Cheers to Christmas: Delicious Drinks & Canapés for a Festive Celebration

Cheers to Christmas: Delicious Drinks & Canapés for a Festive Celebration

We wish you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, and here is our gift to you... Fabulous festive ideas for your Christmas party! We have selected a range of incredible recipes, 3 festive cocktails and 3 festive Canape recipes perfect to blow your guests away, all whilst keeping it stress free and fun! As well as that, if you have little time on your hands, we will send you merry, with some great pre-made drinks and canapes for you to buy or pre-order-don't worry-we won't tell! 

Without further ado, let's get this Christmas Cracking!!!

FESTIVE DRINKS- PERFECT FOR PARTIES!

Snowball 

  • 10-15ml lime juice or lime cordial
    (optional)
  • 50ml advocaat
  • 50ml sparkling lemonade
  • ice
  • Cherry

Instructions 

  • Fill a glass with ice and if using, add up to 15ml of lime juice or lime cordial (or to your taste).
  • Pour the advocaat and lemonade over the ice and stir gently until the outside of the glass feels cold.
  • Garnish with the maraschino cherry

Eggnog

  • 50g Caster Sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 can of condensed milk
  • 100ml brandy

Instructions

  • Put the sugar in a saucepan with 75ml water. Simmer until the sugar has dissolved, then cool and chill.
  • Beat the yolks with the vanilla until smooth. Add the condensed milk, brandy and cooled sugar syrup, mixing well.

  • Pour into a jug and chill for at least 2hrs. Serve over ice within 24 hours.

Christmas Martini

  • 50ml bourbon
  • 25ml cherry brandy
  • ice
  • 50g dark brown soft sugar
  • ½ cinnamon stick
  • 50g mixed dried fruit

Instructions

  • First, make the syrup. Tip the ingredients into a pan with 50ml water and simmer over a medium heat for 1 min to soften the fruit. Remove from the heat and leave to infuse until the mixture has cooled to room temperature. Strain and discard the fruit and cinnamon stick. any leftovers will keep chilled for three days.
  • Pour the bourbon, brandy and 15ml of the syrup and a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker and shake until cold, then strain and serve.

PRE-MADE COCKTAILS

Image 1 Visit sainsburys cocktail cans £11 (with Nectar)
Image 2 MULLED WINE BOX
Image 3 Martini cocktail 



CHRISTMAS CANAPÈS- SEASONS DELIGHTS

Prawn cocktail cups (instructions here)

  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 80ml mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp sriracha
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • 1 tsp lemongrass paste
  • ½ cucumber
    peeled, deseeded and finely chopped into cubes
  • 300g prawns
    defrosted and well drained (we used small prawns, but you can use whatever suits your budget)
  • 2-3 Little Gem lettuces
  • 50g crispy onions or shallots

Brie and Cranberry twists (instructions here)

  • 12 sheets filo pastry
  • 100g butter
    melted
  • 250g brie
    cut into 18 chunky fingers
  • 18 tsp cranberry
    sauce
  • 50g walnuts
    roughly chopped
  • sprinkling of poppy seeds

Caramelised Mushroom Tartlets (instructions here)

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion
    chopped
  • 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
  • 250g chestnut mushrooms
    cleaned and thinly sliced
  • 1 garlic clove
    crushed
  • 3-4 tbsp thyme leaves
    finely chopped
  • butter
    for spreading
  • 12 slices of thin sliced white sandwich bread
  • 100g grated gruyère

PRE-MADE CANAPES

Image 1  M&S FESTIVE CANAPES
Image 2 ICELAND PRAWN SELECTION BOX
Image 3 Sainsburys festive canapes

Roundup for the season

So, there you have it! You're all sorted for the season, whether your hosting, or just want some festive ideas for a cosy night in! Which one will you try? You can grab plenty more recipes online, these are just a few of our favourites!

 While your here, why not check out our Christmas Hub for more festive fun! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

 Veiw our Christmas Hub here

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