Drinky poos, darling?

I've been humming Dean Martin's 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' to myself all day long. We've got the tail end of a storm here in West Kerry. The wind is howling. The waves are bashing against the shoreline. All any sensible person would want to do is curl up in a duvet by an open fire.

Wouldn't you want to do that too if it looked like this outside?

I've resisted the lure of the sofa and the oh-so-warm duvet all day long. I've been a good girl working at my computer. I'm now about to cook dinner for everyone (which, in my house tonight, means four people). In fact, I've been a good girl all week long and now that the weekend is FINALLY here, I think that merits a drink.

Because it's so cold and dark outside, I think something warming is in order. I found this recipe on Martha Stewart's website, tweaked it a little to suit my mood and the contents of my fruit bowl/alcohol cabinet and created this:


Drinky poos, darling!

It's ever so easy to make.

Here's how I did it:
Serves 1

Ingredients:
4 pears
1 cup(approx 250ml) of cider
1/4 cup measure of whiskey




I juiced the pears (and made approximately the same amount of pear juice as cider).
I added this to the cider, then poured in the whiskey.

(If you don't have a juicer, you could just buy pear juice - as Martha Stewart recommends in her recipe.)

It's a little bit early but it's been a long week. I'm going to light the fire, curl up on the sofa and enjoy this deliciously fruity drink with a kick before everyone comes home. Cheers!

Addendum: when my boyfriend came home, I made him one of these. He thought it was a little too weak and added in more whiskey. (Dipso!) You can obviously modify your drink to suit your own taste.