Easy 3-Ingredient Summer Drinks For Last-Minute Gatherings; Recipes Inside
Summertime means lots of vacation days, which in turn means guests coming home at short notice for a leisurely gathering. And when that happens, coming up with interesting cocktail and mocktail concoctions on the fly can get overwhelming. But there are some easy, straightforward recipes out there, requiring just about three ingredients readily available in the kitchen during summer, that can be utilised to make excellent drinks.
These recipes often make use of seasonal fruits like mangoes, watermelons and coconuts which are available in plenty in the tropics during summers. Incorporating them into drinks not only imbues cocktails and mocktails with lots of flavours but also adds a seasonal touch to one’s mixology game. As well, these drinks can be made quickly, by building ingredients in a cocktail glass or shaker, meaning they are suitable alternatives when guests show up unexpectedly at home.
Read on below for some great 3 ingredient recipes that are tasty, quick to make, are full of summer staples and can be put together quickly for a last-minute gathering:
Watermelon Mint Splash
A mocktail made out of fresh watermelons that ripen during summers, this is a cool drink to serve guests at brunch hour or early evening accompanied by crispy munchies. Use plenty of mint in the recipe so the sharp taste of the herb balances out the fruity sweetness of the watermelon.
Ingredients:
6-7 large watermelon chunks
1 tablespoon lemon juice
5-6 mint leaves
Method:
– Put 6-7 deseeded watermelon chunks in a blender, add 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 5-6 mint leaves. Blend the drink to juice the watermelon pieces until they are well integrated with the mint leaves. Fill a tall, highball glass with ice and top it off with the blended mixture.
Pineapple Ginger Fizz
Made out of freshly squeezed pineapple juice, this fizzy drink brings together the sweet and tangy notes of the tropical fruit with the slightly spicy flavours of ginger for a well-balanced mix of contrasting flavour notes.
Ingredients:
30 ml fresh pineapple juice
5-6 thin ginger shavings
90 ml chilled club soda
Method:
– Add 30 ml fresh pineapple juice and 5-6 thin ginger shavings to a glass. Stir the mixture before topping it off with 90 ml chilled club soda. Adjust the amount of club soda depending on the intensity of the drink. Serve the mocktail in a tall highball glass.
Raw Mango Gin Fizz
Since freshly made raw mango pulp is available during summers, it can be incorporated into different cocktail recipes. The sourness of raw mangoes undercuts some of the herbaceous and savoury notes in gin, to give the drink a subtle complexity.
Ingredients:
5-6 tablespoons raw mango pulp
30 ml Tanqueray No. 10 Gin
90 ml chilled club soda
Method:
– In a cocktail shaker, muddle 5-6 tablespoons of raw mango pulp (increase or decrease the quantity depending on the acidity of the pulp) and 30 ml Tanqueray No. 10 Gin. Add the mixture to a tall highball glass before topping it off with 90 ml chilled club soda. Adjust the amount of soda according to the fizz preferred, without diluting the drink too much.
Kokum Vodka Spritzer
Another summertime ingredient used widely in tropical regions for making cocktails and mocktails is dried kokum. This is usually available in syrup form and can be used to concoct drinks with a sour and sweet flavour profile.
Ingredients:
2-3 tablespoons kokum syrup
30 ml Ciroc Ultra Premium Vodka
90 ml chilled club soda or sparkling water
Method:
– Bring together 2-3 tablespoons of kokum syrup and 45 ml Ciroc Ultra Premium Vodka in a cocktail shaker and stir well. Transfer this mixture into a serving glass and top it off with 90 ml chilled club soda or sparkling water according to whatever is available in the fridge when guests show up.
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