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Thursday 13 February 2020

Valentine's Gin Fizz !

Valentine's Day is almost here, and if you are having a Valentine's night in, you may like to start the evening with this Valentine's gin cocktail recipe. It's mixed with sweet raspberry and rose lemonade and a scattering of frozen fruit for an easy tipple for two, it's 5g carbs per serving.


Ingredients
Serves Two 
ice cubes
160g frozen summer fruit mix
50ml gin
300ml raspberry and rose lemonade, chilled

½ lemon, juiced, plus extra slices to garnish

Method

1. Divide ice cubes and frozen fruit between 2 tall glasses.
2. Pour 25ml of gin into each glass and top up with the raspberry and rose lemonade (approximately 150ml each). Squeeze over the lemon juice and use a long spoon or skewer to swirl the cocktail.

3. Garnish with a slice of lemon and serve immediately. 
See original recipe here 

Cheers ! 

For those who may not want an alcoholic drink, why not consider water and spruce it up with herbs like rosemary, basil and mint. You could add healthy squeezes of lime or lemon juice, fiery ginger or something cooler like some slices of cool, refreshing cucumber. So many choices...



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All the best Jan

21 comments:

Snowbird said...

Oh...that will go down nicely!xxx

Tom said...

...red and refreshing.

Elephant's Child said...

That looks like such a pretty (and tempting) drink.

Rose said...

A slow-gin fizz is the only alcoholic drink I have ever had that I liked...

Christine said...

Looks refreshing!

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

Looks very refreshing! I never think about making special drinks like this but it would be good in the hot weather we have here in FL! Thanks!

Jeanie said...

I love lemon or orange or mint in my water but that fizz looks wonderful!

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I would LOVE the non-alcoholic version.

Valerie-Jael said...

Sounds great, thanks! Valerie

Jo said...

I'm not usually a gin drinker but that cocktail looks delicious.

https://linsartyblobs.blogspot.com said...

It looks nice for a hot summer's day too

mamasmercantile said...

Looks delicious, sadly I am not a fan of gin.

Sue said...

It looks lovely but I'm not a gin lover either xx

Sandi said...

You just reminded me I have raspberries. WAIT!!!! Ugh. I forgot to get them.

My name is Erika. said...

Cheers. Those gin fizzes look really refreshing! Hope it was a super Valentine's Day!

David M. Gascoigne, said...

You can pretty much tempt me with anything with a little gin in it! As soon as summer arrives gin and tinic is our cocktail du jour out on the patio.

eileeninmd said...

I would like to try this gin fizz, looks delicious. Hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

carol l mckenna said...

Oh so colorful and sounds delicious!

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baili said...

thank you for sharing those who are not alcoholic dear Jan !
i found this really amazing and more appealing s summer drink :)

kitty@ Kitty's Kozy Kitchen said...

Wow! 5 grams of carbs for a delightful drink. Thanks, Jan!

William Kendall said...

That sounds good.