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5 easy to make mocktails for to try out for Happy Hour

Shake up your lockdown with this series of blended quarantine mocktails

By House & Garden | April 24, 2020 | Category

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.