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gypsy tart

Gypsy Tart

I remember Gypsy Tart being my hands-down favourite dessert on the school dinner menu and it was never on often enough. Now you can have the comforting taste of it at any time you like with just the press of a button. If you’re really feeling nostalgic try this recipe from the BBC Good Food […]

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mudslide

Mudslide

Here’s another version of a coffee and cream-filled glass of sublime luxury known as a Mudslide. It’s usually a cold cocktail so we’ve tweaked it a bit to suit a Hot Cocktail recipe, enjoy. I’ve specified 60ml for each of the liqueurs and the vodka, the only reason being that our milk frother is marked

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coffee, hot cocktails

Mexican Coffee

The origins of Mexican Coffee and it’s variants are hotly debated, 19th century Vienna, Germany, Denmark and France all make a claim to cream topped coffee liqueurs. Wikipedia has a very good article on the history of Irish Coffee. Several places claim to have developed the modern recipe in the 1950s. One version is attributed

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coffee, hot cocktails

Monte Christo

The origins of Monte Christo and it’s variants are hotly debated, 19th century Vienna, Germany, Denmark and France all make a claim to cream topped coffee liqueurs. Wikipedia has a very good article on the history of Irish Coffee. Several places claim to have developed the modern recipe in the 1950s. One version is attributed

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cocktail, drink, martini

Pumpkin Spiced Martini

So I found a bottle of Martini at the back of the drinks cabinet and thought to myself, “Martini, cocktails, yes” and so my sorry tale begins. We’re testing pumpkin-spiced syrups this week, as you do, and I found, what I thought was the jackpot. Go Google and see what I mean. Pumpkin Spiced Martini

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hot white russian

Hot White Russian

Our Hot White Russian is a delicious version of the classic White Russian cocktail which itself is based on the very well known Black Russian. This Hot Cocktail can be drunk at any time of the day, it can serve as a delightfully boozy afternoon pick-me-up, or bring any meal to a close, acting as

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Avalanche

I was looking around the internet, trying to find a whisky-based cocktail that I could turn into a Hot Cocktail and found “The Avalanche”. The only problem was that there were ten different recipes, including some with vodka or gin. I’ve had to work very hard to adapt and tweak the recipes and just accept

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Brandy Alexander

Brandy Alexander, a heady mix of brandy and cream AND chocolate. What is there not to love about this taste sensation. A Brandy Alexander is a brandy-based dessert cocktail, consisting of cognac, crème de cacao, and cream, that became popular during the early 20th century. It is a variation of an earlier, gin-based cocktail called simply an Alexander. The cocktail known as

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