Mint Limonata Cocktail Food

TURKISH LEMONADE OR LIMONATA RECIPE

Steps:

• Peel the lemons and grate the rinds. Put the grated rinds in a saucepan with the water and sugar.
• Squeeze the peeled lemons and put the juice together with the leftover pieces in a glass bowl and set aside.
• Bring the mixture in the saucepan to a boil and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Reduce the heat and continue to boil gently for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let it cool down.
• While the mixture is still warm, add it to the ingredients in the glass bowl. Add your optional mint leaves.
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
• Remove the bowl from the fridge and strain the mixture using a fine mesh wire strainer.
• Press down the ingredients to get out as much liquid as possible, then discard them.
• Secure a piece of cheesecloth over the mouth of a bowl or the pitcher you plan to use with a rubber band.
• Perform a second, fine straining by pouring the liquid slowly over the cheesecloth and letting it drip down.
• Adjust the amounts of sugar and water to your taste, if needed.
• Serve your lemonade over ice and garnish with lemon slices and mint sprigs.

WHITE WINE MOJITO RECIPE

Steps:

• Chill the white wine and Italian sparkling lemonade.
• Once well-chilled, mix the wine and sparkling lemonade in a large pitcher. Juice 2 limes and add to the wine and lemonade.
• Mince 3/4 cups of fresh mint and add to the pitcher (add mint right before serving, otherwise the leaves begin to brown).
• Add optional sugar to taste, especially if the sparkling lemonade is light on the sweet factor. Mix well.
• Thinly slice the remaining lime to garnish glass rims and add a sprig of mint leaves to liven things up even more. Serve over ice.

VODKA LEMONADE WITH MINT

Steps:

• Combine chopped mint and sugar in a large bowl. Stir in vodka and lemon juice. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 2 hours.
• Strain lemonade into a pitcher. Fill six 6- to 8-ounce glasses with crushed ice; pour lemonade over.

MIDDLE EASTERN LIMONANA

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the lemon juice, mint, sugar, and 1/2 cup of the water and blend until fully liquid. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, reserving the liquid and discarding the solids. In a pitcher, stir together the mint mixture and the remaining 3 1/2 cups water. Serve over ice cubes.

MINT "LIMONATA" COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add limoncello and vodka. Shake mixture to combine.
• Add soda water to shaker and stir to mix inches Pour into a rocks glass and top with torn mint leaves.