Cocktails: Shake up your lockdown with Fitch & Leedes

SHAKE UP YOUR LOCKDOWN WITH FITCH & LEEDES

Five easy-to-make mocktails for happy hour at home

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.

THE CLASSIC MOJITO

INGREDIENTS

• 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

METHOD

Blend all the ingredients together and garnish with mint leaves and a wedge of lime. Serves 2.

SPICY GINGER ICE TEA CRANBERRY CREAM MOCKTAIL

INGREDIENTS

• 100ml F&L Cheeky Cranberry • 80ml apple juice or purée • 40ml lime juice • 20ml cream of coconut • 2 dashes grenadine

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.

INGREDIENTS

• 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

METHOD

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. Garnish with berries.

CLOUDY CUCUMBER GIN MOCKTAIL

INGREDIENTS

• 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

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.