Vanilla Lemonade
Make a sugar syrup (much like my gingerbread one!), with one cup of sugar, one cup of water, and a couple of vanilla pods cut open & scraped. A tablespoon or so of honey is lovely in there too. Simmer until nice & thick & syrupy. Juice enough lemons for about a cup of juice, mix into the syrup, and strain the whole lot. I like to mix it with fizzy water, I'm sure it would be just as nice with still water, and nicer still if you put a little vodka in!
Hibiscus Fizz
I was given a beautiful bottle of hibiscus flowers in syrup for Christmas. It's really meant to go in the bottom of a glass of champagne (which is delicious, see New Years Eve photo below!), but I put one pretty flower & a little bit of syrup in the bottom of a glass of fizzy water the other day & it was superb. I imagine they would be gorgeous in all sorts of cocktails...may just have to do a few experiments! Thanks Bronwyn for the photo :)
Lovely hibiscus fizz! I live in Ghana and we have hibiscus syrup here, but they call it beesap. They mix it with a ginger drink and it's great!!!
ReplyDeleteIn Jamaica they call it sorrel and mix it with rum for a killer cocktail. YUM.
Great blog by the way! I'm your latest follower.
Cheers
Holli in Ghana
Hi Holli! Those both sound so yummy, will have to give them a try :) Thanks for reading!
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