It’s Strawberry Day And We Have Some Berry Exciting Cocktails For You
Time to make the most out of the strawberry season and enjoy strawberry in all its forms; frozen, crushed, shaken and stirred in a glass and go beyond daiquiris. With a little bit of Smirnoff No.21 vodka is the best way to celebrate this day, don’t you think?
So, here are some strawberry cocktail recipes just for you.
Pinky Strawberry Granita
It’s strawberry season! You know what that means don’t you? Make way for some amazing strawberry cocktails made with Smirnoff No.21 Vodka.
Ingredients
100 ml Smirnoff No.21 vodka
450 gm strawberries
200 ml water
200 gm sugar
2 tbsp lemon juice
Mint sprigs and strawberry, for garnish
Method
Combine water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
Bring to boil. Remove from heat. Chill the syrup.
Blend the strawberries in a processor until smooth. Add sugar syrup, vodka and lemon juice.
Pour mixture into a shallow glass bowl or baking dish. Freeze until almost firm, stirring frequently with a fork every two hours.
Continue freezing granita(a drink made with crushed ice) until firm (do not stir), at least 3 hours or overnight.
Using a fork, scrape the surface of the granita to form crystals and scoop into serving glasses.
Garnish with whole strawberries and mint sprigs. Serve Pinky Strawberry Granita Vodka Cocktail chill.
Pink Poodle
What’s the point of giving out a strawberry cocktail recipe if you can’t pun around it? So, here’s a berry delicious cocktail concocted from the strawberry crush.
Ingredients
45 ml Smirnoff No.21 vodka
80ml Pineapple juice
20 Strawberry crush
Half scoop Vanilla Ice Cream
Pineapple / Strawberry Slice, for garnish
Method
In a shaker filled with ice, shake all the above and garnish with strawberry slices. Serve Pink Poodle Vodka Cocktail chill.
Yummly
Crushing on you
A little bit of guava, a little bit of strawberry and a bit of Smirnoff No.21 vodka; here’s a recipe made with a whole lot of love. So, if you’re planning to fix a drink for someone special, you know which one to pick.
Ingredients
60ml Smirnoff orange vodka
45ml guava juice
0.75ml lemon juice
Pulp of 4 strawberries
mint leaves and strawberries, for garnish
Method
Fill the shaker with ice cubes.
Add Smirnoff orange vodka, guava juice and strawberry pulp.
Top it with lemon juice and garnish it with mint leaves and strawberries.
Monte Carlo Vodka
Cupid’s Mule
When cupid decided to do what he does best, but this time in a glass! All the ingredients fit in so perfectly together, it’s almost like they were meant to be.
Ingredients
45ml Smirnoff No.21 Vodka
15ml elderflower syrup
Splash of lime juice
Ice
1 bottle of ginger ale
Strawberries for garnish
Method
Pour Smirnoff No.21 vodka, elderflower syrup, and a splash of lime juice into a cocktail shaker over ice. Then shake and strain it into a highball glass and top with pink ginger beer and garnish with strawberries.
Now that you’ve got these perfect recipes for the summer, you know what to do, don’t you?
*Drink Responsibly!
