Autumn Sips

Irish Coffee

• 1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 jigger Irish whiskey
• (1-1/2 ounces or
• 3 tablespoons)
• Heavy cream, slightly whipped

Fill a footed (or standard) mug with hot water to preheat it, then empty. Pour piping-hot coffee into warmed glass until it’s about 3/4 full. Add brown sugar and stir until completely dissolved. Blend in Irish whiskey. Top with a collar of the whipped heavy cream by pouring gently over the back of spoon. Serve hot.

Source: Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, foodnetwork.com

Hot Apple Pie

• 2 ounces Tuaca (a citrus vanilla Italian liqueur)
• Hot apple cider
• Whipped cream
• Cinnamon stick for garnish

Pour Tuaca in an Irish coffee glass. Fill with hot apple cider. Top with whipped cream. Garnish with a cinnamon stick
Source: cocktails.about.com.

Negus

• 1 pint port wine
• 10 sugar cubes
• 3 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 lemon twist
• 1 quart boiling water

Ground nutmeg
Rub the cubes of sugar with the lemon twist and add them with the lemon juice to the port. Pour in a quart of boiling water and stir. Sprinkle
top with nutmeg and serve
piping hot.

Source: Complete World Bartender Guide.

Apple Cider Martini

• 2  ounces vodka
• 1 ounce Calvados (French apple brandy)
• ½ ounce cinnamon vodka
• 2 ounces apple cider or apple juice

Fill a martini glass with ice water to cool it, and set aside. Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker over ice. Stir vigorously with a cocktail spoon. Pour ice water out of prepared glass. Strain apple martini into glass.

Source: Entertaining Ideas Catering, The New York Times.