There is always a bottle or two wrapped under our tree at Christmas, some to be savoured and kept for sipping throughout the year and some as the perfect Christmas Day gift to be enjoyed with friends and the Glam Gathering there and then. Smirnoff Gold Liqueur is a fabulous Christmas gift, glittering with edible gold leaf this triple distilled vodka has a warming hint of cinnamon, perfect for Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Imagine frosted shot glasses of sparkling Smirnoff Gold, in fact a bottle with two or four glasses would be a perfect Glamorous gift. Like a bit of fizz? Mix with appletise in a long glass and a matching sparkling stirrer, watch the gold flecks dance in the bubbles. This is a versatile cocktail carrier, mix with ginger beer and a dash of lime, or warmed with brown sugar, apple juice and apple puree a perfect Christmas warmer. My favourite is a velvety, Spiced Gingerbread – Smirnoff gold, egg white, ginger syrup and a dash of lemon juice all beautifully shaken into a luscious martini glass of festive spirit. Serve with a crisp ginger cookie to complete your festive flavours.
Check out all the fabulous cocktail recipes for making your Christmas and New Year celebrations go with a Glamorous Glow here.
- 50ml. Smirnoff® Gold
- 25ml. Ginger Syrup
- 25ml. Lemon Juice
- 0.5piece Egg White
- 1piece Gingerbread Cookie
- Add Smirnoff Gold Liqueur, ginger syrup, lemon juice and egg white to a cocktail shaker.
- Shake the ingredients without ice for 30 seconds until the egg white emulsifies.
- Fill the cocktail shaker with ice cubes and shake the mixture until the surface of the cocktail shaker feels chilled.
- Using a cocktail strainer, strain the mixture into a chilled martini glass.
- Serve with a small gingerbread cookie to one side of the drink.
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- 2 tbsp Clear honey
- 2tbsp Treacle
- 40g Unsalted butter
- 75g Soft brown sugar
- Zest of 1 large orange
- 225g Self raising flour
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 2tsp Ground ginger
- ¼tsp Ground nutmeg
- ¼tsp Ground mace
- ½tsp Ground cloves
- ½tsp Ground cardamom
- ¼tsp Ground black pepper
- Pinch of salt
- 50g Ground almonds
- 1 Egg lightly beaten
- Place the honey, treacle, butter, sugar and orange zest into a pan until the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat.
- In a large bowl mix the flour, all the spices and the almonds, stir well to combine. Add the melted ingredients and the beaten egg. Mix together and form into a dough.
- Scatter flour on the work top and knead the dough until it's smooth. Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours.
- Preheat the oven 180c, 160c fan, gas mark 4, 350f.
- Roll out the dough to a thickness of 5mm and using cookie cutters cut out festive shapes.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 20 -25 minutes until fragrant and just going brown around the edges.
- Remove and place on a cooling rack, serve with your delicious Smirnoff Gold cocktail
Perfect for the holidays!
It has a lovely Christmas flavour. GG
Love gingerbread in all its forms but this one sounds particularly moreish. Happy Christmas GG
Thanks Sally, Happy Christmas. GG
GG, this sounds fab! Cin cin!
Cin Cin Liz and a very Happy Christmas. GG
Those festive stirrers are so cute. I want some! I do love the festive season where food and drinks are inspired by all-things-Christmas. The drink looks and sounds wonderful xx
Me too, It makes it fun to experiment and try new things. GG
Spiced gingerbread cocktail made my brain explode with excitement. How Christmasy is that??
It’s great isn’t it. Who’d have thought and its such an easy cocktail to mix too. GG
how gorgeous is that! i love sparkle! have a wonderful festive season. x
It’s a perfect cocktail for Christmas celebrations and New Year. GG
Oooooh, I’m pinning this for next Christmas!
Janie x