With spring in full bloom and festive season peeping over the horizon, we’re calling it time to dust off the cocktail shaker and warm things up with some cool, cool beverages.
RESCU’s Top 3 Spring Cocktail Recipes:
Spring Fling
Ingredients:
45ml gin
15ml apple liqueur
45ml red grapefruit juice
10ml lemon juice
3 lychees and a dash of syrup
Directions:
Muddle all fruit, lychee syrup in a cocktail shaker than add all ingredients with ice, shake and fine strain in a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a thin wedge of apple.
The Sea Breeze embodies idyllic Aussie beach culture and is the ultimate in casual entertaining.
Sea Breeze
Ingredients:
75ml cranberry juice, chilled
75ml grapefruit juice, chilled
40ml vodka
Lemon or lime slice to garnish
Directions:
Pour all ingredients into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with a slice and serve.
The change in seasons also brings with it longer nights for enjoying garden parties and barbeques and there is no easier way to cater for a thirsty crowd than with a jug of cool cranberry sangria.
Cranberry Sangria
Ingredients:
1 litre cranberry juice
1 bottle red wine, chilled
4tbsp lime cordial
500ml carbonated water or lemonade, chilled
Lime slices, garnish
Directions:
Mix together the cranberry juice and red wine in a large jug or punch bowl. Add the lime cordial. Gently stir in the water or lemonade just before serving. Garnish with lime slice.
Recipes courtesy of Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice
