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SIMBA SHOPPERS MAGAZINE - THE CHRISTMAS ISSUE
COCKTAILS
Tropical Surprise
Ingredients:
• 1 medium mango, stoned, peeled and
sliced
• 3 passion-fruits, halved and seeds
scooped out
• 2-3 tbsp vodka
• 1 medium pineapple, peeled and
roughly chopped
• 300ml (½ pint) double cream, whipped
• 1 cup melon, peeled and sliced into
wedges
Method:
• Reserve 4 slices of mango for the
decoration and chop the rest. Mix with
the seeds from 2 of the passion fruits
and the vodka, and share between 4
glasses.
• Stir most of the chopped pineapple
into half the cream and add to the
glasses. Then add a layer of melon
wedges and the rest of the pineapple
and top with remaining whipped
cream.
• Place the mango slices in the cream
and use some pineapple leave to
decorate each dessert. Spoon the
remaining passion fruit seeds over the
top and chill until required, but eat on
the day of making.
Melon Quenchers
Ingredients:
• 1 – 1 1/2 cups cantaloupe, honeydew,
or watermelon puree*(about a quarter
of a 4 lb. melon)
• 3 ice cubes
• 1/4inch slice fresh ginger, grated
• Plain low-fat yogurt
• 1 – 2 teaspoons honey
• Shredded lime peel (optional)
• Plain or flavoured sparkling water
Method:
In blender container combine melon puree,
ice cubes, ginger, a teaspoon or two of yogurt,
and honey. Blend just until mixture is
frothy and smooth. Pour into serving glass.
Add additional honey to adjust sweetness.
Stir in lime peel to taste. Add sparkling
water to fill glass.
Serve with Frozen Melon Drink Skewers.
Serve immediately.
To Puree Melon:
Coarsely chop melon and transfer to
blender container. Cover and blend
until smooth. If needed, stop motor and
press fruit down into blades with rubber
spatula or spoon and continue to blend
until smooth.
Fruit Sparkler
Ingredients:
1 bottle (25.4 ounces) cold white sparkling
grape juice
1/2 cup thawed frozen apple juice concentrate
1 teaspoon Pure Lemon Extract
1 bottle cold club soda
2 cups cut-up fresh fruit such as berries,
grapes and oranges
Method:
Mix juice, concentrate and Extract in large
pitcher.
Stir in club soda and fruit. Serve immediately
in tall ice-filled glasses.
Purple Fruit Cocktail
Ingredients:
• 200 g black grapes (seedless)
• 100 g fresh pineapples, finely chopped
• 100 g apples, finely chopped
• ½ tsp cumin powder
• A pinch of salt
Method:
• Blend the fruits with a little water
to obtain a smooth mixture. Strain
through a sieve. Add water to get the
desired consistency. Add the cumin
powder and salt and mix well. Serve in
tall glass over crushed ice.
Eggnog
Ingredients:
3/4 cup egg beaters (equal to three eggs)
3 tbs sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
2 1/4 cups milk
2oz Cool Whip (about 1/4 of a regular sized
tub) More can be added for extra creaminess.
Mix all ingredients together until well
blended and creamy. Egg beaters uses
pasteurized eggs, so there is no risk of salmonella,
but we recommend you consume
all you make within 24 hours.
Mango Bubbly
Ingredients:
• 600 ml Mango juice
• Pink Champagne chilled
Method:
• Divide the mango juice between 6-8
Champagne flutes.
• Top up with Champagne.
• Stir gently to mix and serve immediately
Strawberry Martini Crush
Ingredients
12 fresh rosemary sprigs
6 fresh strawberries
3/4 oz. simple syrup
1 1/2 oz. Martini & Rossi Rosso Vermouth
2 oz. cranberry juice
Method:
Muddle rosemary, raspberries, and simple
syrup in a mixing glass. Fill halfway with
ice and add vermouth and cranberry juice.
Shake 8-10 times. Double-strain into a
chilled martini glass. Garnish with strawberries
speared by a rosemary sprig.
Baileys Spiced Coffee
Ingredients
2 oz. Baileys with a Hint of Coffee
1 oz. fruit-flavoured liqueur
Method:
Layer pear-flavoured liqueur first. Then top
with Baileys with a Hint of coffee. Garnish
with nutmeg and a grind of seasoned pepper,
and enjoy.
The Flash
Ingredients:
5 slices cucumber
3 pieces fresh melon
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
2 oz. 209 Gin
1/2 oz. organic simple syrup
Method:
In a pint glass, muddle fresh cucumber,
melon, and lemon juice. Add ice, simple
syrup, and gin. Shake vigorously and strain
into stemmed cocktail glass. Garnish with
sliced wheels of cucumber and melon.
Sweet Vodka
Ingredients:
vodka
1 tsp. honey
2-3 ice cubes
Shake ingredients together and serve in
a tumbler. Garnish with a piece of fresh
ginger.
Sweetini
Ingredients:
Sweet Red Wine
1oz Vodka
0.5oz cranberry juice
0.5oz lime juice
Method:
Fill your shaker with ice and add all the
ingredients. Shake until cold. Strain into a
martini glass and garnish with lime.
Alcoholic Eggnog
Ingredients:
8 large eggs
4 egg yolks
1 cup granulated sugar
5 cups whole milk
1 1/2 cups Rum
1 cup bourbon
1 tbsp. pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
2 cups whipping cream
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