lemon Juice 1 tsp
Lime Juice 1 tsp
Soda Water

INSTRUCTIONS –

Put a few ice cubes in a long glass.
Add the grenadine, lemon and lime juice and top up with soda water.
Garnish with citrus slices and wipe the rim of the glass with a wedge of lemon or lime.

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2) Shirley Temple

50ml lemon juice
12ml non-alcoholic Grenadine
12ml sugar syrup
Ginger ale
8 cracked ice cubes

Put 4 cracked ice cubes in a cocktail shaker.
Pour lemon juice, Grenadine and sugar syrup over the ice.
Shake vigorously.
Place 4 cracked ice cubes in a chilled tumbler and strain the cocktail over them.
Top up with ginger ale.
Decorate with a slice of orange and a cocktail cherry.

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3) Soft Sangria

1.5 litres red grape juice
3
00 ml orange juice
75 ml cranberry juice
50 ml lemon juice
50 ml lime juice
100 ml sugar syrup
Ice

· Put the grape juice, orange juice, cranberry juice, lemon juice and lime juice into a chilled punch bowl.
· Add the sugar syrup and stir well.
· Add ice to punch bowl
· Add slices of lemon, lime and orange.
Serve in tall glasses decorated with slices of lemon or orange.

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4) Boo Boo's Special

Ingredients
3 ounces pineapple juice
3 ounces orange juice
1/2 ounce lemon juice
Dash of grenadine
Dash of angostura bitters
Chilled or sparkling water
Slice of pineapple
Maraschino cherry


Shake the fruit juices, grenadine and bitter thoroughly.
Pour over ice in a tall glass.
Top up with water, soda water, or sparkling water.
Decorate with a pineapple slice and maraschino cherry.

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5) Cardinal Punch

Ingredients
4 ounces cranberry juice
2 ounces orange juice
1 ounce lemon juice
Chilled ginger ale
Slices of orange and lemon

Pour the fruit juices into a cocktail glass and stir.
Top up with ginger ale.
Garnish with orange and lemon slices.

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6) Rosey Pippin

Ingredients
4 ounces apple juice
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Dash of Grenadine
Chilled ginger ale
Apple slice

Pour ingredients except for apple slice into a Highball glass with some ice and stir. Top up with ginger ale.
Garnish with an apple slice.

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7) Mulled Grape and Apple Punch

Ingredients
1 apple tea bag
2 cloves
1 piece c
innamon
5 ounces boiling water
Pinch of grated nutmeg
3 ounces apple juice
3 ounces grape juice
Apple slices

Place the tea bag in a heatproof jug, then add the cloves and cinnamon.
Pour the water over the tea bag
Leave to steep for 5 minutes
Discard the tea bag and spices.
Sprinkle the nutmeg in the tea and mix in the fruit juices.
Pour into a heatproof goblet
Garnish with a cinnamon stick and apple slices.

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8) Princess Royal

Ingredients
6 large strawberries
Slice of pineapple
Juice of 1/2 orange
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 dashes fraise (strawberry syrup)
Sugar
Ice

Blend ingredients with some cracked ice cubes in a blender until frothy.
Pour into a Highball glass with the rim frosted with sugar.
Garnish with a strawberry.

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9) Frosty Fruit Cooler

3 Cups Apricot Nectar -- Chilled
4 Cups Ginger Ale -- Chilled
2 Cups Pineapple Or Orange Sorbet
3 Cups Pineapple Or Orange Juice -- Chilled

Combine the apricot nectar and fruit juice in a punch bowl.
Add the ginger ale just before serving.
Float scoops of sorbet on top.
Serve immediately.

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10 )Fresh Fruit Frappe
·1 Cup Watermelon; Cut Up
·1 Cup Cantaloupe Or Honeydew; Cut Up
·1 Cup Pineapple; Cut Up
·1 Cup Mango; Cut Up
·1 Cup Strawberries; Halved
·1/4 Cup Sugar
·1 Cup Orange Juice
·Crushed Ice

Mix all ingredients except ice.
Fill blender container 1/2 full of mixture.
Add crushed ice to fill to the top.
Cover and blend on high speed until of a uniform consistency.
Repeat with remaining mixture.
Serve immediately; garnish with fruit, if desi
red.

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Well, there you have 10 delicious recipes that wont give you a headache! And of course, you can turn all of them into alcoholic punches with the addition of whatever alcohol comes to hand!

However, it’s Christmas! So if you enjoy a drink, alcoholic or not, have one on me.
A Merry Christmas to you all.

Lesley

Websites used for recipes:

http://www.mixed-drink.com
http://www.virtualcities.com
http://www.bartending.20m.com
http://www.allaboutpubs.com

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