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Bruise the mint

Don’t hold back. Get in there and pull it apart, tearing and bruising it with your fingers to
release the flavours.

From limeonade to mojito
To transform your deliciously fresh limeonade into a mojito, pour a little white rum into a

glass, and pop in some ice, mint and a quarter lime. Top up with the limeonade and drink
up!

The berry bomb

Use a berry jam as the base
Much like the ratio for syrup, to make a liquid jam for this cocktail, use equal parts frozen
fruit and sugar. Take care not to melt your sugar and frozen fruit over too high a heat – it
could end up caramelising and spoiling the beautiful fresh colour of your cocktail.

Ditch the fresh fruit and use frozen berries as they release a lot of liquid when they defrost,
giving you an excellent end result. Once your jam syrup has come to the boil, allow it to
bubble away for about two minutes before turning off the heat.

Crush the ice
If you don’t have an ice crusher, simply place a few ice cubes in a strong kitchen cloth, wrap
it up so that ice pieces can’t escape and whack it a few times with a rolling pin.

Sweeten the cocktail with jam according to your preference
Like the sugar syrup for the mojito, the berry jam will provide your cocktail with its sweet

flavour. You can add as much or as little jam as you want, although Franck recommends not
making it too sweet.

Have some styling fun
Place the cut strawberries against the side of the glass so you can see their colour and

texture. Before doing this, add the ice to the glass to hold the strawberries up and keep
them suspended in the middle of the glass. Disturb the jam at the bottom of the glass a
little with the back of the spoon, so you have colours playing in the glass. As a final styling
flourish, add a little candyfloss to the top, making sure that it doesn’t touch the soda water
beneath it. And voilà, there you have it: a beautiful berry bomb.

The summer cooler

Give the flavours time to mingle
Get maximum flavour exchange by placing the cut slices of pear, apple and cucumber into
the jug with the liquid ingredients a bit before serving time.

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