Holiday drink making session this Saturday at Glorioso's Appetito / Sage Harvest
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Want to make your holidays even more festive? You can learn to make famous yuletide drinks the right way.
This Saturday at noon at Glorioso's Appetito / Sage Harvest on Milwaukee's east side, you can correctly create cocktails, including eggnog, hot buttered rum, Snow Cap and a Smoked Apple Cider Margarita.
It's an afternoon of fun and mixology with a professional instructor on hand. The session runs for a few hours. It's $49 a class.
In the next few weeks, there are similar classes, even ones showing you how to make holiday cookies.
Click here to sign up for these hands-on sessions.
Eggnog Recipe
- Yield: 4-6 servings
Ingredients:
- 4 large eggs
- ¾ cup white granulated sugar
- 4 oz. brandy
- 5 oz. dry sherry
- 1½ cups whole milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
Instructions:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a traditional blender, blend the eggs for one minute.
- With the mixer running, gradually add sugar and continue blending for an additional minute.
- Add the brandy, sherry, milk, and cream; blend until well incorporated.
- Transfer the mixture to a container and refrigerate for 24 hours.
- Serve chilled.
Hot Buttered Rum Recipe
- Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients:
- 2 cups apple cider or water
- 2 oz. dark rum
- 2 oz. unsalted butter, room temperature
- Cinnamon to taste (start with ¼ tsp.)
- Allspice to taste (start with 1 pinch)
- Nutmeg to taste (start with 1 pinch)
- Brown sugar to taste (start with 2 tsp.)
- Sea salt to taste (start with ½ tsp.)
Instructions:
- Use a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment to incorporate spices, sugar, and salt into the butter until smooth. Set aside at room temperature.
- Heat cider to a simmer, then remove from heat.
- Use a fork or small whisk to incorporate the butter mixture into the cider until the butter is fully melted.
Snow Cap Martini Recipe
- Yield: 1
Ingredients:
- 1½ oz. vodka
- 1 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
- 1½ oz. coconut cream, melted
- 3 Oreo cookies, crumbled or processed into a fine crumble
- Marshmallow dip or warm Marshmallow Fluff
- Candy cane for garnish
Instructions:
- Rim a chilled martini glass in marshmallow, then dip in Oreo crumble.
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add Bailey’s, coconut cream, and vodka.
- Place a lid on the shaker and shake vigorously for 20 seconds.
- Strain the cocktail into the rimmed martini glass.
- Garnish the Snow Cap Martini with a candy cane.
- Enjoy responsibly!