Finally! 2025's Cocktail Pie Chart:

Kalimotxo; Snowflake Margarita; Diesel; Strawberry Mojito; Bellini; Celery Sour; Cucumber Basil Gimlet; Rusty Nail; Blue Moon; Spicy Whisky Pumpkin Smash; Eggnog; Winter Cocktail

Recipes: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/

After 3 years of cocktail pies I'm gonna dial them back a bit in 2026 - still gonna do them, but on less of a schedule.

Thanks, always, for the pie love 🥰

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December's cocktail pie - Winter Cocktail Mince Pies

A Winter Cocktail contains Jamaican rum, lime, sugar, ginger liqueur, pimento dram and Angostura bitters.

My pies are a Winter Cocktail Mincemeat (raisins, sultanas, rum, ango, candied lime, stem ginger, allspice) in an allspice and lime sweet shortcrust pastry.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/winter-cocktail-mince-pies/

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November's cocktail pie: Eggnog Turkey Pie

Eggnog is, of course, a creamy cocktail flavoured with nutmeg and a spirit.

For my pie I made a shortcrust pastry filled with shredded turkey and pancetta in a bread(less) sauce, with a brandy and orange cranberry sauce topping.

Suitable for many winter feasts - I took it up a hill on New Year's Day (sorry November).

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/eggnog-turkey-pie/

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September's belated cocktail pies: Blue Moon Jam Tarts.

Made as child-friendly picnic food for a chilly lunch with foodie friends.

A Blue Moon, in Dale Degroff's recipe, contains blueberries, vodka, oolong tea, elderflower liqueur, lemon juice, agave syrup and sage leaves.

My pies are a tangy sour-cream shortcrust filled with a blueberry, oolong tea and sage jam.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/blue-moon-jam-tarts/

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My (catching-up) cocktail pie for August: Rusty Nail Galette.

A Rusty Nail contains Scottish whisky and Drambuie.

My pie is a Drambuie shortcrust galette with a honey-peach filling, topped with a butter whisky syrup.

The peaches are summery but the warm spices have helped make this one feel slighly more attuned to our present season!

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/rusty-nail-galette/

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Catching up on July's cocktail pie - Cucumber Basil Gimlet Tartlets

A Cucumber Basil Gimlet is gin, cucumber, basil and lime (which I've topped with soda water).

For my tartlets, I made shortcrust cases filled with tuna pâté on a basil pesto, topped with basil gimlet pickled cucumber.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/cucumber-basil-gimlet-tartlets/

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Three tarts are better than one 🤗

Revisited my Bloody Mary Tart recipe to make one for a friend's barbecue tonight and two for lunches this week.

Puff pastry tart with tomatoes, olives and celery on bloody-mary pesto.

Recipe - https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2023-pies/bloody-mary-tart/

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May's cocktail pie - Bellini Vegetarian Sausage Rolls

Bellinis (nowadays) typically contain Prosecco and peach purée.

My sausage rolls have a Prosecco and blue cheese sausage, with a peach and sage jam, wrapped up in puff pastry - and there’s a bunch of other good stuff in there too, making these about the heartiest veggie sausage rolls I’ve ever had!

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/bellini-vegetarian-sausage-rolls/

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April's cocktail pie - Strawberry Mojito Impossible Pie

I was feeeeling strawberries this month, so I've gone for a Strawberry Mojito - made with white rum, lime juice, mint, strawberries, sugar and soda water.

My pie is a self-crusting(!) rum and lime custard pie, piled high with fresh strawberries and mint, and drizzled with a mint-lime glaze.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/strawberry-mojito-impossible-pie/

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March's cocktail pie - Diesel (Snake) Bites

A Snake Bite contains equal parts cider and lager. To make it a Diesel you splash in some blackcurrant cordial.

For my bites, I’ve gone for a cider-and-lager pulled pork with a blackcurrant barbecue sauce, all wrapped up in pasty pastry.

Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/diesel-snake-bites/

P.S. Damn right I'm proud to have knocked out March's pie in time for pi day this year 😂

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