Cooking 101 » Easy Alcohol Recipes – Simple & Quick Methods for Cooking Alcohol http://cooking101.org An Online Guide To Quality Cooking Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:19:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 How to Make a Dry Martini http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-dry-martini/ http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-dry-martini/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:19:35 +0000 riztys http://cooking101.org/?p=1294 The most important thing to remember before preparing this classic drink is that all the ingredients for the dry martini should be chilled.

Ingredients:

  • Ice cubes
  • 1¼ ounce gin
  • Extra-dry vermouth
  • Cocktail olives

Instructions:

  1. Place the ice cubes in a glass and pour the gin and vermouth over them.
  2. Shake the glass well. Strain the contents of the glass into a martini glass.
  3. Garnish the drink with an olive. Your dry martini is ready to be served.
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Ingredients:

  • Two ounces vodka
  • Two ounces white crème de cacao
  • One ounce dark crème de cacao

Instructions:

  1. Pack half of a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour the vodka, white crème de cacao, and dark crème de cacao into the shaker.
  2. Shake the cocktail shaker thoroughly. Strain the contents of the shaker into a martini glass.
  3. The chocolate martini is ready to be served.
]]> http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-chocolate-martini/feed/ 0 How to Make a Bloody Mary http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-bloody-mary/ http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-bloody-mary/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:45:31 +0000 riztys http://cooking101.org/?p=1286 Most people love the kick they derive out of the spicy tomato drink called Bloody Mary. For some people in fact, the spicier the Bloody Mary, the better!

Ingredients:

  • Three ounces tomato juice
  • 1½ ounce vodka
  • 1½ ounce lemon juice
  • Worcestershire sauce
  • Tabasco sauce
  • Pepper, grounded
  • Hot pepper sauce
  • Celery stalk
  • Lemon wedge

Instructions:

  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with some ice. Add tomato juice, lemon juice, vodka, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, and pepper to it.
  2. Shake the cocktail shaker well to make sure all the ingredients get mixed thoroughly. Then strain the contents of the shaker into a glass.
  3. Garnish the drink with celery stalk and a wedge of lemon. You are now ready to serve your Bloody Mary.
]]> http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-bloody-mary/feed/ 0 How to Make Bailey’s Irish Cream http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-baileys-irish-cream/ http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-baileys-irish-cream/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:45:25 +0000 riztys http://cooking101.org/?p=1289 Here is a great recipe to prepare Bailey’s Irish cream right at home. It is really simple, and can be prepared in absolutely no time!

Ingredients:

  • One cup brandy
  • Egg
  • One teaspoon vanilla
  • Two tablespoons chocolate syrup
  • One pint whipping cream
  • Condensed milk

Instructions:

  1. Pour the brandy in a blender. Add to it the egg, vanilla, chocolate syrup, whipping cream, and the condensed milk. Blend the ingredients till a frothy liquid is formed.
  2. Pour the contents into wine glasses.
  3. The Bailey’s Irish cream is ready to be served.
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Ingredients:

  • Two ounces vodka
  • Two ounces sour apple schnapps
  • Sweet and sour mix
  • Apple slice

Instructions:

  1. Pour the sour apple schnapps into a cocktail shaker. Add vodka to it along with the sweet and sour mix.
  2. Shake the cocktail shaker well so that the contents get mixed thoroughly.
  3. Strain the contents of the shaker into a cocktail glass. Your apple martini is ready to be served.
]]> http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-an-apple-martini/feed/ 0 How to Make a Homemade Amaretto http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-homemade-amaretto/ http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-homemade-amaretto/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:45:21 +0000 riztys http://cooking101.org/?p=1291 As its name suggests, Amaretto is an Italian liqueur that goes well with all kinds of meals. It is also a great drink on its own. It is a sweet drink with a unique almond flavor. It does leave a somewhat bitter aftertaste, because of which it is called so. ‘Amaretto’ means ‘little bitter’ in Italian.

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups water
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1½ cups brown sugar
  • 6 cups vodka
  • 6 tablespoons almond extract
  • 6 teaspoons vanilla

Instructions:

  1. Place a saucepan over medium heat. Pour water, sugar, and brown sugar in it. Bring the contents to a boil. Keep stirring in between to make sure that the sugar dissolves completely in the water. Once this is done, remove the saucepan from the heat and set it aside to cool.
  2. After about 10 minutes when the liquid has cooled down, add vodka, almond extract, and vanilla to it. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
  3. The amaretto is ready. You can either serve it immediately or store it for future use.
]]> http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-homemade-amaretto/feed/ 0 How to Make a Cranberry Martini http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-cranberry-martini/ http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-cranberry-martini/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:45:20 +0000 riztys http://cooking101.org/?p=1292 Cranberry martini is a great drink by itself. Note this recipe down and serve it for any of your parties.

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 fluid ounce vodka
  • ½ fluid ounce orange liqueur
  • ½ fluid ounce dry vermouth
  • 1.5 fluid ounce cranberry juice
  • One cup ice
  • Cranberries

Instructions:

  1. Place the vodka, orange liqueur, vermouth, cranberry juice, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake well so that all the ingredients get mixed well.
  2. Chill the glass and the drink.  When serving, pour the cranberry martini into the cocktail glass and garnish it with a cranberry.
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Ingredients:

  • 2 ounces gin
  • 1 tablespoon dry vermouth
  • 2 tablespoons olive juice
  • 2 olives
  • Ice cubes

Instructions:

  1. Mix the gin, vermouth, and the olive juice together in a cocktail shaker.
  2. Fill a martini glass with ice cubes. Pour the contents of the cocktail shaker into the glass. Remove the ice cubes from the glass.
  3. Garnish the drink with olives. The Dirty martini is ready to be served.
]]> http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-dirty-martini/feed/ 0 How to Make Egg Nog http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-egg-nog/ http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-egg-nog/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:45:17 +0000 riztys http://cooking101.org/?p=1295 One just cannot enjoy Christmas without egg nog. But why wait till Christmas to savor this lip-smacking drink? Try this recipe today and enjoy a cuppa!

Ingredients:

  • 6 eggs
  • 1 cup bourbon whiskey
  • ½ gallon milk
  • ½ gallon vanilla ice cream
  • 1 cup sugar
  • One tablespoon vanilla

Instructions:

  1. First, separate the eggs. Beat the egg yolk till it becomes thick and frothy. To this, add ½ cup of bourbon and set the mixture aside.
  2. Now, beat the egg whites till peaks are formed in it. In a separate container, place milk, vanilla ice cream, sugar, and vanilla. Mix the ingredients thoroughly. The sugar should completely dissolve and the ice cream should melt completely.
  3. Mix the egg yolk mixture to the egg whites. Keep stirring. Fold the egg whites.
  4. Now add ¾ of bourbon to this mixture. You are now ready to serve your egg nog.
]]> http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-egg-nog/feed/ 0 How to Make a Gin Martini http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-gin-martini/ http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-a-gin-martini/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:45:15 +0000 riztys http://cooking101.org/?p=1298 If you think regular recipes are the best, then you must try this one to prepare a classic gin martini. There’s nothing like the tried-and-tested.

Ingredients:

  • Six parts gin
  • One part extra dry-vermouth
  • Two green olives

Instructions:

  1. Take a martini glass and chill it. Pack some ice in a cocktail shaker and then add gin and dry vermouth to it.
  2. Shake the cocktail shaker thoroughly. Strain the contents of the shaker into the chilled martini glass.
  3. Garnish the drinks with olives. The classic gin martini is ready to be served.
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