ONE
"Saturday Night Special"
Jack Stephens, St. Bernard Sheriff
1/2 banana
6 medium strawberries
2-3 oz. apple juice
1/4 apple, with skin
2 oz. pineapple
1/2 cup ice
Blend all ingredients. Serve in wine
glass,
garnished with fresh berry and/or pineapple.
TWO
"Prohibition Highball"
Dr. Stephen Ambrose
Recipe Courtesy: CADA
2 jiggers grape juice
1 lemon, freshly squeezed, or
2 jiggers lemon juice
1/2 lime, or one jigger lime juice
1 jigger raspberry syrup, or
substitute grenadine
ginger ale to taste
Mix in tall glass with ice cubes. Garnish
with lime or mint leaf.
THREE
"Designated Driver"
Brenda Sinclair
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
2 parts orange juice
4 parts pineapple juice
1 part Coco Lopez
1 part ginger ale
Pour all ingredients into shaker. Shake
vigorously. Pour over crushed ice. Garnish with orange slice and cherry.
This can be made as an individual drink or for the punch bowl.
FOUR
"Algie's Spiced Tea"
Dan Packer, Entergy
20 cups water
20 tea bags (or one tsp. loose orange Pekoe tea per cup)
2 oranges, sliced
2 lemons, sliced
10 sticks cinnamon
4 tsp. cloves
1 cup sugar
10 cups apple juice
Bring water to a boil. Add tea bags, let
steep
3-8 minutes. Add oranges, lemons, cloves,
cinnamon and sugar. Strain, add apple juice. Can serve hot or iced.
FIVE
"Blood Orange & Rosemary Daiquiri"
Chef John Folse
Blood oranges may be found in most upscale
grocery stores during the late fall to early spring. The blood-red juice
from these oranges is perfect as a base for holiday punch. When
garnished with a bright green herb, it shouts Christmas!
6 cups blood orange juice, freshly
squeezed
(15 large blood oranges)
3 cups water
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 large sprigs fresh rosemary
2 tsps. fresh rosemary, finely chopped
1/2 cup sparkling white sugar
10 small sprigs fresh rosemary for garnish
In 2 ice cube trays, pour 2 1/2 cups of
blood orange juice and freeze until firm. Cover and chill remaining
juice. In a saucepan, combine water, sugar and rosemary sprigs. Whisking
constantly, bring to a rolling boil. Reduce heat, simmer and cook 10
minutes to form a rosemary simple syrup. Remove from heat and discard
rosemary. Pour into a storage container and chill. When ready to serve,
process frozen cubes with remaining orange juice, simple syrup and
rosemary in a homestyle blender or food processor (2 batches may be
necessary). Chop for 10 to 15 seconds or until slushy. Press the rim of
10 Champagne glasses in sparkling sugar as you would a daiquiri. Fill
with punch mix and garnish with fresh rosemary sprigs.
Makes: 10 cups
SIX
"Archbishop Punch"
Archbishop Alfred Hughes
Recipe Courtesy: CADA
1 quart cranberry juice
1 pint orange juice
2 lemons, squeezed (or 2oz. lemon juice)
4 quarts ginger ale
Combine juices with ice and chill. Pour
into punch bowl over block of ice, add ginger ale. Pour into glasses,
garnish with mint sprigs. May add orange sherbet scoops.
SEVEN
"Patriot's Punch"
Major General Bennett Landreneau,
Louisiana Army National Guard
1/2 pack of Crystal Light
Pineapple-Orange
Tropical Passion drink mix
2 6oz. cans of pineapple juice
4 cups of chilled ginger ale
ice cubes
maraschino cherries
mandarin oranges
pineapple chunks or slices
Mix prepared drink mix and pineapple juice
in pitcher. Add ginger ale just before serving. Pour over ice. Garnish
each serving with maraschino cherries, mandarin oranges and pineapple
chunks or slices arranged on a skewer. Makes about 9 - 8oz. servings.
EIGHT
"CEO's Book-O-Lada"
Colonel Alphonse G. Davis
Orleans Public Schools C.E.O.
1 (6oz.) can frozen lemonade
1 (6oz.) can frozen limeade
1 (6oz.) can frozen orange juice
1 (6oz.) can frozen strawberries
6oz. Pina Colada Alcohol Free Mix
Water
Thaw lemonade, limeade, orange juice and
strawberries. Pour into a blender. Add ice, a splash of water, Pina
Colada Mix and blend until smooth. Serve in wide-rimmed glasses.
NINE
"Mexican Sunset"
Peter Max
Recipe Courtesy: CADA
1 cup chilled orange juice
1/2 jigger Grenadine
Pour orange juice into tall glass. Add
Grenadine and allow to settle on bottom. Garnish. May be served over
ice.
TEN
"Irwin's Pineapple Celebration"
Angela Hill and Dr. Irwin Marcus
4 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
1 12 oz. can apricot nectar
2 cups apple cider
1 cup orange juice
1 tsp. whole cloves
3 (six inch) cinnamon sticks, broken
Bring all ingredients to a boil in a big
pot. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes. Pour thru a strainer... throw
out spices. Makes: 2 quarts.
ELEVEN
"Bubbly Blues Buster"
Dan Aykroyd a.k.a. Elwood Blues
House of Blues
cranberry juice
San Pellegrino
lemonade
Mix to taste. Serve in tall glass over
ice.
TWELVE
"Celebration"
Paul Buckley
New Orleans Hilton
Pour a small amount of grenadine into a
brandy snifter. Roll the grenadine in the glass until the inside of the
glass is completely coated.
Blend together:
3 oz. of ice cream
3 oz. of low fat milk
1/2 oz. of vanilla
one pinch of nutmeg
one pinch of cinnamon
ice
Pour the "Celebration" into the
coated glass and top with the following: mint whipped cream, Chocolate
shavings and Christmas candy cane.
mint whipped cream: (makes 4 servings)
2 cups of heavy cream
4 drops of peppermint flavor
3-4 drops of blue food coloring
whip to soft peaks
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WWL-TV Action Reporter, Bill Capo introduced this special series
to New Orleans sixteen years ago, as part of Channel Four's
commitment to encourage safe holiday driving. Twelve for the Road counts down to New Year's Eve with a favorite non-alcoholic holiday beverage from a range of
well-known local and national personalities. Beginning Thursday, December 20th, the
series airs for twelve consecutive nights during Eyewitness News at 10 p.m.
So let s toast to the spirit of a safe and happy holiday, with a dozen great alcohol-free
drinks! |
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