Make Mine a Double

posted by Hilary on Mar 21

Well here i am very busy writing about cocktails with my nieces April and Georgia. And you never guess what drinks they picked… they’re very pink and very alcoholic!!!! I didn’t play any part honest

This is a very special cocktail only for very special people. My niece is shouting out lovely cocktails for me to write about and guess what they have to be pink!!! So what do we need????? Believe me i have checked this recipe a lot of time and there really is all this alcohol!!

April’s Strawberry Wine Cup

• 1lb of big fat English Strawberries
• 2oz of Sugar
• .. wait for it… HALF A PINT OF BRANDY!!!!!!
• 1 bottle of dry white wine
• 1 bottle of rose wine
• splash of lemonade.. well come on we can’t drown the wine can we

Oh i have just checked the recipe again and this is for 20 people .. mmmm we’ll see !!! Chop up 12oz of strawberries put at the bottom of a bowl with sugar and brandy Leave for one hour Add the the rest  and serve as chilled as possible decorate with teh remaining strawberries

Well what a surprise Georgia picked out teenage fruit punches but was very quick to tell me that you can add cidar to make it alcoholic!!

Georgia’s Rasberry Ginger Punch for 18 people (or 10 teenagers)

• 1 and half pound of raspberries
• 2 table spoons of sugar
• 2 pints of ginger beer
• 2 pints of soda water.. or cidar
• mint
• ice cubes

Crush most of fruit with sugar Pour on the ginger beer put in bowl before serving add soda or cider few whole raspberries and mint. Then dish out and slurrprprprrprprprp