1 cup gin
½ pint whipping cream
1 cup half & half
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Cream soda pop
Red and Green Maraschino Cherries
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Mix first 5 ingredients in a shaker bottle, and shake for 2 or 3 minutes (don't use a blender because it will make the mixture too foamy and thick). Chill for 2 to 3 hours.
This doesn't taste good by itself, but to serve, pour 1 ounce (a shot glass) in an 8 to 12 ounce stemmed glass or tumbler, and carefully fill glass with cream soda. This will cause the creamy mixture to foam up, and looks great garnished with red & green (for the holidays) maraschino cherries. I have also used different names for the drink for different holidays, and occasionally used food dye to make the cream mixture different colors. i.e.: at Halloween, the drinks get called "Ghosts", or if I dye them orange, Pumpkins. Have fun with this.
“I have eaten my way through six inheritances in the great restaurants, so I know what good cuisine is all about.”
Denis (Lahana Denis) (1909-1981)
