Weekend Wine Frothy

This recipe looks amazing. Although I find it funny how I never drink anymore and yet love searching up cocktail recipes.

1. Wine - white, rose or red. Sparkling is okay too, but be careful of the fizz when blending
2. Frozen fruit
3. Frozen Juice Ice Cubes - You can also use ginger ale or coconut water ice cubes
4. Fresh banana - The banana adds a creamy frothiness, similar to how bartenders like to use egg whites. Only the banana is much healthier and tastier in my opinion
5. Optional ingredients can include spices (ginger or cayenne) herbs (mint) sweeteners (maple syrup) and other accents like lemon juice or zest.

Give a frothy a try and have fun creating flavor combos. Try..

Mint Grapefruit Juice Chardonney
Blueberry Pinot
Spicy Ginger Frozen Peach Rose
Apple Lemon White
Raspberry Cabernet

Tropical Ginger Pineapple Frothy

8 ounces white wine
1/2 cup frozen pineapple
1/2 banana
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp maple syrup
1 cup ginger ale ice cubes

Have fun experimenting with these choices. I know I will!

Mint Strawberry Iced Tea

Just something really simple to make for a nice refreshing drink at home. I usually stick to water at home but on days when I don’t feel like water I tend to drink tea or juice. Something I really love is strawberry tea and I love fresh strawberry tea. So this recipe will take no time at all and all you need is:

• Mint leaves
• 1/3 Cup of Sugar
• Fresh punnet of Strawberries
• Ice
• Water

It’s so simple I’m not even going to bother writing steps. All you need to do is fill a pot up with water and pour your sugar into it. Place on the stove at medium heat.

While that’s heating up, slice up your strawberries. Don’t slice them too thick or too thin. After 5 minutes of heating up the water and sugar, place your strawberries into the pot and let it heat up in the water. By now the sugar should have dissolved into the water, yum  yum! Rip up some mint leaves and throw them in as well.

Let the yummy mix come to a boil and quickly remove the pot from the stove. Pour into a jug or whatever container you want to keep the tea in and let it cool before placing in the refrigerator to chill. Keep in mind that if you’re using a plastic container, don’t pour the tea in until it’s cooled or you risk your container melting.

Serve with ice when the tea’s chilled and ready to drink!

Enjoy!

Mango and Watermelon Cocktail

I’m a huge fan of fruity cocktails and I don’t know about most people but I prefer it when I can’t taste the alcohol. I have nothing against alcohol but I just don’t fancy the taste of it very much. Back a few years my mother took a course in cocktail making though I was always more of a bucket cocktail maker, I just used whatever I thought would taste nice together instead of making traditional cocktails.

So this cocktail is my own creation (It probably won’t turn out looking like the picture but it’s the closest I could find). The recipe makes plenty for a big jug.
 

• 1 Carton of Mango juice or cordial - I prefer a strong and nice tasting mango juice
• 1 Mango
• 1/4 of a Watermelon - Or a half if you’re feeling greedy
• 1/4 cup of Sugar
• 1 lime
• 1/4 cup of Water
• 1/4 cup of Vodka

1. Start off by dicing the mango and watermelon into small pieces and either juice it up in a blender or if you’re feeling like more of a chunky thick cocktail you can mash it all up with a fork.

2. Mix together the mango and watermelon juice along with the whole carton of mango juice, water and add in 2 tablespoons of sugar. Pour the mix into a pot and add in plenty of lime slices. Bring to a boil and let it simmer on medium heat for around 10 minutes. This will help the lime flavor really set into the drink.

3. Now remove the mix from the stove and pour into a big glass jug. Remember to remove the lime slices. If you want a smooth drink, sift it through a sieve while pouring into the jug. Leave it to cool before placing it into the refrigerator to chill. Before placing it into the fridge however, add in some fresh lime slices.

4. Once the concoction is chilled, pour the amount you want into a cocktail shaker along with the vodka and shake until well mixed.

5. Crush some ice up (make sure it’s crushed very well) and scoop a generous amount into a glass. Finally, pour the shaken cocktail into the glass, over the ice and serve.

You can also rim the glass with sugar if desired. Or if you’re feeling fancy, cut some watermelon slices and place them on the rim of the glasses.

Enjoy!!

Grape and Champagne Sorbet

This is a must make!

You’ll need:

• 550g black seedless grapes (Well I guess you can do with seeds but the seeds do taste pretty bad)
•  1 glass of champagne 
• 1/2 Cup Sugar

1. Place the grapes, champagne and sugar in a saucepan and place it on medium heat. Wait for it to boil then let the mix simmer on low heat for around 10 minutes. During this time the skins of the grapes should be floating off.

2. Now drain the mix with a sieve and then press all the grapes with a spoon or fork to so all the juice inside is squeezed out.

3. At this point, you can either leave the mixture to cool in the fridge and then pour into an ice cream maker if you have one

or

You can place the mix directly into the freezer and take it out for a stir every 30 minutes. Similar to my recipe of making Vanilla Strawberry Ice Cream

Now you can serve!