85 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com Secret Santa’s Mulled Wine While making this recipe, prepare some diced apples, pears, oranges or whole cranberries. Place the remaining mulled wine into a pitcher filled with fruit and refrigerate overnight. Pour over ice for a festive sangria the following day. Recipes to Remember Christmas cocktails to make spirits bright BY BROOKE WATSON INGREDIENTS • 750 milliliters pinot noir or cabernet • 3-4 cups unfiltered apple cider • ½ cup Cointreau or ruby port • 2-3 tablespoons honey • 3 tablespoons mulling spice • 1 orange, zest and juice • 1 cinnamon stick INSTRUCTIONS • Combine the wine, cider, honey, mulling spice, orange juice and zest in a non-reactive saucepan. • Bring to a boil, then simmer for 10-15 minutes. • Strain and serve. White Christmas Margarita A creamy, tangy twist to the classic margarita with a snowy holiday flair. INGREDIENTS • 2 ounces LALO blanco tequila • 1 ounce full fat coconut milk (canned for creaminess) • 1 ounce triple sec (or Cointreau) • 1 ounce lime juice (freshly squeezed) • 1 ounce simple syrup (or agave nectar) INSTRUCTIONS • Shake all ingredients with ice until chilled and frothy. • Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. • Garnish with shredded coconutsugar rim then add rosemary and a few cranberries. Santa “Clausmopolitan” A take on the classic cosmopolitan. The extra cranberry gives a little extra pucker for under the mistletoe. INGREDIENTS • 1½ ounces vodka • 1½ ounces cranberry juice • ½ ounce St. Germain • ½ ounce simple syrup INSTRUCTIONS • Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, then add cranberry juice, vodka, simple syrup and St. Germain. • Shake thoroughly then pour the chilled cocktail into a glass and garnish with cranberries and rosemary.
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