FOOD// THE GOURMET BOYS
LOCKDOWN COCKTAILS THE GOURMET BOYS LET’S CELEBRATE THE SUMMER IN STYLE WITH EASY TO MAKE COCKTAIL RECIPES. WHILE YOU CAN’T GO OUT TO A COCKTAIL BAR OR A PUB, YOU CAN ENJOY A LUXURY COCKTAIL FOR LESS IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME. STARTING FROM JUST £2.50 PER DRINK, YOU CAN WHIP UP A FRUITY FAVOURITE FOLLOWING THESE EASY RECIPES - SHAKE UP A STRAWBERRY FROSÉ OR STIR UP SOME PASSION WITH A PASSION FRUIT, PEACH & MINT MOJITO. WHETHER YOU ARE PLANNING A SATURDAY NIGHT DATE NIGHT IN OR A VIDEO CALL WITH FRIENDS, MAKE SURE TO HEAD TO YOUR LOCAL LIDL TO PICK UP YOUR INGREDIENTS AND HAVE SOME FUN TRYING YOUR HAND AT MAKING YOUR OWN COCKTAILS.
cocktail which requires a little bit of preparation, and a few hours waiting time, but it’s well worth it, and before long you’ll be relaxing in the garden, Strawberry Frosé in hand. Cheers! Ingredients - Lidl’s Californian Zinfandel Rosé (£4.48 for 750ml bottle) - Strawberries - 1 Lemon - 2 tbsp Caster Sugar - Mint leaves to serve Method 1. Blend the rosé with the strawberries, lemon juice and sugar. 2. Place into a tray and then into the freezer. 3. Allow to freeze for at least three hours, or overnight. 4. Once frozen, blend again, serve in glasses and top with fresh mint leaves.
STRAWBERRY FROSÉ Please give this one a go. We were really pleasantly surprised by how good this cocktail tastes - it’s rosé wine, blended with fresh, luscious, succulent strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice, then popped in the freezer for a few hours. Rosé wine may seem an unusual base for a cocktail - but it works. We believed that the Frosé cocktail market had passed its peak but this version certainly warrants a revisit. We’re not normally big fans of rosé-habitually avoiding those overly sweet Californian pinks. Nor do we usually enjoy drinks which involve enough crushed ice to sink the Titanic! Slush Puppies? No thanks! However, this cocktail is perfect for sipping on a summer’s afternoon, and it would appear we are Frosé converts. In a nutshell, it’s a daiquiri-style crushed ice
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