PINK C O C K T A I L S

•4 ounces frozen strawberries

•½ cup white sugar

•½ cup lemon juice

•½ cup lime juice

•¾ cup rum

•¼ cup lemon-lime flavoured carbonated beverage

•6 cups ice, or as needed

•1 ounce (2 tablespoons) vodka or citron vodka

•1 ounce (2 tablespoons) 100% cranberry juice (do not use sweetened!)

•½ ounce (1 tablespoon) Cointreau

•½ ounce (1 tablespoon) lemon juice

•1 lime wedge

•1 teaspoon simple syrup or maple syrup

•For the garnish: lime wheel (optional)

•16 whole fresh strawberries

•2 tablespoons granulated sugar

•1 bottle dry rosé wine, chilled

•½ cup triple sec, Cointreau or Grand Marnier

•1 handful mint leaves

•1 orange, sliced into rounds

•1 lemon, sliced into rounds

•Soda water, for serving (optional)

•For the garnish: Fresh mint, cocktail skewers

1. In the blender add frozen strawberries, sugar, lemon juice, lime juice. Pour in rum and lemonlime beverage, then add ice and blend until smooth.

1. In a cocktail shaker add ice, vodka, cranberry juice, Cointreau, lemon juice, and syrup. Shake it for 15 seconds until its all cold, then strain the liquid into a martini glass.

2. Squeeze the lime wedge and serve, garnished with a lime wheel if desired.

1. Put aside 6 strawberries. Cut into pieces the remaining strawberries and put them in the blender with sugar and stir.

2. At room temperature, let the strawberries sit for 20 minutes. Then add ½ cup of the wine to the blender and blend until strawberries are fully pureed. Pour it through a mesh strainer into a large pitcher and use a spatula to press the strawberry puree through. Discard the seeds.

3. To the pitcher add the remaining wine and grand mariner. Add fresh mint, lemon and oranges. The 6 strawberries that were left aside add to the pitcher.

4. Put the pitcher in the fridge for at least 1 hour up to 4 hours. Don’t keep it more them 4 hours.

5. Finally, when serving pour the sangria into a glass with ice, top off with soda water if desired. Add a fruit to each glass and it’s all done.

•6 cups of cubed seedless ripe watermelon, chilled, enough for 3 cups juice

•1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

•½ cup lime juice, plus lime slices for garnish (5limes)

•1 cup tequila reposado

•½ cup ice

•1 (12-oz.) can frozen pink lemonade concentrate, thawed

•4 cups white cranberry juice

•2 cups of Vodka

•1L. club soda, chilled

•Garnish: fresh mint sprigs

1. Cut the watermelon into little pieces, then blend them until it’s a juice form. Then pour the juice through a mesh strainer into a new clean dish.

2. Add 3 cups of the watermelon juice, then put it back into the blender and add kosher salt, lime juice, tequila, and lastly ice and blend all together.

3. Serve immediately over ice, or chill for several hours and serve over ice. Garnish with lime slices.

1. In a large pitcher stir lemonade concentrate, Vodka and cranberry juice together. Let it sit for at least 1 hour up to 24 hours. Just before serving stir in club soda.