Noodles Find the best quality one you can get! Pancakes Drink Blog I hope things have cooled down a little in your part of the world. ACT (mains category), Meet the Chefs - recipes featured on Australian Asparagus Council website, Good Things is written and published by Liz Posmyk ©, - Media release, The Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, 18 January 2013. Dairy Products And that is how you make this wonderfully refreshing non-alcoholic Christmas cocktail with fresh strawberries, lychee and mint. lime wedges and sprigs of fresh mint, to garnish. Tefal This looks like a perfect, refreshing summer drink Lizzy. Events Sydney Book Reviews Learn how your comment data is processed. Plus it’s so easy to throw together with sparkling grape juice, fresh strawberries, lychee and mint. Australian Producers Tell me Peter (and Maureen) have you tried rambutans and longans too!? Beverages So pleased. I just need a half naked man to peel them while fanning me as I lie in a hammock eating lychees. Cuisine Companion Baking Kids In The Kitchen This should keep the leaves nice and lively until required. Hi Liz, Very pleased to be missing the awful weather. Adding just a touch of spice and sweetness to your coffee for a little something fun and festive. Favourite Flavours A fruit with juicy white flesh, surrounding a seed, encased in a red bumpy husk. Charmaine Solomon Hi Christine, hopefully in Spain you've had warm sunshine that isn't that searing heat in the high 30s and worse. Musings Use the back of a teaspoon to lightly crush the fruits and mint to help release some of the flavours and juices. Lizzy this is awesome.. Am going to bookmark this n make it as soon we get warm weather. You could also add in some straws too! Food Verse 1 cup of lychee juice (Dewlands) 1 tsp honey; 1 tsp hot water; 1/2 cup soda water; Crushed ice to serve (30ml white rum) Peel and pit lychees, cut into halves. Instead of white sparkling grape juice, you could also give red sparkling grape juice a try instead! I love them! Apple Growers Fresh strawberries give a vibrancy to this drink, along with seasonal colour. Tweatup510064f8ec Am sure your delicious spritzer is going down a treat! Edible Gifts Thank You It’s fruity, fizzy and refreshing, making it the perfect accompaniment to a meal or snack to gather round. Diet Plus it's so easy to throw together with sparkling grape juice, fresh strawberries, lychee and mint! Peter and I love it too. My Book Salad Too easy! Roughly tear mint leaves and add them into each glass. Plus it’s so easy to throw together with sparkling grape juice, fresh strawberries, lychee and mint. Thanksgiving White grape juice was one of our favourites, which is why it features in this recipe! Pasta it was in the 30s here in Canberra for several weeks, while Sydney was still in the 20s. They provide a sweetness that’s able to infuse in the drink, for a bit of berry, fruity goodness. Coffee Fish Hi Rachel, I think you will enjoy this, very refreshing indeed! Seafood It is summer in a glass, that's a lovely description, thank you. ; ). Stir in the syrup and the lime juice. How lovely and refreshing Liz...I adore the aroma of lychees! New Year Polenta Breakfast Sparkling grape juice particularly has a special place in my heart, as my grandparents would pop open a bottle at Christmas every year. Very good suggestion, Kellie! Happy Australia Day, in advance! I know they won't be that easily sourced in your part of the country! Required fields are marked *. Sandwiches Tzatziki It’s fruity, fizzy and refreshing, making it the perfect accompaniment to a meal or snack to gather round. I'm the same with lychees and limes at present. Citrus: with slices of lemon, lime, orange or even grapefruit. Butter Then add in torn mint leaves. Your email address will not be published. Xx. This drink sounds like something that you should put in an IV bag and mainline. Dry February sounds interesting. The Barber From Budapest Prunes To take sparkling grape juice to a whole new dimension! Vinnies Christmas Appeal, Chill out with my lychee and lime spritzer, Chilled lychees provide refreshment on a hot summer's day, Chill some good quality carbonated plain mineral water until it is close to 'slushy' consistency, Winner ABC's 2015 Australia Cooks competition, Growers & Producers Great work on keeping your garden alive! Yes, things have cooled slightly. Tofu Oh Lizzy, summer in a glass! It looks soo refreshing :). Stop Hunger Start Cooking Thank you... oh, you must try lychee when you get the opportunity! Chop the white flesh finely, similarly to the strawberries, to help infuse the flavours into the drink. Poultry Join me as I share with you my favourite recipes; postcards and morsels from my travels; conversations with cookery writers, Simple lychee and lime spritzer (non alcoholic) recipe, pizzodisevo (therapy - terapia - Therapie). Anzac Autumn I'm sorry. Meat Travel well xo. Bangkok Lychee Cocktail. Preserves Rice Vegetables Giveaways Fresh herbs can also be bought from farmers markets too! Lovely job, Lizzy. Mix honey with hot water to make syrup. Tell me about it! Hello there Mrs M! Merry Christmas Bizzy Lizzy and look forward to much more of your blogs in 2014!!! I can't get enough of limes at the moment, or lychees. Cookies Cakes & Slices The Food Poet recommends adding a pinch of red pepper flakes to amp up the spice factor. Retro I'm Laura and this is The Culinary Letter, addressed to the curious and hungry food adventurers! Pastry Here you'll find cosy comforting recipes with a twist and culinary resources to help you on your own culinary adventures, so you too can eat all the warming delicious foods and drinks! I hope you enjoy it and feature it on the menu this Christmas! Pink Martini Wow! If you’re in Auckland, the La Cigale French Markets in Parnell is one of my favourites for produce. It's fruity, fizzy and refreshing, making it the perfect accompaniment to a meal or snack to gather round. Egg Safety Puree the lychee flesh in a blender or food processor. Reminiscences I think I might have melted! Sauce Nuts Prize Giveaways OMG I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Eggs Pepe Saya As a nostalgic tribute of all those celebrations, with a little twist! A bit sweet and a bit spicy, this Bangkok lychee cocktail is the perfect drink to pair with some homemade Thai food. Friends and guests will get a kick out of this punchy cocktail. Get Recipe Cheese It often pays to have a stash handy in your freezer prepared earlier and ready to go. Hummus Actually. Easter This strawberry lychee mocktail is the perfect non-alcoholic Christmas drink to toast to the festive season. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. We were in Sydney when Canberra hit the 40s! Fruit Curries So it continues with your scary as hell weather. Open the bottle just before serving to ensure optimal sparkle and fizz! However, if you’re able to get your hands on some fresh, then definitely give those a try! Divide strawberry and lychee evenly amongst your desired glasses. I simply cannot stop eating them! Thanks so much - I'm going to give this a whirl! Would absolutely love a glass of this right now.. Food News My Family Swap you for a day! I have not tried lychee before, something else to go on the 'must try' list! This sounds very refreshing! Oh that looks SO refreshing! With the revolting hot weather we have had up here - this looks just the thing. I found a great one at my local supermarket. Truffles Lychees to me mean a Christmas growing up in Far North Queensland, along with an abundance of mangoes, rambutans and the tropics! If you give this Christmas mocktail recipe a go, don’t forget to tag @theculinaryletter and #theculinaryletter, so I can see all your wonderful creations! Hungarian Recipe This strawberry lychee mocktail is the perfect non-alcoholic Christmas drink to toast to the festive season. To release some of the flavour, tear it before adding to each glass and then lightly crush with a spoon, along with the fruits. Pour into a freezer proof container, seal and fast freeze for 1-2 hours, until frozen. Change up your ice cubes in one of the following ways…. Dough Postcards And Morsels Hi Celia, it has indeed. If you should need to keep over a few days, it pays to replace the water daily. 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