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- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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Mix amaro and grapefruit juice together in a chilled Collins glass; top with beer.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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Place gelato in an old fashioned glass and pour freshly brewed espresso over top. Serve immediately.
Homemade Italian Cream Soda
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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1
Combine club soda, heavy cream, and raspberry syrup in a pitcher. Fill 2 tall glasses with ice; pour in cream soda.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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Stir together lemon slices, lemonade concentrate, vodka, and limoncello in a large pitcher. Chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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Add sparkling water to pitcher and serve over ice.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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Gather all ingredients.
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Fill a wine glass with ice cubes; pour in Prosecco and club soda.
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Top cocktail with Aperol; garnish with orange slice.
Blood Orange Campari Spritz
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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Gather all ingredients.
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Pour Campari, vodka, and orange juice into a cocktail shaker with ice.
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Shake vigorously, then strain into a glass filled with ice.
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Add sparkling water and stir.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 35 min
Instructions
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Chill Prosecco, limoncello, and soda water. Place glasses in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes before using.
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Pour sugar onto a small plate or saucer and spread out. Run lemon slice around the edge of each glass. Turn a glass upside down and place into the sugar, coating just the rim of each glass.
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Fill each glass about 1/2 full with ice.
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Pour 1/4 cup limoncello over the ice in each glass, and top with 1/3 cup Prosecco. Add chilled soda water to taste and gently stir.
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Garnish with lemon slices and fresh mint sprigs. Serve ice cold.
Traditional Italian Limoncello
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 5 min
- Total
- 30270 min
Instructions
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Zest lemons, making sure to get the outermost part of the skin and avoid the white pith.
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Place lemon zest in a glass bowl and cover with alcohol. Cover and let infuse at room temperature until yellowish in color, about 7 days.
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Bring water and sugar to the boil in a saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove syrup from heat and let cool, about 10 minutes.
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Pour alcohol into the syrup through a fine-mesh strainer; discard lemon zest. Stir well.
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Pour limoncello into thick, freezer-safe glass bottles. Store in the freezer for at least 2 weeks before serving.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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1
Gather all ingredients.
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Pour peach puree into a fluted glass; top with Prosecco or Champagne.
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Garnish with a slice of peach. Enjoy!
- Prep
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 20 min
Instructions
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Bring water and both sugars to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until both sugars are dissolved. Remove from the heat and let cool for 10 minutes.
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Stir in vodka, almond extract, and vanilla. Store in a sealed bottle.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- Total
- 14415 min
Instructions
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Place the cloves and ginger in a small jar and add enough vodka to cover. Seal and soak for 3 days. NO MORE! Strain the liquid, discarding the solids.
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Measure the sugar into a gallon container. Add the peppermint, vanilla and anise extracts as well as the food coloring. Pour in the vodka, the strained vodka and yellow food coloring. Cover tightly and shake until the sugar dissolves. Age for one week MINIMUM.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- Total
- 10 min
Instructions
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Place ice in a glass pitcher. Pour in prosecco, orange juice, and cranberry juice; stir. Pour cocktail into champagne flutes, and sprinkle with lemon zest to serve.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- Total
- 20 min
Instructions
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1
Gather all ingredients.
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Blend hulled strawberries, confectioners' sugar, and brandy in a blender until smooth. Chill in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
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Divide the strawberry mixture among three champagne flutes.
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Pour 1/2 cup sparkling wine into each flute and stir to combine.
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Garnish each glass with a whole strawberry.
- Prep
- 1 min
- Cook
- Total
- 1 min
Instructions
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Fill a tall glass half full with ice. Fill to 2/3 with carbonated water. Pour in watermelon and passion fruit flavored syrups, then float the half-and-half cream on top. Stir when ready to drink.
Italian Wedding Cake Martini
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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Pour the vodka, cranberry juice, pineapple juice, amaretto, and creme de cacao into a cocktail shaker over ice. Cover, and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into a chilled martini glass to serve.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 30280 min
Instructions
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Gather all ingredients.
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Zest lemons, and place zest into a large glass bottle or jar.
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Pour vodka into the bottle. Cover loosely and let infuse for 1 week at room temperature.
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After 1 week, combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil; do not stir. Boil for 15 minutes, then remove from the heat and allow syrup to cool to room temperature.
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Stir vodka mixture into the syrup.
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Strain into glass bottles, then seal each bottle with a cork. Let age at room temperature for 2 weeks.
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Store bottled limoncello in the freezer until icy cold. Serve in chilled vodka glasses or shot glasses.
- Prep
- 45 min
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 86470 min
Instructions
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Combine grain alcohol and lemon peels in a 1-gallon jug; seal with a tight-fitting lid. Place in a cool, dark place for 1 month. Swirl contents of jug every few days.
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Combine water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat; stir until sugar is fully dissolved. Set simple syrup aside to cool completely, 15 to 30 minutes.
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Meanwhile, place a sieve over a large bowl; line with coffee filters. Strain alcohol mixture through coffee filters to remove all sediment, replacing filters as needed until all mixture has been strained. Strain once more to ensure all sediment has been removed. Discard coffee filters and peels.
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Add enough simple syrup to alcohol mixture to reach desired alcohol-by-volume percentage; refer to an alcohol content calculator.
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Divide limoncello among 6 sterilized wine bottles; seal with clean corks. Rest in a cool, dark place for 1 month, swirling every few days. Strain limoncello through a coffee-filter-lined sieve to remove any leftover sediment if desired.
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Place 1 bottle limoncello in the freezer; serve icy-cold. Store remaining 5 bottles at room temperature.
- Prep
- 2 min
- Cook
- Total
- 2 min
Instructions
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In a rocks glass over ice, combine Campari, gin, and sweet vermouth. Add carbonated water and garnish with lemon wedge.
Cioccolata Calda (Hot Chocolate Italian-Style)
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 20 min
Instructions
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Mix the cocoa powder and sugar together in a small saucepan. Stir the 1 1/2 cups milk into the saucepan until the sugar has dissolved. Place over low heat; slowly bring the mixture to a low simmer.
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Whisk 2 tablespoons of milk together with the cornstarch in a small cup; slowly whisk the cornstarch slurry into the cocoa mixture. Continue cooking, whisking continually, until the hot chocolate reaches a pudding-like thickness, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- Total
- 4350 min
Instructions
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Combine the lemon zest and vodka in a 2-gallon jar. Cover, and let stand 3 to 4 days at room temperature.
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Remove and discard the lemon zest. Stir in the sugar and water until the sugar has dissolved. Pour into bottles or other containers, and store in the freezer.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 7340 min
Instructions
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Combine lemon zest and vodka in an airtight container. Cover and place in a cool, dark space, shaking the container to redistribute the lemon zest once a day for 5 days.
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Pour milk and sugar into a large pot and bringing to a low boil, stirring often, until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and allow milk mixture to cool to room temperature. Slowly strain vodka mixture into the milk using a sieve. Discard the lemon zest. Pour limoncello into a capped bottle and place in the freezer to chill for 1 hour. Serve cold.
- Prep
- 3 min
- Cook
- Total
- 3 min
Instructions
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Add ice to a tall glass. Pour in Campari and vermouth. Stir and top with soda water. Squeeze a twist of orange peel over the drink and drop it in.
Classic Bellini Cocktail
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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Pour peach juice into a champagne flute. Slowly pour sparkling wine over peach juice; let sit until liquids have blended, about 1 minute. Pour raspberry juice over champagne mixture.
Limoncello Basil Spritz
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 5 min
- Total
- 10 min
Instructions
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Muddle lemon, fresh basil, and lemonade in a cocktail shaker.
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Add limoncello and ice. Cover and shake well.
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Strain basil-limoncello mixture into 2 champagne glasses. Top with Prosecco. Once the bubbles settle, add a splash of lemon sparkling water. Garnish with lemon slice or zest.
- Prep
- 1 min
- Cook
- Total
- 1 min
Instructions
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In a shot glass, layer butterscotch schnapps, Irish cream and Jagermeister. Float cinnamon schnapps on top.
- Prep
- 1 min
- Cook
- Total
- 1 min
Instructions
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In a shot glass, combine peach schnapps and rum. Drain entire contents into your mouth, and swallow.
- Prep
- 2 min
- Cook
- 2 min
- Total
- 4 min
Instructions
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Gather all ingredients.
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In a coffee mug, combined espresso coffee with flavored syrup. Pour in steamed milk.
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Top with whipped cream, and sprinkle with nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla powder.
Cranberry Pineapple Juice
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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In a punch bowl, combine cranberry juice and pineapple juice. Stir in pineapple tidbits and cranberries. Serve with ice.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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In a half-gallon pitcher, combine orange juice concentrate, lemon juice and sugar. Stir in enough water to make 1/2 gallon.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- Total
- 5 min
Instructions
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Pour the vodka, schnapps, lemonade, and soda into a cocktail shaker over ice. Cover, and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into a chilled martini glass, and garnish with a lime wedge and maraschino cherry to serve.