Soju lime tonic

Drawing inspiration from Internet recipes that pair soju with fruit juices, I bought a bottle of tonic water and was pleasantly surprised. Since soju tastes like vodka, this would probably work too.

Ingredients

1 glass of tonic water

1 tsp lime juice

1 shot soju

Method

Mix and drink!

Tiramisu ice cream

The inspiration for this was simple. I wanted to eat ice cream. I wanted to eat tiramisu. Thus, I combined both into 1 recipe! Just a note that the addition of alcohol is important in making this a bit of a slushy compared to crunching on ice. Alcohol prevents liquids from total freezing, making it more of a slushy instead. The plus side is that I like things with alcohol in it!

Ingredients - makes approx 1 litre of ice cream
350ml condensed milk
500ml thick cream (the packaging will say that it is suitable for whipping)
4 cups of coffee
1 tbsp coffee liqueur
1 tbsp rum (you can add more of either alcohols depending on your taste preferences)
250g mascarpone
1/4 cup cocoa powder for dusting
Approximately 300g of Italian biscotti sponge fingers.

Method
1) Beat the thick cream until it thickens slightly. Add in the mascarpone, condensed milk, and coffee liqueur and mix well.
2) Make the 4 cups of coffee. You can use instant coffee if you prefer. Add the rum to this.
3) To assemble, soak the biscotti in the coffee mixture. Don't let it become too soggy or it will be hard to assemble. Arrange it in your container. Top up with coffee to ensure everything gets a good soaking. Don't put too much or it'll be soggy.
4) Pour on the mascarpone/cream mixture. Dust with cocoa powder.
5) Repeat with biscotti soaked in coffee, then the mascarpone layer, then cocoa dusting. Repeat until you reach the top of your container.
6) Put in the freezer to harder, at least overnight. Serve with shards of chocolate and more dusted cocoa if you want.

Cocktail recipes based on Tia Maria

Without knowing it, I have been drinking

Jamaican Yo-yo which comprises equal parts white rum and tia maria.

Based on my liquor cupboard, other things that I can do are a Black Russian which is 3 parts vodka to 2 parts coffee liquer, or add cream to get White Russian, or coke to get dirty black russian. Vodka can also be substituted for gin in some recipes.