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Lemon Drink Refresher
6 lemons 1.8kg sugar 30g tartaric acid 30g
citric acid 60g Epsom salts 2 ltrs boiling water
Grate the rind from the lemons and then squeeze the juice. Dissolve the
sugar, tartaric and citric acids, and epsom salts in boiling water.
Mix in the grated rind and juice. Pour into bottles. Before serving,
dilute with water to taste.
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Iced Tea To make 3 litres of iced tea
Fill
your jug and bring to boil. Pour the boiling water over 5 tea bags in a
heatproof glass container.
Set the container aside and allow the tea to
steep for 3 hours or overnight Then fish the teabags out You can squeeze them to
get that last drop of flavour. If you want "sweet tea," add a scant 3/4
cup of sugar and stir it until dissolved. Add a little more cold water
and place in fridge to cool.
Pour into tall glass and add a lemon wedge
to the side of the glass.. This is to be squeezed into the tea when
drinking
Ice cubes for that hot summer day and a sprig of mint on the
side...
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Iced Coffee
1 scoop per serving of Vanilla
Ice Cream (french vanilla / choc caramel / cappuccino), 1tsp
per serving of instant coffee
Approx 1cup (per serving) of milk. Put in blender and blend.
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Mulled Wine
Serves six
- double the recipe for 12 people ~ cask wine works well for this
recipe ~ measure 750mls - or three cups
1 bottle of red wine 1 cup
water 1/2 cup sugar 1 cinnamon stick 4 whole cloves
Heat all in a sauce pan but do not boil. When very hot add one
sliced orange and one sliced lemon. Allow to infuse for a minute
Pour into goblets or glasses . If friends turn up unexpectedly simply
add more water.
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Summer Smoothies
Place all in
blender
(a) 1
x banana ~ passion fruit topping ~ 2 x scoops of Ice ~ 2 x
cups of just juice Tropical Juice.
(b) 2 x bananas ~ 2 x cups fresh
squeezed orange juice.
(c) 1 x banana ~ yoghurt
~ milk
and a spoon of honey. ( add a few strawberries in season )
(d)
1 x banana ~ frozen blueberries ~ milk ~ vanilla essence ~ vanilla
ice-cream.
(e) 1 x banana ~ apple juice ~ mixed
frozen berries ~ frozen yoghurt.
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Cocktails
Warning
Alcohol content may make you happy
After Dinner Mint
Layer in order
1 part Kahlua 1 part Creme de menthe 1 part Baileys
Anabolic Steroid
Layer in order
1 part Blue Curacao 1 part Midori 1 part Cointreau
Gin Punch
Combine in large serving bowl 1 bottle Gin 1.5 litre
pineapple juice 1.5 litre lemonade 3 nips lemon juice
1 litre orange juice fruit cut into bit size pieces (orange,
pineapple, apple, lemons) ice.
Golden Dream
1 part Cointreau 1/2 part Galliano 2 parts Orange juice
1 part cream. Shake
Mojito
Take a substantial amount of mint leaves (5 to 10, depending on their
size) with two teaspoons of sugar
Use a blender or mortar and pestle. Combine with the juice of one lime
and the leftover lime, cut into quarters.
Add two shots of white rum. Add soda water, crushed ice, and shake in a
cocktail shaker. Garnish with a sprig of lime
Moulin Rouge
20 oz brandy 30 oz fresh pineapple juice sparkling white
wine well chilled Ice and a highball glass.
Half fill a high ball glass with ice. Pour over the brandy and pineapple
and top off with chilled wine.
Decorate with a wedge of pineapple pineapple leaves and half a slice of
orange and a cherry on a skewer.
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Banana Punch
Add Bacardi Rum for alcoholic
Peel a banana and add to a blender with crushed ice. Add pineapple
juice, coconut cream and pour into punch bowl and add very cold
lemonade.
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Orange Fizzy Punch
Add Vodka for alcoholic
1/3 Orange juice 1/3 lemonade 1/3 Ginger beer.
Add some sliced lemons, oranges, some sprigs of mint and ice
cubes.
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Watermelon Smoothie
Ingredients:
6 - ounce fat-free yoghurt 3 cups cubed, seeded watermelon
12 fresh strawberries, cleaned and hulled
1 tbsp honey or strawberry jam 3 ice cubes
Method:
In a blender or food processor, combine
yoghurt, watermelon,
strawberries, honey and ice cubes. Process until smooth and frothy.
Serve in tall glasses with a straw.
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