B52

-- You need
1/3 shot Kahlua® coffee liqueur
1/3 shot amaretto almond liqueur
1/3 shot Bailey's® Irish cream
-- Steps
1. Carefully layer ingredients into a shot glass; in order: kahlua, amaretto, then irish cream

Grasshopper

-- You need
3/4 oz green creme de menthe
3/4 oz white creme de cacao
3/4 oz light cream
-- Steps
1. Shake all ingredients with ice
2. Strain into a cocktail glass, serve

Mojito

-- You need
1.25 oz rum
12 mint leaves
1 tbsp sugar
0.5 oz lime juice
2 oz soda
-- Steps
1. Place mint leaves in bottom of glass
2. Add crushed ice, rum, sugar, and lime juice, and muddle
3. Add soda water and garnish with mint leaves

Fruit punch

-- You need
2 (6-ounce) cans frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
2 (6-ounce) cans frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
1 (48-ounce) can pineapple juice
3 cups water
3 cups sugar
2 pints strawberries, hulled
1 (1-liter) bottle lemon-lime soda (recommended: Sprite / Ginger ale)
-- Steps
1. Combine the orange juice, lemonade, and pineapple juice, stir well
2. Bring 3 cups water and the sugar to a boil, until sugar is dissolved, about 5 mins. Let cool
3. Add the syrup to the fruit juices
4. Place the whole strawberries into a ring mold. Pour in enough fruit juice to fill the mold. Freeze
5. Refrigerate the remaining juice
6. When ready to serve, pour the fruit juice into a punch bowl and add the soda. Float the strawberry ice ring in the punch.


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Sangria

-- You need
1 Bottle of red wine (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Rioja, Zinfandel, Shiraz)
1 Lemon cut into wedges
1 Orange cut into wedges
1 Lime cut into wedges
2 Tbsp sugar
Splash of orange juice or lemonade
2 Shots of gin or triple sec (optional)
1 Cup of raspberries or strawberries (may use thawed or frozen)
1 Small can of diced pineapples (with juice)
4 Cups ginger ale
-- Steps
1. Pour wine into a large pitcher and squeeze the juice wedges from the lemon, orange and lime into the wine.
2. Toss in the fruit wedges (leaving out seeds if possible) and pineapple then add sugar, orange juice and gin.
3. Chill overnight.
4. Add ginger ale, berries and ice just before serving.

** If you'd like to serve right away, use chilled red wine and serve over lots of ice.
** However, remember that the best Sangrias are chilled around 24 hrs in the frig. - allowing the flavors to really marinate into each other.


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忌廉蘑菇湯

-- 材料
蘑菇
洋蔥 - 1個
雞湯 - 1小包
水 - 1杯
牛油 - 2 tbsp
麵粉 - 少許
淡忌廉
鹽 - 適量
胡椒 - 適量
-- 做法
1. 蘑菇切片, 洋蔥切粒, 以蒜頭起鑊, 炒至軟身
2. 再加入雞湯和水煮滾
2. 待蘑菇湯稍涼, 以打茸器打成蘑菇茸
3. 另一煲以慢火煮溶牛油, 下麵粉拌勻, 拌入蘑菇湯轉中火
4. 煮滾後轉細火, 調味, 下忌廉拌勻便成

** 可以百里香與雞湯同煮, 味道會更香
** 炒蘑菇時下少許些厘酒會有點睛作用
** 多選幾款不同的菇類會更香

杏仁茶

-- 材料
南杏 - 150g / 4兩
北杏 - 15g / 0.4兩
米 - 60g
砂糖 - 120g
花奶 - 150g
清水 - 1L / 4杯
-- 做法
1. 米及南北杏洗淨, 用清水浸 4 小時
2. 撈起, 加入水, 放入攪拌機攪碎, 隔渣
3. 將隔渣的杏仁汁放於煲中, 加糖煮至滾, 倒入花奶, 熄火即成

** 可將水分批跟南北杏翻渣攪拌
** 杏仁用的是南杏非西點用的杏仁, 南杏較圓較小, 呈不正型的扁圓, 有強烈香味
** 北杏有小毒及有苦味, 不應多用. 跟南杏比例大約應為1:10
** 假如用打成粉的也可, 但需注意是否含糖, 煮的時候糖量或要減少
** 煮滾後加入蛋白, 即成蛋白杏仁茶


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