5 easy to make mocktails for to try out for Happy Hour
Here are five mocktail recipes brought to you by Fitch &Leedes Omniblend and Nita West.
The Classic Mojito
Picture: The Classic Mojito, Nita West
Ingredients:
12 to 14 small mint leaves
30ml fresh lime juice
1 tbsp superfine sugar 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.
Malibu Peach Lemonade Slushie
Picture: Malibu Peach Lemonade Slushie, Nita West
Ingredients
160g fresh peach/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 it 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.
Cloudy Cucumber Gin Mocktail
Picture: Cloudy Cucumber Gin Cocktail, Nita West
Ingredients:
1 large English cucumber
strips of lime zest
2 tsp raw sugar – optional
2 lemon/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 an F&L Bitter Lemon and garnish with lime zest and a cucumber slice.
Cranberry Cream Mocktail
Picture: Cranberry Cream, Nita West
Ingredients
100ml F&L Cheeky Cranberry
80ml apple juice/ puree
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.
Spicy Ginger Ice Tea
Picture: Spicy Ginger Ice Tea, Nita West
Ingredients:
375ml honey & ginger tea (option to 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.