Instead of a bouquet of roses, mix Mom up a strawberry gin fizz with a little rose water or one of these other special cocktails that go beyond the traditional mimosas, Bloody Marys, and bellinis. Even the Rolling Stones will tell you, every mother needs something that “helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day.” Cheers!
Strawberry Rose Gin Fizz
Ingredients:
6 large strawberries, washed and de-stemmed
2 tsp. sugar
4 shots gin
1 tsp. rose water
pinch of salt
1/2 c. club soda
Directions:
Dice strawberries into very small pieces and sprinkle sugar over top. Let sit 5 minutes. Mash the strawberries with fork. Fill cocktail shaker with ice, and add strawberry mixture, gin, rose water and a pinch of salt. Shake and divide between two glasses. Top each glass off with club soda (to taste) and squeeze a lime wedge into each glass.
Mother’s Blush
Ingredients:
1 oz. Aperol
1 oz. fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice
Prosecco
Grapefruit peel for garnish
Directions:Add Aperol and grapefruit juice to a Champagne flute. Top with Prosecco to taste and garnish with grapefruit peel.
Blueberry Bliss
Ingredients:
6 pieces fresh mint
6 fresh blueberries
1 Tbsp. blueberry jam
2 oz. vodka
3/4 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
Ginger beer, to taste
3 blueberries, for garnish
1 mint sprig, for garnish
In cocktail shaker, muddle blueberries and mint. Add vodka, jam, lime juice, and ice, and shake vigorously. Pour into rocks glass filled with ice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with skewer of blueberries and mint sprig.
