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| I'm Getting a Tan-gerine |
The name of our nail polish this week is “I’m Getting a
Tan-gerine.” In honour of the warm summer days that we have been experiencing
and will be experiencing, we are going to share with you some tangerine themed cool
summer drinks that we found.
It’s always nice to have a nice and refreshing drinks for
everyone to have at a summer backyard party or BBQ so check out these two
non-alcoholic drinks with tangerine juice that we found.
Cranberry-Tangerine Fizzy
You will need:
For the cranberry simple syrup:
1 1/2 cups
fresh cranberries
1 cup water
1 1/2 cups
sugar
Splash of
vanilla extract
For the Cranberry Tangerine Fizzy:
1 tangerine,
quartered
2-3
tablespoons cranberry simple syrup, or to taste
Ice
Seltzer (Cranberry
Lime Seltzer is good, but plain is fine)
Cranberries
for garnish
Instructions:
Cranberry
simple syrup:
In a small
saucepan, combine cranberries, water, sugar, and vanilla extract. Give it a
quick stir and bring to a boil over medium/high heat (watch it or it will boil
over). Reduce the heat to medium and cook until the cranberries burst (youâ??ll
hear them. Itâ??s so cool), soften, and wrinkle a bit. Remove from heat and
allow it to come to room temperature (cranberries and all). Strain the cranberries,
pressing down on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the
cranberries or save for cheesecake topping. Pour into a glass container with a
tight-fitting lid.
Makes about
2 cups of simple syrup.
For the
Cranberry Tangerine Fizzy:
To an 8
ounce glass, add the quartered tangerines and cranberry simple syrup. Muddle
with a muddler or back of a wooden spoon until the tangerine slices are very
fragrant and release their liquid. Add ice over the tangerine/simple syrup
mixture and top with seltzer. Give it a quick stir and garnish with
cranberries, if desired.
Tangerine Rosemary
Mocktail
1/4 cup fresh squeezed tangerine juice
1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon rosemary simple syrup (recipe below)
2 tablespoons lemon-lime soda
club soda
ice
Fill glass with ice. Add in juices, simple syrup, and lemon-lime soda. Top off with club soda. Garnish with tangerine slice and sprig of rosemary. Stir before drinking. (If you prefer your drinks a little less sweet, just leave out the lemon-lime soda).
Rosemary Simple Syrup:
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 sprigs of rosemary
Combine water, sugar and rosemary in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and let sit for about 10 minutes. Strain out rosemary and let cool completely. Store syrup in a lidded jar or bottle in the refrigerator.
And if you’re interested in an adults only tangerine drink,
here are a couple ones that sounded good.
Tangerine Martini
Ingredients:
ice
3 fluid ounces freshly squeezed tangerine juice
1 1/2 fluid ounces vodka
1 teaspoon orange-flavored liqueur (such as
Cointreau(R))
Directions:
Place ice in
a martini shaker and pour tangerine juice, vodka, and orange liqueur over ice.
Cover, shake vigorously, and pour into a martini glass.
Frozen TangOrita
Recipe by Oprah Winfrey
Ingredients
4 oz. tangerine juice, freshly squeezed
2 oz. tequila, Patron Silver
1/3 oz. (or “hint”) or triple sec
3/4 to 1 c. ice
Mix of colored salt and sugar, for rim
Floating mint lead, for garnish
Tangerine wedge, for garnish
Directions
Combine tangerine juice, tequila, triple sec and ice in a blender. Blend on the highest setting until smooth, scraping down sides as needed.
Moisten the rim of a margarita glass with a tangerine wedge. Dip the rim into the salt and sugar mix, and twist to coat.
Pour the drink into the glasses, add a mint leaf and garnish with tangerine wedge (or slice).
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