Shake up your lockdown with Fitch & Leedes

 Fitch & Leedes alcohol-free recipes in collaboration with Omniblend and Nita West

The Classic Mojito

Ingredients

• 12 to 14 small mint leaves
• 30ml fresh lime juice
• 1 tbsp superfine sugar (or replace with simple syrup made from xylitol)
• 120ml F&L Club Soda

Method

Blend all the ingredients together and garnish with mint leaves and a wedge of lime. Serves 2.

Malibu Peach Lemonade Slushie

Ingredients

• 160g fresh peaches or nectarines (peeled and frozen)
• 120g fresh pineapple (peeled and frozen)
• 350ml F&L Peach Lemonade
• Ice cubes (optional)

Method
Blend all the fruit together and pour into a glass. Top up with F&L Peach Lemonade ice cubes. For a "slushie" texture, add a few blocks of ice to the blender.

Cloudy Cucumber Gin Mocktail

Ingredients

• 1 large English cucumber
• strips of lime zest
• 2 tsp raw sugar – optional
• 2 lemon or lime wedges
• F&L Bitter Lemon
• 30ml fresh lime juice
• 120ml gin (optional)

Method
Place a whole cucumber with half a bottle of dry lemon into the blender (peeling optional).
Run it through a fine sieve and collect the juice in a glass with ice cubes, add in some freshly squeezed lime juice and a slice of lime. Top up with a F&L Bitter Lemon and garnish with lime zest and a cucumber slice.

Cranberry Cream Mocktail

Ingredients

• 100ml F&L Cheeky Cranberry
• 80ml apple juice or purée
• 40ml lime juice 
• 20ml cream of coconut
• 2 dashes grenadine

Method

Fill the blender with ice cubes, add all ingredients and blend. Add the grenadine to the bottom of your glass and top with your Cranberry Cream.

Homemade grenadine recipe

Ingredients

• 500ml xylitol  
• 250ml frozen berries
• 250ml water 

Method

Add all ingredients to a pot and boil for 10 minutes. Allow it to cool before storing in the fridge.

Spicy Ginger Ice Tea
Ingredients

• 375ml honey & ginger tea (you can use any herbal blend)
• 250ml crushed frozen pineapple pieces
• 200ml F&L Ginger Ale
• lemon slice and a few frozen berries to garnish
• ice cubes

Method
Fill glass halfway with crushed ice (add a little F&L ginger ale to get your ice moving in your blender). Add ginger ale and tea to taste. 
Garnish with berries.