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November Cocktails

Cran-Peartini

2 anjou pear slices

juice of ½ lime

1 oz cranberry juice

1 ½ oz citrus vodka

½ oz triple sec

3 cranberries on cocktail pick for garnish

In mixing glass, muddle pear slices, lime juice and cranberry juice. Add vodka and triple sec. Add ice to tin. Shake well. Double strain into glass, using the strainer over the shaker while pouring contents thru a sieve placed over the glass.

The Toasted Almond

A relaxing sippers with a nice almond-coffee flavoring and are really nice on chilly fall evenings by the fire.
Ingredients:

* 1 oz vodka
* 1 oz coffee liqueur
* 1 oz Amaretto
* milk or cream

Preparation:
Build the vodka and liqueurs in an old-fashioned glass filled with ice.
Fill with milk or cream. Shake by placing a mixing tin over the glass and giving it one or two good shakes.

The Winter Cocktail

is a classic recipe from the first part of the 1900′s that would use ginger brandy, which is relatively scarce now, but the new Canton ginger liqueur is a perfect substitute and if you cannot find pimento dram another allspice liqueur will do. The Winter Cocktail is a wonderfully warming drink that is one of those gems lost to time but worth the reintroduction.

Ingredients:

* 2 oz rum
* juice of 1/2 lime or lemon
* 1 tsp sugar
* 1 tsp ginger liqueur (Canton)
* 1 tsp pimento dram
* 2 dashes Angostura aromatic bitters

Preparation:

Pour the rum, juice, sugar and liqueurs into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass. Add dashes of bitters on top.

Thanks to cocktails.about.com for these recipes.