Rum

Blackberry Lemon Smash

Blackberry Lemon Smash

Did you go blackberry picking as a kid? Well, try this Blackberry Lemon Smash and you’ll realise that the pastime is not just for the kids or the crumble! We’ve based this Hot Cocktail on a recipe from Yay! for Food which is full of recipes using seasonal ingredients and fresh flavours. Ingredients: 50ml White […]

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Grapefruit Daiquiri

Grapefruit Daiquiri

Try this delicious, comforting, hot Grapefruit Daiquiri, the complete opposite to the normal frozen version. Daiquiri is a family of cocktails whose main ingredients are rum, citrus juice, and sugar or other sweetener. The daiquiri is one of the six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury’s classic The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, which

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cranberry rum

Cranberry & Rum Warmer

Warm-up on cold winter nights with this aromatic rum and cranberry Warmer. Not only is this is so simple to make you’ll be amazed at the smells and tastes that will fill your room. This recipe was taken from the Taste website and the quantities adjusted to suit a single serving made on a milk

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Grapefruit Paloma

Grapefruit Paloma

Did you know that grapefruit juice is not just for breakfast? Try this delicious, warming, Grapefruit Paloma and you’ll be looking for grapefruit juice at all times of the day! The Paloma is normally a tequila-based cocktail. This drink is most commonly prepared by mixing tequila, lime juice, and a grapefruit-flavoured soda such as Fresca,

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Spiced Sailor

Pear Spiced Sailor

You’ve all heard what we should do with the drunken sailor and now, with the Pear Spiced Sailor, you can really get into the spirit of the song and join in the fun! This is a light, refreshing Hot Cocktail with lots of flavours vying for your attention. Feel free to miss out some of

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praline soother

Praline Soother

This recipe for Praline Soother is the only recipe we can find in the Hotel Chocolat magazine that fits in with the Hot Cocktails theme. When I say recipe, I mean it just says Vodka, chocolate, hazelnuts and cream so I have had to spend many hours testing and checking different variations on the theme

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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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Sticky Toffee

Sticky Toffee Pudding

As the weather starts to cool off in the evenings and you start to crave hot desserts after dinner, what could be more warming than a lovely Sticky Toffee Pudding Cocktail. While we were touring Europe in our motorhome we visited Sanlucar in the south of Spain, located on one of the corners of the

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Dark & Stormy

Dark & Stormy is a very popular cocktail (in the cocktail world) very similar to a Moscow mule but substituting the vodka for dark rum. There are only three ingredients, dark rum, lime juice and ginger beer. Whilst travelling in Europe we found it very difficult to find ginger beer even though ginger was readily

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