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Beautiful Dreamer
(Per person)

This is more of a dessert drink rather than a pre-dinner drink. It is smooth and tasty. A drink for the ladies.

Cocktail or champagne glass
¾ oz (2 cl) light rum
¾ oz (2 cl) light cream (ca. 13%)
¾ oz (2 cl) orange juice
¾ oz (2 cl) concentrated raspberry juice
¾ Cup (1-½ dl) crushed ice
Toothpick with 2-3 raspberries 
Sprig of mint

Mix the rum, cream, orange juice, concentrated raspberry juice and crushed ice. Pour the mixture into a cocktail glass and garnish with the toothpick and 2-3 raspberries and/or a sprig of mint. Serve with straws.

Alcohol Free version

Omit rum and use double the amount of light cream, orange juice and concentrated raspberry juice and blend. Pour mixture into a tall glass and top with orange juice. Garnish the drink with a toothpick and 2-3 raspberries and/or sprig of mint. Serve with Straws. 

 

 

Sea Breeze
½ -¾ fl oz (ca. 1 cl) cranberry juice
1 fl oz (3 cl) red grapefruit juice
1 to 1-½ fl oz (ca. 4.5 cl) vodka
1 Cup (2 dl) ice cubes
 
Mix ingredients in a tall glass. Stir and serve with a straw.
 

 

Campari Lady
1 fl oz (3 cl) gin
1 to 1-½ (4.5 cl)
1 fl oz (3 cl) tonic
1 Cup (2 dl) ice cubes
Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, shake vigorously and pour into 
glass with some of the ice. Serve immediately with one or two straws.
 

 

Fallen Angel
2-½ fl oz (7.5 cl) gin
1-¼ fl oz (4 cl) blue Curacao
¾-1 fl oz (ca. 2.5 cl) lemon juice
1 -2 drops Angostura bitter
1 Cup (2 dl) ice cubes
½ Cup (1 dl) lemonade (7-Up / Sprite)
Mix the gin, blue Curacao, lemon juice and Angostura bitter in a glass. 
Add the lemonade. Serve with 1-2 straws.


Mai Tai
1 Cup (2 dl) ice cubes
1 fl oz (3 cl) Bacardi
1 fl oz (3 cl) dark rum
½ fl oz (ca. 1.5 cl) orange Curacao
½ fl oz (ca. 1.5 cl) Amaretto
½ fl oz (ca. 1.5 cl) syrup
½ fl oz (ca. 1.5 cl) fresh orange juice
½ fl oz (ca. 1.5 cl) pineapple juice
¼-½ fl oz (1 cl) grenadine

Place ice in a tall glass, pour all ingredients except for grenadine - over 
the ice, stir gently, then very carefully add the grenadine. Garnish with a 
slice of pineapple and a maraschino cherry on a tooth pick and a straw.



Strawberry Margarita

1 fl oz (3 cl) tequila
¼ -½ fl oz (1.5 cl strawberry liqueur
1 fl oz (3 cl) fresh lime juice
4 frozen strawberries
1 Cup (2 dl) ice cubes
Mix ingredients in a blender until smooth. Dip champagne glass edge in salt, 
pour mixture into glass and serve with a strawberry on the edge of the glass.


Grapefruit Fresca

1 medium-sized grapefruit, cut into 8 pieces
1 Tbsp Brown sugar
1 Cup (2 dl) ice cubes
1-½ fl oz (ca. 4.5 cl) syrup
½ Cup (ca. 1-1-¼ dl) lemonade or 7-Up (Sprite)

Use a pestle and mortar and mash the sugar and grapefruit together . Place 
ice cubes in the glass, add the mashed grapefruit and the remaining 
ingredients. Stir and serve with a straw.