Fresh Strawberry Gin Cocktail
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Fresh Strawberry Gin Cocktail
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Let's make a beautiful Strawberry Gin Cocktail! This gorgeous pink gin and tonic uses a fresh strawberry syrup blended with your favorite gin and tonic for a fresh, bright, pink signature cocktail for spring and summertime. Great for Mother's Day, Bridal and Baby Showers, Easter or any summer cocktail hour.
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Ingredients
- 2 oz fresh strawberry syrup recipe below
- 1 1/2 - 2 oz gin use your favorite gin
- 4-6 oz tonic water plain, flavored, infused - use your favorite
- fresh strawberry and lime slices for garnish
- sugared rim - if desired
Strawberry Syrup
- 1 cup fresh strawberries washed and rough chopped; heaping or up to 2 cups if desired
- 0 - 1 cup all-natural cane sugar see notes: may use white sugar; adjust amount to taste
- 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice can use up to 1/2 cup, about 3 large limes
- 2 tablespoons water
- See Strawberry Syrup post for tips on making it less sweet and sour
Instructions
Strawberry Syrup
- 1. Place strawberries, sugar, lime juice and water in a blender and process until smooth and sugar has dissolved.
- 2. It'll take about 2 minutes using all-natural cane sugar, could take a little less time using white sugar. Mixture should be smooth and syrup like. Refrigerate until ready to use in airtight container. Store in fridge up to 3 weeks.
Strawberry Gin Cocktail
- Grab a couple of tall glasses, this is more of a "tall glass cocktail" if that is thing.
- Fill them with ice and pour Fresh Strawberry Syrup over the top.
- Measure and pour desired amount of gin, in the same measuring cup so you get all of that strawberry syrup.Top off with your favorite tonic water! For Easter I provided three options, Elderflower Tonic Water (a beautiful compliment to the strawberries), Citrus Tonic Water and plain ol' Tonic Water <== my favorite brand!
- Give it a good stir so you mix through the strawberry syrup, better yet, pop in a pretty straw!
- Sip responsibly on this delicious strawberry gin and tonic!
- SEE POST FOR HOW TO SET UP A COCKTAIL STATION and for FREE PRINTABLE COCKTAIL INSTRUCTION SIGN.
Notes
- How to rim a glass with sugar:
- A beautiful look for a Mother's day signature cocktail would be to rim these glasses in pink or regular sugar. BEFORE filling glasses with ice, do the following, this may be done ahead of time.
- Can I use something different than tonic water?
- Absolutely! Try lemonade, still or with bubbles like a San Pellegrino Limonata, use Sprite, Ginger Ale, Club Soda or simple seltzer water.
- Pour some sugar onto a small plate - (pink sanding sugar would work great here, or make your own by placing sugar in baggie or container and add a drop of red or pink food color and shake until it colors the sugar to desired hue), all natural cane sugar or white sugar would work great here too.
- Using a lime wedge, rub around the rim of glass.
- Turn glass into sugar until rim is coated, set aside, repeat for number of glasses needed.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1serving
Calories
251kcal
(13%)
Carbohydrates
41g
(14%)
Sodium
57mg
(2%)
Potassium
39mg
(1%)
Sugar
42g
(84%)
Calcium
13mg
(1%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1cocktail
Amount Per Serving
Calories 251 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 251kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 41g | 14% |
| Sodium | 57mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 39mg | 1% |
| Sugar | 42g | 84% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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