{"id":24687,"date":"2015-11-18T10:07:49","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T15:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-181994-533056.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=24687"},"modified":"2019-12-07T20:01:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T01:01:21","slug":"holiday-recipes-drinks-for-the-cocktail-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/lifestyle\/holiday-recipes-drinks-for-the-cocktail-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Recipes: Drinks for The Cocktail Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raise your hand if you’re as baffled as I am about it being middle of November already!<\/strong> We haven’t reached Thanksgiving yet, and I’m already seeing\u00a0Instagram Christmas trees and presents neatly wrapped under the tree. No doubt, I’m feeling a bit frantic about the fact that I have almost nothing done or planned yet. Except for the important bits of course: cocktails.<\/strong> There’s something mildly sinister about the fact that I’m drinking away the pre-holiday season, with holiday recipe drinks, in order to escape the reality of the holidays being around the corner.<\/p>\n[x_pullquote type=”right”]So, come the holidays, my husband gets a drink recipe list and proceeds to play the role of Dionysus with the guests while I salt the mashed potatoes with my tears because the biscuits didn’t come out just right.<\/em>[\/x_pullquote]\n

I have a loving husband who insists on helping me in the kitchen on Thanksgiving. The poor soul hasn’t learned that on Thanksgiving I turn into a tyrannical pie factory that mistreats its lovely employees. I usually spend the day making everything from scratch, by myself, because I LOVE IT. I love cooking! (Take a moment to internalize that mighty scream from the pinnacle of my pie mountain.)<\/strong> When I’m really focused and have 10 things cooking at once, I can’t spare an ounce of attention to anything else. So, come the holidays, my husband gets a drink recipe list and proceeds to play the role of Dionysus with the guests while I salt the mashed potatoes with my tears because the biscuits didn’t come out just right. I’m dramatizing slightly.<\/p>\n

M\u0336i\u0336s\u0336e\u0336r\u0336y\u0336 Cocktail hour loves company. By cocktail hour, I mean me, and by company, I mean Liz of Liz Avenue. And by cocktail, I mean cocktail. Anyway, Liz and I got together on a chilly November evening to do very important work: taste-test cocktail recipes so you can stay sober and purchase appropriate presents for your loved ones in the meantime.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Head over to Liz’s blog <\/a>to grab a delicious hot toddy recipe <\/a>and check out the recipe for the Blush Moscato below.<\/strong> It tastes like all the world’s holidays combined: sweet, refreshing and so comforting that you could guzzle them all day.\u00a0The Moscato D’Asti has a sweet profile that pairs very well with unsweetened juices, so unless you like pure sugar, I’d suggest foregoing sweetened counterparts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • 750 ml Moscato D’Asti<\/li>\n
  • 1 bunch Rosemary Sprigs<\/li>\n
  • 1 bag Fresh Cranberries<\/li>\n
  • Pomegranate-Geranium Juice, Pomegranate Juice or Cranberry Juice (unsweetened)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The amount of ingredients obviously depends on the amount of guests, but one 750ml bottle of Moscato D’Asti makes roughly 12 cocktails.<\/p>\n

    Fill a champagne glass halfway with your juice of choice. I prefer the Pomegranate-Geranium juice, but if you can’t find it at your local market, pomegranate and cranberry are perfect too!<\/p>\n

    Add 3 cranberries to the glass, top it all off with the Moscato D’Asti and stir well with a rosemary sprig. Leave the sprig in as garnish. Enjoy!<\/p>\n[\/x_accordion_item]\n