Cooking Lesson #177 Santa Hat Martini

The 2020 Holidays Recipe Collection

How you doin’? It’s time to start the count down for Christmas with this classic holiday drink and get everyone in the holiday spirit. Get ready for the holiday season the right way and update your beverage menu with this festive cocktail–Santa Hat Martini.

Combining tart cranberries, sweet vanilla, and the tropical flavor of coconut, makes this one of Santa's favorite cocktail! Lay back, and pretend you're soaking up the sun instead of shoveling the snow.
 
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields:  1 cocktail
 
Ingredients
1/2 ounce coconut syrup, Torani, plus extra for garnishing
Confectioner’s sugar
Grated coconut
4 ounces cranberry juice
2 ounces coconut rum
1 ounce vanilla vodka
 
Directions

1. Rim a martini glass with the extra coconut syrup, powdered sugar, and grated coconut.
2. In a cocktail shaker with ice, shake the cranberry juice, coconut rum, vanilla vodka and 1/2 oz. of coconut syrup.
3. Strain and pour into the rimmed glass and serve.

ChefSecret:  Torani is a San Francisco company. They specialize in flavored syrups ranging from the Classic Vanilla to Toasted Sesame. The company was founded in 1925 in San Francisco's North Beach by Rinaldo and Ezilda Torre, who immigrated from Italy. The couple coined the “world's first flavored latte” and brought popularity to the classic Italian soda to North Beach in SFO.

Covid-19 Quip of the Day:  “How times have changed—Pretty wild how we used to eat birthday cake after someone blew all over it. Those were the good old days.”
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Here is wishing you the very best for the upcoming holidays. To you and everyone dear to you, be strong, be positive, stay well, stay safe and be kind welcoming in the holiday season. If you have a little extra in your pockets to share with others at this difficult time, please consider donating to Feeding America.

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