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SUMMER COCKTAILS with a twist … cont.
BerryWorld Blackberry Mint Mojito
Not your average mojito, the blackberries add a sharp hit to this heady combination perfectly balancing the sweetness provided by the sugar.
Ingredients:
• 10 blackberries
• 80ml water
• 2tsp sugar
• 6 whole mint leaves plus extra to serve
• Juice of half a lime
• 50ml white rum
• Ice, for shaking
• Splash of soda water
Method:
Put the blackberries, water, sugar, mint and lime in a cocktail shaker and mash.
Add the rum and some ice and shake well.
Put the extra mint leaves and some ice into a jar and sieve in the cocktail adding a splash of soda water. Garnish with lime wedges, mint and blackberries.
The Lakes Distillery’ s Grapefruit & Thyme Smash
The Lakes Distillery is based along the River Derwent and produces The Lakes Gin from juniper that is naturally sourced from the fells in the Lake District, as well as local botanicals such as bilberry, heather and meadowsweet, which give this artisan gin notes of floral and citrus with a refreshing, sweet taste( www. lakesdistillery. com).
Ingredients:
• 50ml The Lakes Gin
• 75ml grapefruit juice
• 25ml lemon juice
• 50ml sugar syrup
Method: Combine everything in a cocktail shaker and shake.
Add crushed ice to a jar or tumbler, pour in cocktail and garnish with two sprigs of thyme before drinking.
Eisberg’ s Alcohol-Free‘ Mon Petite Cherie’
A designated driver’ s dream, this cocktail looks absolutely party ready and tastes divine – all the fun without the tipsiness( or the possibility of an unwanted hangover!).
Ingredients:
• 15ml lemon juice
• 125ml Eisberg Sparkling alcohol-free rosé wine
• Cherry syrup reduction
• Fresh cherries
For the cherry syrup reduction:
• 1tbsp cherry jam
• 1tbsp water
Method:
First make the cherry syrup reduction. Add the cherry jam and the water to a small saucepan and mix. Bring it to the boil – stirring constantly until smooth. Allow to cool.
Add the lemon juice, Eisberg Sparkling and the cherry syrup reduction to a glass mixer and shake well.
Strain the mixture into a tall flute glass.
Garnish with cherry-syrup-soaked fresh cherries on a skewer.
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