Strawberry Lavender Champagne Slushy
3 cups strawberries 1/2 cup Lavender Simple Syrup 2 Bottles of Champagne Garnish with Lavender Cocktail Pics In a mixer blend your 3 cups strawberries and 1/2 cup Lavender Simple Syrup until smooth then add 1 bottle of champagne and stir to combine. Pour your strawberry mixture into a muffin pan and freeze. When your ready to assemble your drinks let your frozen strawberry mixture sit on the counter for about 10 minutes. This softens them slightly making it easier to cut them to size for your glasses. Add strawberry cubes to glasses and pour champagne over top.
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Floral ice cubes are such a treat to add to your water, carbonated beverages, mocktails, cocktails, iced coffee and tea or any drink you can think of. You can use almost any combination of fruits and culinary flowers and herbs. There are several tips out there to try to get your ice cubes as clear as you can. The clearer the ice the more detail of your ice you can see. Here are a few that I found. Use filtered water, boil your water first and let cool before pouring into ice cubes, and the last use hot water and pour over your choice of additions. I used the boil your water, fill your trays and place in freezer. We chose to use lavender, mint and lemon strips for one and lemon, blueberry, lavender for another version. Most frozen fruits will sink and most fresh items added will float, but this adds the variety you may desire in your ice cubes. Freeze until frozen but if it is left to long in the freezer they can discolor some florals. So the best recommendation is to use them up quickly. Lay your Lavender Cocktail Picks in mold and pour water over top. We made half of these ice cubes with Lavender, lemon triangle and blueberries and the other half with Lemon peel curls, mint and lavender. We liked the lavender cubes that had the lavender at the top of the cube. We had pressed one down but it doesn't look as nice. The thin cubes melt very fast but that isn't bad...you've got your adorable little lavender stem floating in your drink. For photos our water sat in the trays. You will want to put the in the freezer right away or it blueberries can turn your cubes a little purple. That's ok...we still like them and they added nice color in our lavender lemonade. You can get culinary lavender picks here.
If you are making ice cubes for a party you can use your ice mold of choice. When the are ice cubes are frozen (about 4 hours) remove them from mold and stick them 1 layer thick in a sealed container. Work fast so they don't melt. Enjoy! Holidays are for gathering as family and friends. We like to invent new recipes each year. We keep it simple and not a lot of ingredients. A good cocktail does not have to be complicated, or have a million ingredients. Most people have vodka around so it's always a great place to start! We feel this particular Moscow Mule will put the right touch of festivity into your holiday! Cheers! Garnish with Lavender Cocktail Picks and Cranberries Cran-Lavender Moscow Mule
1 shot vodka 1 shot cranberry juice cocktail 1/2 shot Lime juice 1/2 shot Lavender Simple Syrup (to taste) 2 Shots Ginger Beer Cranberries (garnish) Lavender Cocktail Picks (garnish) To a shaker add your vodka, cranberry juice cocktail, lime juice and syrup. Shake until mixed and pour into Mule cups. Top with 2 shots of ginger beer and give a gentle stir. Add your cranberry and lavender garnish. Cheers! It's the season for cranberries, holidays, parties, family and friends. A great reason to make this Cranberry Mimosa! It's simple, easy and quick to make up and is a crowd pleaser! Mimosa Morning! Easy to serve up with a batch of our Lavender Scone Mix for a fun and easy breakfast...just add some cut up oranges to round out this combination and you've got breakfast. Cranberry Lavender Mimosa
1 Tablespoon Lavender Simple Syrup 1/4 cup cranberry juice cocktail Top glass with champagne Garnish with cranberries stuck on Lavender Cocktail Picks Add Lavender Simple Syrup and cranberry juice cocktail into your cocktail glass, top with champagne. Thread 3 cranberries onto a Lavender Cocktail Pick and garnish glass. Cheers! |
AuthorI am Nicole Callen, lavender lover, farmer, and owner of Norwood Lavender Farm. My intention for this page is to bring you great lavender related content that you can use. Most of it contains culinary adventures that transpire in my kitchen, as I have a love for the complex floral flavor and depth that lavender brings to cooking. I like to say, "where nature meets gourmet". Categories
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