Cheers to celebrating St. Patrick, the beloved patron saint of Ireland!
Irish Cocktail for Adults
Irish Cocktail for Adults. (Photo by Margo Schwab/Special for Times of San Diego)
10 minutes
Ingredients: Nixie no sugar ginger ale, Irish whiskey, lime, green apple, Irish beer.
Tools needed: Cutting board, sharp knife, 10-ounce serving glass.
Prep and serve: For each drink, cut 4 slivers of apple, place 2 in the glass and 2 on the side of the glass, chop a wedge of lime and squeeze into the glass, add 2 oz. whiskey, 2 oz. beer and 6 oz. ginger ale.
Enjoy. Apple slices on top of a glass will refresh the palate!
Appetizing Corned Beef Bites
60 minutes
Ingredients: Mini phyllo pastry shells, baked potato or other, corned beef cooked, asparagus, small carrots, butter, and horseradish.
Tools needed: Cooking tray, cutting board, knife, sharp knife, cooking pan, slotted spoon, serving plate.
Prep and serve: For 2, bake a medium potato at 450 for 45 min. meanwhile chop 1 inch pieces of carrots, simmer and add chopped 1 inch tips of asparagus, cook, set aside, when potato done lower oven to 350 and bake phyllo shells for 3 minutes, take potato and mash in 2 T butter and 1 T horseradish, chop corned beef into small bites size and add to potato, place mixture in phyllo cup, add a tip of carrot and a few asparagus tips to each cup.
Enjoy!
Too lazy to cook alternative: Hennessy’s.
