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Christmas Cup

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Introduction

For parties or any type of seasonal entertaining, I like a cocktail that gets poured together in a jug rather than mixed up by the glass. And this is the perfect drink for Christmas: the fizzy white wine (any dry white will do) adds sparkle, while the cherry brandy brings a tongue-in-cheek touch of great-aunt’s tipple and the ginger ale provides the perfect seasonal spiciness.

Obviously, you can fiddle with the proportions if you want to make the wine stretch more, but this is my starting point. And I can get all the component parts from my local supermarket.

For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.

For parties or any type of seasonal entertaining, I like a cocktail that gets poured together in a jug rather than mixed up by the glass. And this is the perfect drink for Christmas: the fizzy white wine (any dry white will do) adds sparkle, while the cherry brandy brings a tongue-in-cheek touch of great-aunt’s tipple and the ginger ale provides the perfect seasonal spiciness.

Obviously, you can fiddle with the proportions if you want to make the wine stretch more, but this is my starting point. And I can get all the component parts from my local supermarket.

For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.

Ocado

(UK only)

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Ingredients

Serves: 10

Metric Cups
  • 1 x 750 millilitres bottle of prosecco (or other dry, white, fizzy wine)
  • 125 millilitres cherry brandy
  • 500 millilitres dry ginger ale
  • 26 fluid ounces bottle of prosecco (or other dry, white, fizzy wine)
  • ½ cup cherry brandy
  • 2 cups dry ginger ale

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Feel free to use the “swap” feature and adjust brands and quantities as needed.

Method

  1. Chill the fizzy wine and ginger ale and pop a glass jug big enough to hold all the ingredients to chill in the fridge, too, if you like.
  2. Pour the bottle of wine into your jug, add the cherry brandy and then the ginger ale and give a gentle stir to mix (but do not remove any fizz).
  3. Pour into glasses of your choice. If you want to add ice to glasses as you hand out, do.
  1. Chill the fizzy wine and ginger ale and pop a glass jug big enough to hold all the ingredients to chill in the fridge, too, if you like.
  2. Pour the bottle of wine into your jug, add the cherry brandy and then the ginger ale and give a gentle stir to mix (but do not remove any fizz).
  3. Pour into glasses of your choice. If you want to add ice to glasses as you hand out, do.

Additional Information

MAKE AHEAD / STORE:
It is not advisable to make ahead or store.

MAKE AHEAD / STORE:
It is not advisable to make ahead or store.

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What 1 Other has said

  • My friends loved this X-mas cup! Lots of merry, while I do my last bit of cooking in the kitchen!!

    Posted by Quirky Tess! on 29th December 2012
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