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Watermelon Shots

Ingredients:
1/3 btl Smirnoff vanilla vodka; 1/2 a watermelon; sugar syrup or powdered sugar to taste

Method:
Scoop out the watermelon from the shell, de-seed and chop into small bits. Wash out the watermelon shell with boiling water to kill any yeast or bacteria and then rinse in iced water. Mix the prepared watermelon bits with the vodka and sugar and adjust to taste. Keep to chill. Fill the watermelon shell with crushed ice. Pour spiked and chilled watermelon into shot glasses and sit them in the shell filled with crushed ice

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Summer Time

Ingredients:
Pulp of 1 tardgula; 60 ml lichee juice
4 to 5 slices of lime; 4 sprigs of mint
60 ml vodka; 1/2 coconut

Method:
Pour all in a tall glass with four cubes of ice.

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(Archives: April - June 2005)

Land’s End Sunrise

Ingredients:
30 ml peach and apricot crush; 60 ml tequila
15 ml pineapple juice, Sprite

Method:
Pour peach and apricot crush in a glass full of ice. Add tequila and pineapple juice, top with Sprite.

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(Archives:
April - June 2005)

Mango Caipovicha

Ingredients:
fresh mango
5-6 lemon wedges
1 tsp demerara sugar
2 tsp white sugar
60 ml Finlandia Mango
crushed ice

Method:
Mix all the ingredients together.

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(Archives: April - June 2006)

Spicy Queen

Ingredients:
40 ml of Chivas Regal; 10 ml of home-made caramel syrup
15 ml Crème de Fige; 1 Bailey Chilli muddled
1/2 squeeze of lime

Method: Top it with crushed ice.

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(Archives: April - June 2006)

Cranpiroshka

Ingredients:
2 oz Finlandia cranberry vodka; 10-12 lime chunks, mint leaves; demerara sugar, cranberry juice

Method:
Crush the sugar and the mint with the lime chunks, with a mullet. Place the mixture in an old fashioned glass. Cover with crushed ice. Fill the vodka, cranberry juice and serve.

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(Archives:
January - March 2007)

Roxane

Ingredients:
1 oz vodka, 1/2 oz Peach Liqueur
1/2 oz amaretto, Cranberry and Orange juice

Method:
Put ingredients in a cocktail shaker over ice. Shake well. Strain into a shot glass.

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(Archives: January - March 2007)

Pear And Cardamom

Ingredients:
40 ml of infused Cardamom Premium Vodka
3-4 chunks of William Pear
10 ml of Pear Schnapps
1/2 squeeze of lime

Method:
Top it up with Ginger Beer.

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(Archives: April - June 2006)

Kiwi And
Raspberry Slush

The indefinable sweet-tart flavour of kiwi and the sharp tangy kick of raspberry combine wonderfully to make this a drink to wake up all the senses.

Ingredients:
2 scoops kiwi sorbet; 1 scoop raspberry sorbet
1/2 cup chilled water; Kiwi slices, to decorate

Method:
Place all the ingredients in a blender and process on a low speed until combined. Serve in a tall glass, decorate with slices of kiwi.

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(Archives: April - June 2001)

American Cream Soda

This classic American soda, but with a creamy texture and the heady scent of vanilla.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 tbsp heavy cream; 1 to 2 tsp sugar or corn syrup
1/4 tsp vanilla extract, soda; 2 scoops vanilla ice-cream
Topping: whipped cream (optional); maraschino cherries

Method: Place the heavy cream, sugar syrup and vanilla extract in the bottom of a tall soda glass. Fill the glass three-quarters full with soda and stir. Add the ice-cream and top up with more soda. Top with whipped cream (if using) and decorate with a maraschino cherry.

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(Archives: April - June 2001)

Peaches And Cream

The addition of a peach liqueur gives a little kick to this delightfully refreshing shake.

Ingredients: 1/2 can peach halves; 1/2 cup whole milk
1 1/2 scoop vanilla ice-cream; 3 tbsp peach liqueur
Topping: 1 scoop vanilla or peach ice-cream and peach slices.

Method: Puree the peach halves with about 1/4 cup juice until smooth. Pour about one-quarter of the puree into a jug and set aside. Add the milk, 1 1/2 scoops of ice-cream, and the peach liqueur. Process until smooth. Pour into the glass and top with the remaining scoop of ice-cream. Drizzle the reserved peach puree over the ice-cream and decorate the glass with peach slices.

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