Rosemary Orange Spritzers Food

ROSEMARY LEMON SPRITZER

Steps:

• Zest the lemon. Cut 4 slices out of the middle of the lemon and reserve for garnish. Squeeze out the juice and set aside.
• In a small pan over medium-high heat, stir together the sugar with 1/2 cup water until the sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil, remove from the heat, and add the rosemary sprigs and lemon zest. Let cool to room temperature, strain into a clean jar, and refrigerate until ready to use, or up to 2 weeks.
• Fill 4 glasses with ice. Fill each glass three-quarters of the way up with sparkling water. Add splash of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of the flavored syrup. Top with ouzo or gin, if using. Garnish with a lemon slice and a small sprig of rosemary.

BURNT ROSEMARY ORANGE SPRITZ

Steps:

• For the Ice Ring:.
• Layer lemon wheels in the bottom of the mold. Add enough water to just cover lemons and freeze for an hour to hold fruit in place. Top with ice water and freeze overnight.
• For the Simple Syrup:.
• In a small saucepan, bring sugar, rosemary, and water to a boil; simmer until the sugar is dissolved, 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and let steep overnight; strain. Will keep refrigerated for one month.
• For the Punch:.
• Stir together Campari, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a punch bowl. Unmold ice ring by quickly dipping into warm water and inverting. Float ice ring in punch and set orange shell filled with rosemary sprigs in center of ice ring. Add sparkling water to punch just before serving. Fill the orange shell with the 151 rum, carefully light the 151 on fire and let burn for 15 minutes. Extinguish the fire by VERY CAREFULLY pouring sparkling wine into the orange shell and over the punch.
• Ladle into tea cups and garnish with manicures orange half slices and fresh rosemary sprig.

POMEGRANATE ROSEMARY SPRITZER

Steps:

• Put the pomegranate juice in a small saucepan with a sprig of rosemary. Bring to the boil and reduce for a few mins until syrupy. Leave to cool, then chill until ready to use.
• Fill four Champagne flutes with 1 part pomegranate syrup and top up with 3 parts Prosecco. Garnish each glass with a rosemary sprig, if you like.