Time 10m Yield 1 Number Of Ingredients 8 Steps:
Peel oranges, removing threads and seeds. Cut roughly into cubes. Transfer oranges into a blender with water, 3 mint leaves, lemon juice, black salt, and powdered sugar. Blend until smooth. Strain into a large glass over ice. Add jalapeno. Taste and adjust salt and sugar as needed. Stir continuously, 10 to 15 times. Add remaining mint leaves as garnish.
Time 10m Yield Makes 6 glasses Number Of Ingredients 5 Steps:
Chop the cucumber into a few chunks, then put in a blender or food processor with the wine and elderflower cordial. Whizz until well blended, then pour through a sieve set over a large bowl or jug. Tip the contents of the sieve back into the machine, whizz again until pulpy, then sieve again into the liquid already collected. Add 1-2 tbsp of the cucumber pulp from the sieve into the liquid and discard the rest. Chill until ready to serve. To serve, fill glasses with a few ice cubes and some mint leaves. Pour in enough cucumber base to come halfway up the glass, then top up with soda water.
Time 5m Number Of Ingredients 3 Steps:
Mix together orange juice and cranberry juice in a large jug. Slowly pour in the sparkling elderflower drink, as it will fizz up. Mix together and serve in tall glasses with ice.
Time 5m Yield 1 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 5 Steps:
Stir orange juice, mineral water, elderflower syrup and juice of one half lime slice together. Pour over ice into a glass. Taste and adjust for correct flavor. Garnish with the other lime slice, (fresh elderflower blossoms, mint or lemon verbena if desired) and enjoy! Note: I used juice of one medium orange, about 3-4 ounces of mineral water and about scant 1/4 cup of elderflower syrup. Find a balance of flavor you prefer. This wasn’t an exact science. Lastly, I think it would be interesting to play around with other citrus-grapefruit comes first to mind – .
