Forget the virgin pinacolada and apple margarita, here are the season-end tipples you must try out
Banana Bonkers
Ingredients:
3 bananas
1 cup crushed ice
2 cups lemon sherbet
3 cups fresh grapefruit Juice
Method : Puree banana, combine the pureed bananas, grapefruit juice, and lemon sherbet and crushed ice. Stir and serve.
Designated Appletini
Ingredients:
59 ml fresh apple Juice
20 ml lemon juice
30ml simple syrup
A slice of apple for garnishing
Granulated sugar for rimming
Method: In a cocktail shaker filled with crushed ice, add apple juice, lemon juice and simple syrup. Shake it well. Strain into a glass rimmed with granulated sugar. Garnish with an apple slice. Serve it chilled.
Italian Cream Soda
Ingredients:
100 ml watermelon flavored syrup
236 ml passion fruit flavored syrup
236 ml carbonated water
30 ml half-and-half cream
Method : Fill in a tall glass with ice and fill 2/3rd of it with carbonated water. Pour in watermelon and passion fruit flavoured syrup, then float half-and-half cream on top. Stir it well when ready to drink.
Shirley Temple
Ingredients :
2 tsp pineapple crush
500 ml Soda
2 tbsp vanilla ice cream
6 to 8 drops lime juice
Ice cubes (crushed)
2 tsp orange crush
Sugar syrup according to taste
Method :
Blend pineapple, orange crush, ice cream and lime juice. Pour in a glass and serve with ice.
Queens Punch
Ingredients :
2 cups water
2 cups sugar
1 lemon zest
1 bottle Maraschino cherries
2 cups pineapple juice
1 litre club soda
6 lemons (juice)
Method:
Boil water, sugar and lemon zest for 5 minutes. Strain and add the cherries and pineapple juice, while liquid is hot. Add ice, club soda and peppermints. Mix in lemon juice and stir well to serve.
Chocolate Liquer Shake
Ingredients :
10 almonds
1 tsp Instant coffee powder
2 cups milk
4 tbsp chocolate syrup
3-4 green cardamoms
2 scoops vanilla ice-cream
1 cup whipping cream
3-4 tbsp Swiss chocolate liqueur
Method: Heat 3-4 tbsp of water and add instant coffee to it. Crush cardamoms, add to the coffee and strain the mixture. Chop almonds into slivers. Add chocolate sauce, milk, little vanilla ice-cream and ice to the coffee decoction and blend well. Add Swiss chocolate liqueur, remaining vanilla ice-cream and mix well. Pour in a glass and add chopped almonds.
Lemon cheesecake Drink
Ingredients:
2 tbsp lemon juice
¼ cup cream
A pinch of nutmeg (grated)
2 tbsp castor sugar
½ cup yogurt
½ tsp vanilla essence
1 cup ice-cubes
Method : Blend together all the ingredients in a blender except the nutmeg for a minute. Pour all the above into a glass and top it with grated nutmeg and serve chilled.
—Courtesy Elbo Room
Cinderella
Ingredients:
56gms pineapple juice
56 gms orange juice
56gms lemon juice
100 gms club soda
Dash of grenadine
Orange, pineapple slices to garnish
Method: Put ice cubes in a shaker and pour the juices into it. Shake it well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add club soda and then grenadine. Garnish with orange and pineapple slices. Serve chilled.
Sundowner
Ingredients:
White grape juice – 56gms
Cold sparkling water – 30gms
Fresh mint sprig – for garnishing
Method: Pour the ingredients into a wine glass with ice. Stir and garnish it with the mint sprigs. l Serve it chilled.
Mid Summer Dream
Ingredients:
Rose syrup – 40 ml
Pineapple juice – 60 ml
Soda (chilled) – 300 ml
Pineapple, kiwi, banana (chopped and mixed together) – 200 g
Mint leaves (chopped) – 1 tsp
Method:
Add all the ingredients in a pitcher. Stir well pour into the glasses. Garnish with mint leaves.
Hot spiced punch
Ingredients:
Apple cider – 4 cups
Grape juice – 2 cups
Crystallized ginger, chopped – 2 tbsp
Cloves, whole – 8
Orange peel – 6 strips (3 x 1/2″ each)
Cinnamon sticks, divided – 13
Raisins – 2/3 cups
Slivered almonds – 2/3 cups
Method: Combine juice, cider, ginger, cloves, orange peel and a cinnamon stick into a saucepan and place over medium heat. Cool the mixture down for 4 hours and then bring it to boil. Reduce the heat and let it cook for 15 minutes. Add raisins and almonds. Cook until raisins are tender. Serve hot garnished with cinnamon sticks.
—Courtesy Zinc
Avocado Ranchero
Ingredients:
Processed avocado – 20g
Orange juice – 50 ml
Milk, blended – 50 ml
Method: Blend and add grated chocolate.
Ingredients:
Orange juice – 100ml
Lemonade – 50ml
Crushed ice
Method: Blend the above ingredients together. Garnish with orange slices.
Sunrise
Ingredients:
Mixed fruit juice – 25ml
Orange juice – 25ml
Any red fruit crush
Method: Blend and garnish with a red fruit such as strawberries or passion fruit.
Deep Blue
Ingredients:
50ml pineapple juice
50ml mango juice
Blue food colouring
Method: Mix and garnish with fruit.
Just Peachy
Ingredients:
Peach-apricot crush – 25ml
Chocolate sauce – 5ml
Fresh cream
Method: Blend together and top up with club soda and crushed ice.
Green-eyed Monster
Ingredients:
25ml green apple crush
Lime – a dash
Method: Blend, top up with club soda.