Rosemary Lemonade Gin

 

This week's cocktail commemorates the Anzacs. Lest we Forget.

 

 

 

It's an old time favourite, using my Lemonade Syrup with a hint of Rosemary and a dash of Pineapple juice.

Try it during a Rising Sun.

 

 

 

Ingredients 

2 shots lemonade syrup

1 shot pineapple juice

1 shot gin

200ml water

Ice

 

Method

Over ice, poor lemonade syrup, pineapple juice and gin. 

Top up glass with water.

Garnish with a sprig of Rosemary.

 

 

Lemonade Syrup

Lemons are prolific at my house.  I have 3 trees that are so badly cared for that out of sheer spite, they seem to fruit all year long and with a vengeance.  They have rebelled against civilisation, sprouted from the root stock and are now so thorny, even the bugs don't want to touch them! But the fruit is Devine.  Sweet, citrusy and full of juice.

And because my dogs can now tell the difference between a lemon and a tennis ball I've had to make lemonade syrup to make a dent in my ever expanding supply.

This will keep well in your fridge for at least 3 months, given the sugar content and you could try with alternative sugars according to your preferences. It's versatile too, check out the tips for some idea.

Ingredients 

2 cups caster sugar

1/3 cup water

1 tablespoon lemon zest

2 cups fresh lemon juice

Method

1. Add sugar and water to your TM bowl.

2. Set temp 100 degrees, 6 minutes, speed 3.

3. To your sugar , add lemon juice and zest.

4. Set temp to 100 degrees, speed 3 for 1 minute.

5. Allow to cool slightly before pouring your syrup into a clean, sterilised bottle.

Tips

* To make Traditional Lemonade, add 2 tablespoons of syrup to 250ml of cold water. 

*Use in your soda stream as a substitute for packaged syrup.

*You could use the syrup as is, over pancakes or as a drizzle over your favourite cake or slice. 

*You could add a few tablespoons to cream cheese to make lemon frosting. 

*You could take swigs from the bottle if you just can't help yourself. 

*Try a shot with your scotch on the rocks, even in a bourbon and coke.

But you came here for cocktails........I'll get right on that. It isn't Friday just yet!

Butterscotch Apple-tini

Hands up if you love Apple Pie! Hands up if you love cocktails!

What if you could eliminate the tedious task of chewing while embracing the wonderment that is the Butterscotch Appletini?  Well now you can.

Its a feat of molecular gastronomy!

The Apple purée is so good, you could actually use it to make an apple pie!

Ingredients 

Apple purée

6 small green apples

80gm brown sugar

50gm butter

50ml butterscotch schnapps

Cocktail

2 shots vodka

1 shot butterscotch schnapps

2 tablespoons Apple purée

100ml Apple juice

Handful of ice

Apple slice and cinnamon to garnish.

Method

Apple purée

Core and slice apples in quarters

Add sugar, butter and schnapps

Cook 10min 105 degrees, reverse speed 1

Cocktail

Mix all ingredients together in a cocktail shaker and pour into martini glasses.

Garnish with apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon.

Passionfruit Hurricane

 

Sometimes I have a recipe in mind and sometimes I wing it.  Let's face it cocktail recipes aren't too hard to figure out.  This recipe was one of those toss it all together and taste recipes.  It is loosely based on a Hurricane cocktail from New Orleans, but only in that it has 2 types of rum! It is a a little bit tart, but I know lots of you love that.

 

 

 

It also uses the Passionfruit Juice Concentrate recipe that I posted recently, and if you were playing along last week, my Homemade Strawberry Syrup!

 

Ingredients 

2 shots white rum

2 shots dark rum

200ml passionfruit juice

100ml pineapple juice

1 shot  agave nectar or simple syrup

2 shots strawberry syrup or grenadine

500gm ice

 

Method

Add ice to your TM bowl.

Add rum and juice and blitz for 30 seconds on speed 9.

Add agave nectar and strawberry syrup or grenadine if you like a more tart cocktail, adjust to your taste.

Pour into a glass and top with a halved fresh passionfruit.  Dip your passionfruit into the cocktail for an extra treat.

 

Homemade Strawberry Syrup

I whipped this up a few weeks ago after finding a punnet of strawberries hiding in my fridge.  Rather than create a fresh batch of Penicillin, I opted for a fresh batch of strawberry syrup.

 

 

Ingredients 

500gm fresh strawberries

1 cup caster sugar

1 cup water

 

Method

Remove the green from your strawberries and slice in halves.

Add strawberries, sugar and water to your TM bowl, cook at 100 degrees for 10minutes on speed 5.

Strain mixture through a fine mesh seive to remove the seeds and pulp.  Push out as much liquid as you can to ensure you get the most from your strawberries.

Allow to cool, then bottle and refrigerate for up to 3 months.

 

You can use the syrup in this wonderful cocktail or to make strawberry milk or over pancakes. Personally I'd go with cocktails!!!

 

 

 

 

Strawberry & Cream Daiquiri

I'm back, after a lovely Easter break with family.  It's been slow on the cocktail scene, but my excuse is that it was Good Friday and I couldn't stomach a seafood cocktail! 

 

My baby sister and her family came to visit over Easter to join in on our annual family camping trip.  And because Mr Thermomix Me A Drink believes that camping should be a survival activity, complete with dug in latrines and rations, my thermomix was not allowed to come. 

 

So as soon as we arrived home, and so as not to neglect my cocktail duties, I created this treat for my sister who has always been known as Strawberry Shortcake amongst our family.  And while this isn't quite cake, it is definitely strawberry and cream flavoured.

 

 

 

Ingredients 

500gm ice

200gm frozen strawberries

100gm strawberry syrup *

4 shots Whipped Cream flavoured Vodka

Liquid sweetener to taste

100gm pouring cream

 

Method

Add ice, strawberries, syrup and vodka to your TM bowl

Blitz on speed 10 for up to 1 minute, helping the mixture with your TM Spatula.

Taste the mixture for sweetness and add some liquid sweetener to break through any tartness.

Add cream and mix on speed 5 for 10 seconds.

Serve in a pretty glass and garnish with a lolly!

 

 

This would be sooooo good as ice cream, the vodka would keep it soft and scoopable, if you can resist the temptation to lick the bowl!

 

 I hope you've had a relaxing Easter break. Stay classy!

 

 * I made a batch of Strawberry syrup a few weeks ago, you can find the recipe here.