Chumasande MatiwaneThe festive season is for sure here, and that means harvested goodies from your garden can serve as part of the feasts, parties, and even as gifts. Garden cocktails are just one way to introduce your garden bounty to the celebrations. Festive holiday cocktails using herbs, fruits, and other consumables from the garden are the ideal choice.
Festive cocktail garden plants
A glance at any high-end cocktail menu will reflect many herbs, fruits, and other plant-based items as ingredients. There is no reason gardeners can’t produce their own delicious home-brewed or concocted cocktails.
Cranberry-ginger shrub
This is a bold-flavoured mixer that makes for an excellent mocktail for precocious youngins and guests who abstain from alcohol. You can always dress it up with a bit of gin for those who drink alcohol. You are using berries and ginger from your garden, making things easier.
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Homemade pear cider with bourbon
Ripe pears can be made into an excellent-tasting alternative to standard apple cider using just a slow cooker. You can serve it warm or cold, and keep a bottle of bourbon nearby so Christmas guests can stiffen it as much or as little as they like.
Pear fizz cocktail
By marrying fresh pear juice with pear brandy, this Pear Fizz exhibits bold and rich pear flavours, while also maintaining the airy effervescence one would expect from a fizz cocktail.
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Christmas punch
This punch forgoes all the added sugar and instead derives its natural sweetness from the apple cider. Add some spice from ginger beer and tartness from unsweetened cranberry juice, and you have a sophisticated, festive punch for your next holiday party. All ingredients you get in your garden.
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