Custard Christmas Cocktails

 

Custard Christmas Cocktails

Custard is a favourite Christmas food all over the world, and us Brits just can't get enough of the sweet stuff. After all, a turkey dinner wouldn't taste the same without lashings of custard and Christmas pudding to finish!

But many custard lovers simply can't wait until the end of dinner anymore; for them, custard's for more than just desserts.

So this Christmas why not give custard an extra course in its own right? Custard might be a kids' favourite, but these four cocktails created by Ambrosia are perfect for the young at heart.

Whatever your tipple, you'll love these comforting creamy cocktails - best enjoyed when the kids are tucked up in bed on Christmas Eve!

Choose from Toffee Apple & Custard, Santa's Stocking, Chocochino or Citrus Surprise - Four tempting excuses to enjoy extra custard this Christmas!

Toffee Apple & Custard

Ingredients
1 tbsp apple puree (Granny Smith)
1 dash of brandy
2 dash of lemon juice
½ measure white crème de cacao
1 measure toffee vodka
2 measure Ambrosia Devon creamy custard
Ground cinnamon

Method
Mix the apple puree with the lemon juice and brandy, then place it in the bottom of a martini glass.
Put some ice cubes in a cocktail shaker and pour in the crème de cacao, toffee vodka and Ambrosia custard.
Shake well and strain carefully onto the apple puree in the martini glass.
Sprinkle with ground cinnamon and serve.

Santa's Stocking

Ingredients
5 strawberries
1 measure white rum
1 measure crème de cacao
½ measure crème to cassis
2 measure Ambrosia Devon creamy custard

Method
Put some crushed ice and all ingredients into an electric blender. Blend for a few seconds until smooth. Pour into a slim wine glass and garnish with a whole strawberry.

Chocochino

Ingredients
½ measure kahlua
½ measure brandy
1 measure crème de cacao
2 measure Ambrosia Devon creamy custard
Mint chocolate finger
Dark chocolate shavings

Method
Pour the kahlua into the bottom of a martini glass.
Put some ice cubes into a cocktail shaker and pour in the rest of the ingredients.
Shake well and strain carefully onto the kahlue into the martini glass.
Garnish with a mint chocolate fingers and sprinkle with dark chocolate shavings.

Citrus Surprise

Ingredients
2 measure orange juice
1 measure vodka
1 measure cointreau
2 measure Ambrosia Devon creamy custard

Method
Put some ice cubes in a cocktail shaker and pour in all the ingredients. Shake well and strain into a tumbler.
Garnish with a twist of orange peel and serve.

Recipes courtesy of Ambrosia Devon custard