To help you get through the holidays, we have your drink covered at all times of the day! Donnell shares three of her favorite cocktails with Jean-Charles to ease the cooking of Thanksgiving.
Bloody Mary Recipe
Ingredients:
• 2 oz JCB gin
• 4 oz Tomato juice
• 1/2 oz Lemon juice
• ¼ garlic clove, minced
• 1 tbsp Prepared horseradish
• 1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 3 dashes Celery salt
• 3 dashes Black pepper
• Tabasco sauce
• Garnish: Celery
• Garnish: Pickled okra
• Garnish: Dill pickle
• Garnish: Asparagus
• Garnish: Olives
• Garnish: Cherry tomatoes or carrot
Steps:
1. Add all the ingredients to a highball glass, fill with ice and stir.
2. Garnish with any of the following: a celery stalk, pickled okra, a dill pickle spear, an asparagus spear, a skewer with 3 olives, a skewer with 3 cherry tomatoes or a carrot stick.
Sparkling Cosmopolitan Recipe
Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounces JCB Vodka
1/2 ounce triple sec
1/2 ounce cranberry juice
1/2 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice
Dash simple syrup
Ice
2 ounces chilled Jean-Louis Blanc de Blancs
Directions:
Combine vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, lime juice, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake until very cold. Taste and if the mixture seems to tart, add a dash of simple syrup or agave. Pour into a chilled martini glass then top with sparkling wine
Spiked Gingerbread Latte Recipe
Ingredients:
2 ounces JCB Cognac
6 ounces coffee
1 ½ ounces gingerbread syrup
1 ounce Baileys
Whipped cream
Directions:
Add the cognac and gingerbread syrup to a warm glass mug. Stir to combine. Pour the coffee into the mug. Top with Bailys and gently stir. Top with whipped cream. Add a sprinkle of ground ginger and a cinnamon stick for garnish.