Shake the first four ingredients with ice in a shaker. Viola blossom (I think nasturtium would also work) All of the flavors and textures are nicely balanced, and while you could still make a perfectly good drink without the mint and viola, the fragrance and aesthetic charm they add really round it all out.ġ ounce gin (I used Builders, but I think Hendricks would be great, too.) This cocktail is not too sweet, not too tart, and so elegant.
These uses are all well and good, but I think I’ve found my favorite thing to do with it. I sometimes even pick it just to take artsy pictures and play with the filters on my phone’s camera. The kids pick and eat it all the time when they’re playing outside for reasons I admit I don’t entirely understand, but whatever. We’ve also learned that if you have an itchy bug bite, rubbing a freshly picked mint leaf on it helps tremendously with the itch. It makes boring iced water much more refreshing and interesting. 4 large red grapefruit 4 cups reduced-fat plain yogurt 2 teaspoons grated lime zest 2 tablespoons lime juice 3 tablespoons honey Torn fresh mint leaves.
The main thing we do with the copious amount we pick is add a big handful to our water tumblers. Combine the grapefruit zest and kosher salt on a small plate rub the glass edge into the zest/salt combination. Rub a lime wedge along the edge of a glass. Top with several ice cubes and pour the grapefruit juice, lime juice and hibiscus simple syrup over the ice. So what to do with all the mint? It’s a great addition to citrusy salads and to spring rolls. Muddle the mint leaves and tequila in a shaker. We plant carrots and strawberries among it, because it’s wonderful for keeping bugs away, but we have to be pretty aggressive keeping it cut back, because it’s a monster and totally takes over. It came up yards away from the original planting location. That whole side of my yard is all mint now. Any gardener reading this is now chuckling – we’ve all learned what mint does. I never had the heart to cut it, since it didn’t get any bigger than that, and it was the sole survivor of that year’s planting in that bed after the vine borers got all my squash. The next spring, it sent up one lonely little stem. Lightly bruise the mint in the glass then add ice, white wine and soda water. It didn’t make it, and I was sad that I couldn’t even keep one of the hardiest garden plants in existence alive. Method: Add elderflower liqueur to a large wine glass with 2-3 mint leaves. After I used most of the leaves for some kind of dessert garnish (I think), I planted what was left of the stubby little stalk in one of the cavities of the cinder blocks that made up the walls of our raised bed garden. Take a sprig of fresh mint and give it a clap between your hands to break out the flavours, and then delicately rest towards the top of your drink in the glass.A couple of years ago, I went to the farmer’s market and bought a mint plant. Puta big ol' juicy wedge of pink grapefruit into your glass, go on don't be shy (alternatively you could also use just the grapefruit peel). a double shot) of your LONDON Dry Gin.Īdd plenty of cubed ice. IMPORTANT: ice that bad boy all the way to the top to reduce dilution and a watery cocktail.Ĭrack open the Indian tonic and pour into your glass. Just make sure that glass is nice and cold somehow yeah!. However, if you don't have that much ice to mess around with, swill your glass under some very cold water. Try to ensure your glass is pre-chilled and not warm. To do this, you can fill it with some ice and swirl it round for 15 secs and then discard this ice.
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