The perfectly steamy Irish Cream cocktail for winter
Ingredients
50ml Irish cream liqueur (like Baileys or Amarula)
25ml vodka or whiskey
25ml hot milk or cream
6 squares of dark chocolate
Pinch of ground cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg
To garnish:
Dried orange slice or a fresh orange twist
Maraschino cherry
Grated chocolate or cinnamon stick
Method
In a small saucepan, gently heat the milk over medium-low heat until warm – don't let it boil. Stir in the pieces of chocolate until melted and smooth. Add the Irish cream and whiskey, then stir in the cinnamon and nutmeg. Heat through gently for another minute. Pour into a heatproof glass or mug. Garnish with a dried orange slice or a twist of orange peel, and top with a cherry, grated chocolate, or cinnamon stick.
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Anita Moran and Brad Squires in 2012. The Canadian couple's message in a bottle was found nearly 13 years later on an Irish beach. Image: Anita Squires Victoria Craw It was September 2012 when Brad Squires and Anita Moran decided to cap off their impromptu romantic picnic on Canada's Bell Island by flinging a bottle containing a handwritten note about their day together into the sea. The young couple were around one year into their relationship but were living apart at the time, making that date particularly special to them, Anita told The Washington Post in a phone interview Friday. Brad was posted with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia, while she was training to be a nurse in Newfoundland and Labrador, she explained. 'We had this bottle and it just seemed kind of old-timey and romantic, I guess,' Anita said. 'We wrote a private note to us, not thinking that it would make it anywhere.' 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