- 3 cups Water
- 1 cup Sugar
- 12 Cloves
- 2 Cinnamon sticks
- 1 Lemon peel
- 750 ml Red wine
- 1/4 cup Brandy
Simmer 3 cups water with, sugar, cloves, cinnamon sticks, and lemon peel in a stainless steel pot for 10 minutes. Add wine heat to a “coffee temperature” (DO NOT BOIL) then add the brandy.
Make 4 servings.
- 1 1/2 ounces vodka
- 1/2 ounce Triple Sec
- 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
- 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Ice cubes
- Superfine sugar for dipping
- Twisted peel of lemon
Mix the vodka, Triple Sec, sugar, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice; shake well (supposedly the cocktail is to be shaken 40 times to make sure the sugar is well blended). (more…)