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SHAKE UP YOUR LOCKDOWN WITH
FITCH & LEEDES Five easy-to-make mocktails for happy hour at home
CRANBERRY CREAM MOCKTAIL INGREDIENTS • • • • •
THE CLASSIC MOJITO INGREDIENTS
MALIBU PEACH LEMONADE SLUSHIE INGREDIENTS • 160g fresh peaches or nectarines (peeled and frozen) • 120g fresh pineapple (peeled and frozen) • 350ml F&L Peach Lemonade • Ice cubes (optional) METHOD Blend all the fruit together and pour into a glass. Top up with F&L Peach Lemonade ice cubes. For a “slushie” texture, add a few blocks of ice to the blender.
• 12 to 14 small mint leaves • 30ml fresh lime juice • 1 tbsp superfine sugar (or replace with simple syrup made from xylitol) • 120ml F&L Club Soda
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1 large English cucumber strips of lime zest 2 tsp raw sugar – optional 2 lemon or lime wedges F&L Bitter Lemon 30ml fresh lime juice 120ml gin (optional)
METHOD Fill the blender with ice cubes, add all ingredients and blend. Add the grenadine to the bottom of your glass and top with your Cranberry Cream.
METHOD Blend all the ingredients together and garnish with mint leaves and a wedge of lime. Serves 2.
SPICY GINGER ICE TEA INGREDIENTS
METHOD
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Fill glass halfway with crushed ice (add a little F&L ginger ale to get your ice moving in your blender). Add ginger ale and tea to taste.
375ml honey & ginger tea (you can use any herbal blend) 250ml crushed frozen pineapple pieces 200ml F&L Ginger Ale lemon slice and a few frozen berries to garnish ice cubes
CLOUDY CUCUMBER GIN MOCKTAIL INGREDIENTS
100ml F&L Cheeky Cranberry 80ml apple juice or purée 40ml lime juice 20ml cream of coconut 2 dashes grenadine
METHOD Place a whole cucumber with half a bottle of dry lemon into the blender (peeling optional). Run it through a fine sieve and collect the juice in a glass with ice cubes, add in some freshly squeezed lime juice and a slice of lime. Top up with a F&L Bitter Lemon and garnish with lime zest and a cucumber slice.
Garnish with berries.
