Monday, December 20, 2010

Shots!Shots!Shots!Shots!

10 Festive Holiday Shooters

These short colorful shots will be a hit at any Christmas holiday celebration, whether you drink them as a quick pre-dinner greeting or a late-night party accompaniment to your holiday toast.


1. PENALTY SHOT

Ingredients:
  • 1/3 oz blue curaçao

  • 1/3 oz melon liqueur

  • 1/3 oz orange liqueur


  • Mixing instructions:
    Pour all 3 ingredients into shot glass and mix.

    2. PEPPERMINT PATTY

    Ingredients:
  • 1/2 oz crème de cacao

  • 1/2 oz peppermint schnapps

  • 1 oz cream


  • Mixing instructions:
    Stir all 3 ingredients with ice, strain into shot glass.

    3. AFTER EIGHT

    Ingredients:
  • 1/2 oz coffee brandy

  • 1/2 oz crème de menthe (white or green)

  • 1/2 oz Irish cream


  • Mixing instructions:
    Shake all these ingredients with ice and strain into a shot glass. Enjoy a liquid After Eight, after dinner.

    4. GALLIANO HOT SHOT

    Ingredients:
  • 3/4 oz hot coffee

  • 3/4 oz Galliano


  • Mixing instructions:
    Layer in a shot glass. (View tips on how to layer a drink.) Top the glass with cream.

    5. CANDY CANE SHOOTER

    Ingredients:
  • 1/2 oz crème de menthe

  • 1/2 oz grenadine

  • 1/2 oz peppermint schnapps


  • Mixing instructions:
    Layer the grenadine syrup, crème de menthe and then peppermint schnapps. A nicely layered shooter that will test the bartender's skills.

    6. SANTA SHOT

    Ingredients:Mixing instructions:
    To get the right look, layer ingredients in this order: first Grenadine, then crème de menthe, and finally the peppermint schnapps. Tastes like a candy cane.

    7.CHRISTMAS CHEER

    Ingredients:
  • 1 oz eggnog

  • 1/2 oz peppermint schnapps


  • Mixing instructions:
    You can either layer this drink, eggnog first, or stir the ingredients together before drinking. Merry Christmas!

    8.NUTCRACKER SHOOTER

    Ingredients:
  • 1/2 oz amaretto

  • 1/2 oz Amarula Cream

  • 1/2 oz Frangelico


  • Mixing instructions:
    Pour a layer of Frangelico into the bottom of the shot glass. Then carefully slide on a layer of amaretto, using the back of a spoon. Top with a layer of Amarula Cream.

    9. MISTLETOE APERITIF

    Ingredients:
  • 1/2 oz Chambord

  • 1/2 oz melon liqueur

  • 1/2 oz orange liqueur


  • Mixing instructions:
    In a tall shot glass add Chambord, then gently pour Midori (or other melon liqueur), the second layer, over the back of an inverted spoon so that it flows on top of the Chambord without mixing. Repeat the process using orange liqueur.
    This makes a good holiday shooter. You can flambé it by igniting the top with a match. Blow flame out after a few seconds and make certain the rim of the glass has cooled before drinking.

    10. AFTER FIVE

    Ingredients:
  • 1/2 oz coffee liqueur

  • 1/2 oz Irish cream

  • 1/2 oz peppermint schnapps


  • Mixing instructions:
    Pour coffee liqueur into shot glass until about 1/2 full. Using a spoon (inverted), slowly pour in the peppermint schnapps until glass is about 3/4 full. Done correctly, the schnapps will flow under the Kahlua, creating a clear layer.
    Using the spoon again, but this time right side up, slowly top off the glass with a layer of Irish cream. Be careful to place the spoon right at the top of the coffee liqueur layer and to raise it as the glass fills up. Done correctly, this will provide a layer of Irish cream floating over the coffee liqueur.

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