Snowballs, egg nog and creamy classics are back with a (very smooth) vengeance, thanks to our collective nostalgia for the better times when these festive cocktails were first fashionable
Creamy cocktails haven’t been en vogue for a looong time. When was the last time you ordered a Brandy Alexander or Pina Colada? Yet in the context of sipping one (and only one) by the fire as a replacement for dessert, they suddenly make complete sense. Read on for a few our of favourite festive cocktail recipes …
Homemade advocaat
Whoever thought of making homemade advocaat? The free-range fraternity at St Ewe Eggs, that’s who. With their friends at Sam’s Cornwall they came up with a recipe for a pleasingly boozy advocaat (called Snogg). It’s easy to make and perfect for conjuring up a Snogg Snowball or, as we’re celebrating the end of horrible old 2020, a Snogg Snowball Royale.
Get the recipe here.
Snowball
This recipe has been crafted by the team at Hyde & Co in Bristol and is an usually sophisticated riff on the 80s classic that (metaphorically) usually wears flashing festive deeley boppers. There’s not a bottle of Warninks in sight: it’s all egg, cream, cognac, spices and posh lemonade.
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Yohann Thuillier, cocktail maestro at The Alverton in Truro, has shared his Mince Pie cocktail recipe which is even better than the burn-your-mouth-it’s-so-hot pastry original. Imagine the lovechild of rum, cranberry, sherry, espresso and cream …
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‘A creamy cashmere blanket of luxury with a coffee kick’ is how the Southernhay House team describe this Baileys, Amaretto, Kahlua and cream and, like Christmas, it’s probably best indulged in only once a year.
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