Showing posts with label Brooklyn Crafted. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brooklyn Crafted. Show all posts

Saturday, August 4, 2018

My New Favorite Moscow Mule!


Red, White and Blue, Berry Mule

Recipe Credit: Brooklyn Crafted


2 oz berry Vodka (blueberry or raspberry)
6 oz Extra Spicy Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer Mini
Blueberries
Blackberries

Muddle blueberries and blackberries in shaker.
Add vodka and shake.
Fill Moscow mule mug with ice.
Pour in muddled berries and vodka and fill with Brooklyn Crafted (roughly 6oz).
Garnish with blueberries and blackberries.

Dom and I had a couple of these last night.  WOW!  I love this Ginger Beer!

Monday, June 25, 2018

Red, White and Blue Cocktails for Independence Day

I'm headed to PCB this Thursday.  As next Wednesday is the Fourth of July, I'm going to play with these amazing sounding cocktails from Brooklyn CraftedSparkling Ice, and Purity Vodka.  I really love these products!


**Red, White and Blue, Berry Mule


INGREDIENTS

2 oz berry Vodka (blueberry or raspberry)
6 oz Extra Spicy Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer Mini
Blueberries
Blackberries

DIRECTIONS

Muddle blueberries and blackberries in shaker. Add vodka and shake. Fill Moscow mule mug with ice. 

Pour in muddled berries and vodka and fill with Brooklyn Crafted (roughly 6oz). Garnish with blueberries and blackberries.

**Soaked Watermelon Slice Popsicles


INGREDIENTS

¾ cup tequila

½ cup Sparkling Ice Strawberry Watermelon

¼ cup lime juice

1lb watermelon

DIRECTIONS

Stir together tequila, Strawberry Watermelon Sparkling Ice, and lime juice in a large bowl. Cut watermelon into wedges and soak in Sparkling Ice mixture for 15 minutes. Insert popsicle sticks into wedges then freeze on a rack-lined baking sheet for 1 hour.


**Purity Berry



INGREDIENTS

3 parts Purity Vodka
1 cup mixed berries
1 long piece of lemon zest
4 parts distilled water

DIRECTIONS

Combine the ingredients in a glass pitcher and let sit, refrigerated, for at least 4 hours – or preferably overnight, before serving.

Serve the vodka mixed with the berry water either shaken or served strained or combined over ice.


Sunday, March 11, 2018

Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer Recipes for St. Patrick's Day and Easter

I got turned onto Moscow Mules a couple of years ago.  I've tried many different brands of Ginger Beer.  "Brooklyn Crafted" is my favorite.

I wanted to share these fun drinks with you guys:

ST. PATRICK'S DAY:

Ginger Whiskey Cider



Ingredients-

2 oz. Hard Cider
1 oz. Whiskey
Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer Mini in Traditional, to fill
Crushed Ice

Directions-

In a 12-16 oz. high ball glass, combine the hard cider and whiskey. Fill the glass with crushed ice and top with Brooklyn Crafted.

Apple Ginger Bourbon Fizz



Ingredients-

1 oz. Bourbon
½ T apple butter
4 oz Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer Mini in Traditional
Lime Wedges
Ice

Directions-

Add ice, bourbon and apple butter to a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. Pour over ice. Top with Brooklyn Crafted and garnish with a lime wedge.

EASTER:

Gingered Apple Sparkler 



Ingredients-

1.5 oz. handcrafted Vodka
1.5 oz. sour apple liqueur
Splash of Angostura Bitters
4 oz. chilled Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer mini in Lemon/Lime
1 maraschino cherry
Ice

Directions-

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the vodka, liqueur and bitters; shake well. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with Brooklyn Crafted and the cherry.


Peach Nectar Ginger Beer


Ingredients-

1.5 oz. Handcrafted Peach Vodka
3.5 oz. Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer Mini in Mango

Directions-

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the peach vodka and Brooklyn Crafted; shake well. Strain into an ice-filled glass. 

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Super Bowl Sunday Drink Ideas

As our life is slowly returning to "semi-normal", we decided it was time to start entertaining again.

Our usual suspects will be here for our annual Super Bowl Party.

These drinks from Brooklyn Crafted and Sparkling Ice sound like fun!

Game-day Ginger Whiskey Cider courtesy of Brooklyn Crafted


Ingredients
2 oz. Hard Cider
1 oz. Whiskey
Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer Mini in Traditional, to fill
Crushed Ice

Directions
In a 12-16 oz. high ball glass, combine the hard cider and whiskey. Fill the glass with crushed ice and top with Brooklyn Crafted.


Super Bowl Supercooler courtesy of Sparkling Ice


Ingredients
1 Part Riesling
1 Part Sparkling Ice Pomegranate Blueberry
Pomegranate Seeds
Cranberries
Teaspoon Agave
Mint

Directions
Mix all in a pitcher, pour into wine glasses, and add a mint leaf garnish.

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Brooklyn Crafted brand- What a FUN and DELICIOUS "Mule" for the holidays!

WOW!  My new favorite MULE!


Hi Gang!  This is such a fun recipe!  We got turned onto "Moscow Mules" about a year ago.  When I drink hard liquor it's Vodka.

I thought that I'd give this a spin...

Guess that I'm a gin drinker on occasion!  

Brooklyn Crafted has come up with a TASTY lemon/lime Ginger Beer.  I'm in heaven!

Many thanks to the PR firm that sent me the goodies!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, All!  (I'm guessing that we'll be indulging in these year-round!)


Recipe Credit: Brooklyn Crafted

Ingredients:

¾ C sugar
¾ C water
1 C fresh cranberries
1 lemon, cut into wedges
½ orange, cut into slices
1.5 C dry gin, such as Tanqueray
1 C chilled Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer mini in Lemon/Lime
4 mint sprigs

Directions:

Bring sugar & water to a boil in a medium saucepan, stir until water is dissolved.
Remove from heat; pour off all but one cup of syrup, reserving any extra for another use.

Heat the syrup to a boil and then reduce heat to medium.

Add the cranberries and simmer for 2-3 min until they just begin to burst.

Remove from heat and let cool in syrup.

Place 2 T drained cranberries and 6 T cranberry syrup in a large pitcher; add the lemon wedges and orange slices.

Using a muddler or wooden spoon, vigorously mash the fruit.

Stir in gin and let steep for at least 5 minutes. Strain into a medium pitcher.

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Want to be the HOST WITH THE MOST? Try these Easy Thanksgiving Recipes!

I just received these recipes from the firm that represents Sparkling Ice, Brooklyn Crafted, HUROM, Carrington Farms, Terra's Kitchen and Santa Margherita.

I wanted to share them with you guys!

Here are some fun and festive ideas for Thanksgiving-

COCKTAILS:

Sparkle and Spice

Recipe Credit: Sparkling Ice

INGREDIENTS
750ml bottle aged rum
1/2 cinnamon stick
1 clove
1 cardamom pod
1 star anise pod
1 vanilla bean
3 allspice berries
Pinch of freshly ground nutmeg
Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime

DIRECTIONS
Combine rum, cinnamon stick, clove, cardamom, star anise, vanilla bean, allspice berries, and nutmeg in an airtight jar.
Split vanilla bean and scrape seeds into jar along with the bean pod. Close jar and allow infusion to sit in a dark place for at least 3 days.
Strain rum into an airtight jar with a fine-mesh strainer, discarding spices.
Over ice, pour 2 ounces of rum infusion.
Top with Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime and garnish with blackberries.

Ginger Whiskey Cider

Recipe Credit: Brooklyn Crafted

INGREDIENTS
2 oz. Hard Cider
1 oz. Whiskey
Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer Mini in Traditional, to fill
Crushed Ice

DIRECTIONS
In a 12-16 oz. high ball glass, combine the hard cider and whiskey.
Fill the glass with crushed ice and top with Brooklyn Crafted.



FOOD:

Corn Soup

Recipe Credit: HUROM

INGREDIENTS
2 cups of Corn
1 cup of Milk
1/8 cup of Onion
Pinch of salt
DIRECTIONS
Boil raw corns until corn kernels are easily crushed by hand, and separate each from the bunch.
Close the juice cap and the lever, and fill the chamber with milk.
Extract corns and onions alternately.
When putting the last ingredients in, place the lever in half-opened position to release the compressed pulp.
Pour juiced corn milk into the pot and boil it over the medium heat by stirring not to be burned.
TIP: If you want to use canned corn, it is better to use after drying on a sieve. You can reduce sweet and salty taste after rinsing in mineral water.

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Recipe Credit: Carrington Farms

INGREDIENTS
2 large Sweet Potatoes
1 Tbsp Carrington Farms Coconut Oil
Pinch of Salt and Pepper
1 ½ teaspoon Light Brown Sugar
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg

DIRECTIONS
Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into ½ inch chunks.
Preheat oven to 350°F. In a skillet, melt the coconut oil over low heat.
When coconut oil is melted transfer it to a large bowl with the sweet potatoes and other ingredients to toss together.
Spread the sweet potatoes evenly on a large baking sheet.
Roast, tossing occasionally until soft and caramelized for about 1 hour.

                                            DESSERT:
Pumpkin Coconut Mousse

Recipe Credit: Terra's Kitchen

Serves 2
INGREDIENTS
1 cup organic canned pumpkin
½ cup plus 2 teaspoons *coconut cream, divided
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon agave syrup, divided
1 teaspoon plus a pinch of ground cinnamon, divided
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
pinch of salt
1 tablespoon unsweetened coconut flakes, toasted
DIRECTIONS
Make The Mousse:
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, ½ cup coconut cream, 2 tablespoons agave syrup, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and pinch of salt.
Divide mousse between two jars, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate a minimum of 2 hours or overnight.
Make The Cream Topping: Just before serving, stir together the remaining coconut cream, remaining agave syrup and remaining cinnamon.
To Serve: Place a small dollop of the topping on each jar of mousse and garnish with toasted coconut.


 Cinnamon Bread Pudding

Recipe Credit: Santa Margherita

Pairs with Prosecco Superiore DOCG

SERVINGS: 6

INGREDIENTS
6 cups cubed French bread (about 8 oz)
FILLING
2 large eggs, separate whites from yolks
1 cup brown sugar, packed
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
MILK MIXTURE
2 large eggs, whole
2 ½ cups fat-free half & half
1 tsp vanilla extract
ICING
⅔ cups powdered sugar
2-3 tbsp milk
½ tsp vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325o F.
Grease a cast iron skillet. Place half of the bread cubes in the pan.
For the filling, stir together egg whites from the large eggs (set yolks aside to use in milk mixture), sugars, and cinnamon in a medium bowl until well combined.
Pour filling evenly over bread cubes and top filling with other half bread cubes.
For the egg mixture, whisk together 2 egg yolks, 2 whole eggs, half & half, and vanilla extract in the same bowl you used for the filling. Pour egg mixture over bread cubes, and gently press bread cubes into mixture. Bake casserole for about 40-45 minutes, or until lightly browned.
To make the icing, whisk together powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla, adding milk/half & half as necessary to make desired consistency. Drizzle icing over bread pudding before serving.