Cocktails for Brunch

What a better way to get together with people than with a Sunday Brunch. Over the next week or two I will put up some recipes you can make to have a fun one. The first thing I want to do though is some Brunch Cocktails. I have made lots of Brunches in my time and have created some of my own cocktails and some twists on traditional ones. Most of these recipes make at least 4 cocktails. So have some folks over and enjoy a nice Brunch.

Bombay Sparkling Sunrise

Ingredients

12 ounces of Orange Juice

12 ounces of Peach Nectar

1 cup of Bombay Sapphire Gin

8 ounces of club soda

Grenadine

Mix all ingredients but grenadine in a pitcher and stir. Pour over ice and drizzle in about 1 tbl of Grenadine so it swirls in the glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry and orange slice.

French Spritzer

Ingredients

6 ounces of Grand Marnier

6 ounces of Chambord Liquor

1 bottle of Prosecco, or Asti Spumante

6 ounces of Orange Juice

Mix together in a pitcher with ice . Put a couple of  fresh raspberries in a Champagne Glass and pour Mix over the top.

Breakfast Rum Punch

Ingredients

1 cup Captain Morgans Spiced Rum

2 ounces of White Rum

1 Cup of orange juice

1 cup of pineapple juice

8 ounces of club soda

1/2 cup of simple syrup( 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar boiled for 2 minutes and cooled)

1/4 cup of lemon juice

6 ot 8 mint leaves

1 orange slice into half sized pieces

1 pint of mixed berries

Mix all ingredients the night before and chill overnight. Stir and pour over ice.

Hot Bloody Mary

Ingredients

1  46 ounce can of tomato juice

12 ounces of Premium Vodka( I like Kettle One)

3 tbl of horseradish

1/4 cup of Worcestershire Sauce

2 tbl of Hot Sauce

1/3 cup of lemon juice

2 tbl of celery salt

Mix together the night before. Rim a tall glass with salt add ice and pour in the mix. Garnish with lemon and a celery rib.

Cucumber Julep

Ingredients

3 cucumbers peeled,seeded and diced

2 cups of vodka

juice of 2 lemons

5 mint leaves

2 tbl simple syrup

Puree cucumbers and strain through a sieve to get the juice. Mash 2 tbl of the cucumber pulp, mint leaves and simple syrup together add vodka, lemon and cucumber juice. Stir well  mix with ice. Pour into salt rimmed martini glasses and serve with a slice of cucumber.

Classic Mint Julep

I had this the first time in Louisville Kentucky the recipe was given to me by the bartender when I proved to him I lived in Illinois.  His secret was the Grand Marnier, it gives the drink a real twist on the tradional recipe. This recipe makes 1 drink.

Ingredients

2 sugar cubes

1 slice of lemon

3 mint leaves

1 tsp of Grand Marnier

3 ounces of Premium Bourbon

Club soda

Mash mint, sugar cubes, Grand Marnier and lemon slice together in bottom of glass. Add crushed ice and stir. Add bourbon and fill to top of glass with club soda. Garnish with a mint leaf and lemon slice.

Hope you and some friends and family enjoy the cocktails.

Eat and Drink Well

Chef Tim