Showing posts with label holidaze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidaze. Show all posts

Monday, November 21, 2016

Salted Caramel Milk Punch

Fort Defiance Bourbon Milk Punch...where I cut my milk punch teeth.

Milk punch is a New Orleans Brunch staple..it usually has brandy, bourbon or rum.  In this case we are using a homemade salted caramel sauce.


Salted Caramel Milk Punch

1 1/2 oz salted caramel sauce*
dash of vanilla
4-5 oz of whole milk or half and half.

Shake all ingredients and serve over ice in a rocks glass.  Garnish with fresh grated cinnamon and nutmeg and pinch of sea salt.


*Salted caramel sauce:


Ingredients:
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup heavy cream
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
¾  - 1 teaspoon kosher salt to taste
Directions:
Stir together sugar and 1 tablespoon water in a small saucepan, place over medium-high heat, and bring to a boil. Let boil until amber in color, about 3 minutes.


Immediately add butter and stir to incorporate. Remove from heat, add cream, slowly, and salt, and mix well. Serve immediately or let cool to room temperature, cover, and refrigerate.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Save The Fort!


Buy Junk Bonds!
In a magical collaboration with Jill DeGroff and my former employer Fort Defiance, you can now see my beautiful portrait on Jill's site AND get some junk bonds from the Fort!

Go to the site here and get some Fort Defiance Junk Bonds!  They make great Holidaze presents for your friends and family in New York City!
Fort Sandy



Saturday, December 05, 2009

Punch in the Mouth


Dang! I need a good drink! I feel like its been 14 years! Its a good thing my Cocktail Daddy and his lovely Bride are throwing their annual Holidaze gathering tonight. Not only has their company been sadly missing from my life these last few months, but I am in need of Cocktail Love. And its REPEAL DAY! HooRAY!

This year I get to participate in the Red/Green cocktail throwdown with my own Jalisco Punch. I did a test run of this punch at a tasting in Brooklyn last week and it was pretty good. I used the standard proportions from my brother-in-cocktail, "One the sour, two of the sweet, three of the strong and 4 of the weak".

For the sour I used a combo of fresh squeezed lemon, Lime and Grapefruit. The sweet is a combo of agave, Russian rose-berry syrup and some lovely pure cane grenadine from Montreal for that bright red kick. The strong is my own Luna Sueno Reposado. The weak i
s a combo of sparkling items; champagne and club and grapefruit soda. There is a dash of grapefruit bitters in there for good measure and some lovely garnish.

This morning I am roasting some fresh grapefruit studded with clove and star anise in maple syrup. Its the Mexican-French Canadian connection.


Sugar and Spice and everything nice!

Happy Holidaze and Happy Repeal day my lush Friends!

Jalisco Punch

1 part Lime, Lemon & Grapefruit

2 part agave, rose-berry syrup & Grenadine
3 part Luna Sueno Reposado
4 part Sparkling goodness

Monday, December 22, 2008

Kentucky Caucasians and Holidaze Punch

RyeGirl's Holidaze gifts this year included home infused bottle of bourbon with cinnamon, star anise and ginger. I found long sticks of cinnamon this year and they look beautiful floating in that brown bottles of goodness. I even made a special batch for a Sandwich King that includes a vanilla bean and maple syrup so it is ready made for his Bourbon milkshakes!

Speaking of milky goodness...my favorite recipe to show off this
Christmas spirit has been the Kentucky Caucasian. Imagine a White Russian without the vodka and with a spicy fragrant bourbon instead. Yum! Don't forget to put some nutmeg on top. Take it John Legend, you sexy thing!
























And the big hit at a couple of
Holidaze parties was this recipe for the perfect punch. Its light refreshing taste and knock out quantities of booze insured an easy ice breaker for any party. The recipe is from the legendary Trader Vic, but the selection of Beefeater Wet, a light crisp gin infused with pear essence is the Rye Girl touch. For the second (or third batch I can't recall) I ran out of lime and substituted Pomegranate juice. So while the first punch was green, the second was red. Perfect!

Christmas Punch (From Trader Vic)

1 Pint Beefeater Wet Gin
1 Pint Cointreau
3/4 cup Lime juice fresh squeezed
4 bottles champagne