Strawberry & Thyme Slushie Cocktails
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Sweet strawberries are muddled with aromatic thyme and white rum, with crushed strawberry ice and topped up with soda water. The perfect Valentine's Day Cocktail
Ingredients
For the cocktail:
- 2 cups (320g) strawberries, sliced into quarters (and two whole ones to garnish)
- 8 sprigs fresh thyme (plus two more to garnish)
- 4oz (100ml) of white rum
- 1 cup (240ml) ice
- 1/2 cup (120ml) soda water
Equipment needed:
- Vitamix Blender (or equivalent)
- Muddler
- Two highball glasses
- Jigger/small measuring jug
- Cocktail/Ice Tea/Long Spoon
Instructions
- Put the total of three strawberries (four, if they're small berries) chopped into quarters into each highball glass. Add the the leaves of four sprigs of thyme to each glass.
- Use a muddler (or wooden spoon if you don't have a muddler) to crush them together and release all the flavours.
- Put 2oz/50ml of white rum in each glass.
- Put the ice and remaining strawberries in your Vitamix Blender with the ice. And blend until crushed into a slush consistency (with a vitamix this will take no more than 60 seconds usually, use a tamper to help get the ice to the blade if needed)
- Spoon the strawberry slush into the glasses, filling about 2/3 full. Top up with soda water. Stir with your cocktail spoon three or four times.
- Garnish with a sprig of fresh thyme and a whole strawberry (cut into a heart shape if you feel fancy/cute).
- Serve immediately
Notes
The soda water amount is approximately, how much you use will depend on the size of your glass and personal preference.
To make into a mocktail, just omit the rum.
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Recipe by A Tipsy Giraffe at https://www.atipsygiraffe.com/strawberry-thyme-slushie-cocktails/