Cocktails with milk. Got milk? Toma Leche!

Disclosure: I was invited to an event to try some cocktails made with milk. All opinions expressed are my own.

Milk: Shake It, Stir It, Bottoms Up!

I attended an event to try some new cocktails recipes using milk. The event took place in a very nice Italian restaurant located on Venice Beach. Scopa Italian Roots, just opened its doors back in November and the place is stunning, with a great location and decorated in a very nice way. 

After a few appetizers we started learning about cocktails with milk. If you are my reader, you should now by now that I am from Colombia. Back home we used milk for cooking a lot. So one of the owners of Scopa Italian Roots is of Colombian heritage and he is working with the campaign Got Milk. He created some cocktails with milk and latin fruits that I am pretty sure you are going to enjoy. Here are some of the creations of Pablo Moix

Brandy Alejandro

Ingredients:

• Ice cubes
• 20 oz brandy or cognac
• 10 oz milk
• 10 oz white cacao liqueur
• Nutmeg for garnish

Directions
Stir ingredients gently in punch bowl. Serve in festive glass over ice. Garnish with nutmeg

Rumba de Moix

Ingredients

• Ice cubes
• 2 oz light rum
• 2 oz coffee liqueur
• 2 oz cola
• 8 oz milk

Directions
In tow tall glasses, build drinks over ice. Add rum, then coffee liqueur, then cola. Top with milk.

Champola de Guayaba (Guava) withtequila

Ingredients

• Ice cubes
• 6 oz milk
• 6 oz guava nectar
• 4 teaspoons sugar
• 1 lemon juiced
• 4 oz reposado tequila

Directions: Blend with light ice and serve on the rocks. Garnish with seasonal fruit.

Batida de Maracuya (passion fruit) with tequila

Ingredients

• Ice cubes
• 7 oz sweetened condensed milk
• 6 cups milk
• 6 oz passion fruit puree, the pulp of 4 passion fruits or 12 oz of can of passion fruit juice
• 8 oz coconut cream
• 2 cups tequila

Directions
Flash bend ingredients with light ice. Pour in a pitcher and then serve individually on the rocks.

During the event, we also enjoyed a delicious dinner from Scopa. It was a fun night. I am thinking of taking my family down soon for some yummy Italian food.