FESTIVE HOLIDAY MENU

The Holiday season is upon us and it is time to start cooking up a feast, what better time to try adding a little pizzazz to your recipes. A little rum, bourbon or vodka can spark up your recipes and give them a little extra holiday spirit. Christmas dinner at our house always includes my sister’s hard sauce for plum pudding.  She always uses the best cognac or brandy she can find in the cupboard which makes the sauce irresistible.  Scotch or rum truffles, eggnog cookies and spiked cranberry sauce usually show up on our dinner menu as well. Happy holidays and enjoy adding a little “spirit” to your cooking this season..

	You might be surprised to learn that the chef's "secret ingredient" was probably spirits!

 Try out the following recipes to kick start your holiday meals!

 

	Vodka Tomato Bruschetta Vodka Bloody Mary Cocktail Sauce Vodka Tomato salad dressing Barley & Mushroom soup Cream of Fennel Soup Baked Winter Squash Soup

	Rice, nut, fruit and Bourbon Stuffing Sweet Potatoe and Calvados Harvest Chicken Spicy Beer Soaked Shrimps Beef Stroganoff

	Eggnog Cookies Fruitcake Cookies Hard Sauce Chocolate Truffles Pumpkin Rum Pie Chocolate Brownies Pear and White Chocolate Biscotti Bourbon Pecan Squares Mint Chocolate Cheesecake Brownie Southern Comfort Spice Cake

Fun Things to TRY
	Spiked Cranberry Sauce Hot Tequila Spiked Cranberry Sauce Cranberry and Black Currant Sauce