Lemonade [1]
Ingredients: 3 unwaxed lemons, 140g (4.9oz) caster sugar, 1 litre (1.8 pints) water
Wash and roughly cut up the lemons. Blend the lemons, sugar and half the water in a food processor until the lemon is finely chopped. Pour the mixture through a sieve into a bowl, pressing through as much juice as possible. Top up with the remaining water and serve with plenty of ice or frozen slices of lemon.
For a less sour lemonade, remove the rind of the lemon first. Add sparkling water after sieving the mixture for something a bit more fizzy!
Easy Lemonade [4]
Ingredients: juice of 1 large lemon, 2 tsp caster sugar, soda water, ice cubes, slice of lemon
Stir the lemon juice and sugar in a tall glass until the sugar is dissolved. Add the ice cubes and then top up with soda water. Stir gently to mix. Garnish with the slice of lemon.
Alcohol-free Sangria [2]
Ingredients: 1 litre (1 ¾ pints) orange juice, 2 litres (3 ½ pints) red grape juice, juice of 6 lemons, juice of 6 limes, ice cubes, slices of orange, lemon and lime, water and sugar for sugar syrup
First make sugar syrup by putting 4 tablespoons of caster sugar and 4 tablespoons of water into a small pan and stirring over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil, and keep at this level without stirring for 1-2 minutes. Let the syrup cool in a container.
Pour the orange juice and sugar syrup (to taste) into a large punch bowl or jug and stir. Add the grape, lemon and lime juices and mix thoroughly. Add the ice (as much as you prefer) and float the slices of fruit on top. To serve, rub the rim of the glass with lemon juice then dip into a saucer of caster sugar to frost the rim. Makes about 20 servings.
Cranberry Crush [2]
Ingredients: 1.8 litres (3 pints) cranberry juice, 600 ml (1 pint) orange juice, 600 ml (1 pint) ginger ale, orange and lemon slices for decoration, ice (crushed if preferred)
Half-fill a large punch bowl with the ice. Pour in the cranberry and orange juices; stir to mix. Top up with the ginger ale, decorate with orange and lemon slices and serve.
Makes 15 servings.
Prohibition Punch [2]
Ingredients: Sugar and water to make 125 ml (4 fl oz) sugar syrup, 350 ml (12 fl oz) lemon juice, 900 ml (1 ½ pints) apple juice, 2.5 litres (4 pints) ginger ale, ice cubes, orange slices to decorate
First make the sugar syrup by putting equal parts caster sugar and water into a small pan and stirring over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil, and keep at this level without stirring for 1-2 minutes. Let the syrup cool in a container.
Stir the sugar syrup, lemon and apple juices in a large jug or bowl. Add the ginger ale and ice cubes and make sure the ingredients are combined. Decorate with orange slices. Makes 25-30 servings.
Southern Belle (Alcohol-Free Mint Julep) [4]
Ingredients: Ginger ale, 1 tsp caster sugar, 2 sprigs of mint leaves, generous squeeze of lemon juice, ice cubes
Place the leaves of one sprig of mint and the sugar in the bottom of a tall glass and use a long-handles spoon to crush the two together to extract as much mint flavour as possible. Add a generous squeeze of lemon juice, some ice cubes and top up with ginger ale. Garnish with the other sprig of mint. Serve with a straw.
St Clements [3]
Ingredients: Orange juice, bitter lemon (any quantity in equal parts), ice cubes, lemon and orange slices
Mix together equal parts of the orange juice and bitter lemon. Serve with plenty of ice and lemon or orange slices.
Shirley Temple [4]
Ingredients: Ginger ale, 2 dashes of grenadine, ice, slice of orange and glacé cherry to garnish
Fill a glass with ice. Add the grenadine and then top up with ginger ale. Garnish with a slice of orange and a cherry. Squeeze in some fresh lime juice if you find it too sweet!
Virgin Mary [4]
Ingredients: 1 can of tomato juice, 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice, 2 dashes of Worcester sauce, 2 drops of Tabasco sauce, salt, pepper and celery salt (to taste), celery stick, ice
Mix the juices, sauces and seasoning well. Pour into a glass with plenty of ice. Use the celery stick to stir.
Tequila-less Sunset [4]
Juice of two oranges, 1 tbsp of grenadine, ice cubes, pineapple and glacé cherry to garnish
Fill a small glass with ice cubes or crushed ice and then pour in the orange juice. Carefully pour on the grenadine by slowly trickling the liquid over the back of a spoon onto the juice. Garnish with the pineapple and cherry on a cocktail stick.
Virgin Piña Colada [4]
Ingredients: 1 part pineapple juice, splash of fresh orange juice, 1 part coconut cream, 1 tbsp single cream, 6 pineapple chunks, crushed ice, glacé cherry to garnish
Place a scoop of crushed ice in a blender and add the pineapple chunks, pineapple juice, orange juice, coconut cream and single cream. Blend for 10 seconds then decant into the glass and garnish with a cherry on a cocktail stick.
Lemonade [1]
Ingredients: 3 unwaxed lemons, 140g (4.9oz) caster sugar, 1 litre (1.8 pints) water
Wash and roughly cut up the lemons. Blend the lemons, sugar and half the water in a food processor until the lemon is finely chopped. Pour the mixture through a sieve into a bowl, pressing through as much juice as possible. Top up with the remaining water and serve with plenty of ice or frozen slices of lemon.
For a less sour lemonade, remove the rind of the lemon first. Add sparkling water after sieving the mixture for something a bit more fizzy!
Easy Lemonade [4]
Ingredients: juice of 1 large lemon, 2 tsp caster sugar, soda water, ice cubes, slice of lemon
Stir the lemon juice and sugar in a tall glass until the sugar is dissolved. Add the ice cubes and then top up with soda water. Stir gently to mix. Garnish with the slice of lemon.
Alcohol-free Sangria [2]
Ingredients: 1 litre (1 ¾ pints) orange juice, 2 litres (3 ½ pints) red grape juice, juice of 6 lemons, juice of 6 limes, ice cubes, slices of orange, lemon and lime, water and sugar for sugar syrup
First make sugar syrup by putting 4 tablespoons of caster sugar and 4 tablespoons of water into a small pan and stirring over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil, and keep at this level without stirring for 1-2 minutes. Let the syrup cool in a container.
Pour the orange juice and sugar syrup (to taste) into a large punch bowl or jug and stir. Add the grape, lemon and lime juices and mix thoroughly. Add the ice (as much as you prefer) and float the slices of fruit on top. To serve, rub the rim of the glass with lemon juice then dip into a saucer of caster sugar to frost the rim. Makes about 20 servings.
Cranberry Crush [2]
Ingredients: 1.8 litres (3 pints) cranberry juice, 600 ml (1 pint) orange juice, 600 ml (1 pint) ginger ale, orange and lemon slices for decoration, ice (crushed if preferred)
Half-fill a large punch bowl with the ice. Pour in the cranberry and orange juices; stir to mix. Top up with the ginger ale, decorate with orange and lemon slices and serve.
Makes 15 servings.
Prohibition Punch [2]
Ingredients: Sugar and water to make 125 ml (4 fl oz) sugar syrup, 350 ml (12 fl oz) lemon juice, 900 ml (1 ½ pints) apple juice, 2.5 litres (4 pints) ginger ale, ice cubes, orange slices to decorate
First make the sugar syrup by putting equal parts caster sugar and water into a small pan and stirring over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil, and keep at this level without stirring for 1-2 minutes. Let the syrup cool in a container.
Stir the sugar syrup, lemon and apple juices in a large jug or bowl. Add the ginger ale and ice cubes and make sure the ingredients are combined. Decorate with orange slices. Makes 25-30 servings.
Southern Belle (Alcohol-Free Mint Julep) [4]
Ingredients: Ginger ale, 1 tsp caster sugar, 2 sprigs of mint leaves, generous squeeze of lemon juice, ice cubes
Place the leaves of one sprig of mint and the sugar in the bottom of a tall glass and use a long-handles spoon to crush the two together to extract as much mint flavour as possible. Add a generous squeeze of lemon juice, some ice cubes and top up with ginger ale. Garnish with the other sprig of mint. Serve with a straw.
St Clements [3]
Ingredients: Orange juice, bitter lemon (any quantity in equal parts), ice cubes, lemon and orange slices
Mix together equal parts of the orange juice and bitter lemon. Serve with plenty of ice and lemon or orange slices.
Shirley Temple [4]
Ingredients: Ginger ale, 2 dashes of grenadine, ice, slice of orange and glacé cherry to garnish
Fill a glass with ice. Add the grenadine and then top up with ginger ale. Garnish with a slice of orange and a cherry. Squeeze in some fresh lime juice if you find it too sweet!
Virgin Mary [4]
Ingredients: 1 can of tomato juice, 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice, 2 dashes of Worcester sauce, 2 drops of Tabasco sauce, salt, pepper and celery salt (to taste), celery stick, ice
Mix the juices, sauces and seasoning well. Pour into a glass with plenty of ice. Use the celery stick to stir.
Tequila-less Sunset [4]
Juice of two oranges, 1 tbsp of grenadine, ice cubes, pineapple and glacé cherry to garnish
Fill a small glass with ice cubes or crushed ice and then pour in the orange juice. Carefully pour on the grenadine by slowly trickling the liquid over the back of a spoon onto the juice. Garnish with the pineapple and cherry on a cocktail stick.
Virgin Piña Colada [4]
Ingredients: 1 part pineapple juice, splash of fresh orange juice, 1 part coconut cream, 1 tbsp single cream, 6 pineapple chunks, crushed ice, glacé cherry to garnish
Place a scoop of crushed ice in a blender and add the pineapple chunks, pineapple juice, orange juice, coconut cream and single cream. Blend for 10 seconds then decant into the glass and garnish with a cherry on a cocktail stick.