Winter Punch!
Recipes for three warm cocktails: Hot Buttered Whiskey, Mulled Wine and Hot Gin Punch.
Nothing replaces the warm and cozy feeling of warm cocktails. Read on to find some hassle free recipes of warm and boozy delights for your loved ones
Hot Buttered Whiskey
Ingredients
- Whiskey: 45 ml
- Bitters: 1 dash
- Butter: 1 lb
- Brown Sugar: 6 cups
- Cinnamon: 4 tsp
- Grated Nutmeg: 2 tsp
- Ground Cloves: 1 tsp
- Salt: 1 tsp
- Hot water
Method
For hot buttered whiskey mix: Evenly mix butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
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- Fill a mug 2/3 of the way up with hot water.
- Add a dessert spoon of hot buttered whiskey mix and stir vigorously.
- Add bourbon and a dash of Angostura bitters.
- Add more hot water if needed and stir.
- Garnish with grated nutmeg or a cinnamon stick, and serve with a spoon.
– By Lauren Hubbard
Mulled Wine
Ingredients
- Red Wine: 1 bottle
- Scotch Whisky: 2 shots
- Orange or Clementine: 6-8 slices
- Lemon zest: As required
- Brown Sugar: 1 tsp
- Star Anise: 4
- Cinnamon: 2 sticks
Method
- In a saucepan, combine all the ingredients together in one go
- Put the pan on low flame and let it simmer for 10-15 mins.
- Your mulled wine is ready. Pour in heat-proof glasses and serve
– By Karan Tripathi
Hot Gin Punch
Ingredients
- Gin: 750 mL
- Wine: 750 mL
- Lemon Twists: 6
- Orange Slice: 1
- Pineapple Chunks: 3
- Honey: 3 ounces
- Fresh Lemon Juice: 1 ounce
- Cloves: 3
- Ground Cinnamon: 1 tsp
- Brown Sugar: 1 tsp
- A pinch of ground nutmeg
Method
- In a large saucepan on low heat, add the gin and wine.
- Cut the lemon twists, orange slice, and pineapple chunks and add them to the punch.
- Stir in the honey and lemon juice, then the cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and brown sugar.
- Continue stirring until the sugar and ground spices are dissolved.
- Simmer on low heat for 20 minutes.
- Strain using a fine-mesh strainer to remove all the whole fruits and spices.
- Pour the punch into a heat-proof punch bowl.
- Garnish with orange slices studded with cloves.
- Serve and enjoy!
– By Colleen Graham
From the January 2021 issue of FHM India.
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