Gz Fizz Recipes

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• In a shaker, combine the cucumber slices, mint leaves and ginger. Muddle the ingredients until they begin to soften. Add enough ice to fill up half of the shaker. Add the cucumber juice and lime juice and shake until the ingredients are combined.
• Transfer immediately to a tall glass and top with the ginger beer. Serve.

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• Place Champagne flute in the freezer 10 minutes before serving. Put the gin and juice in a flute and top with some of the Champagne.

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• Muddle strawberries and sugar in a mixing glass until crushed. Add gin and stir to dissolve sugar. Strain into 2 ice-filled Collins or rocks glasses. Top with seltzer.

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• Put a splash of the Lime-Mint Simple Syrup in one saucer and the crushed graham crackers in a second saucer. Dip each highball glass first into the syrup and then into the graham crackers. Add a scoop of the lime sorbet to each glass.
• Add the remaining Lime-Mint Simple Syrup to a pitcher with the seltzer. Slowly fill each glass with the seltzer mixture to within 1 inch from the top. Top each with 1/4 cup of the whipped cream and some lime zest. Serve with a straw.
• Combine the sugar and 1 cup water in a small pot and cook over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved, a few minutes. Stir in the lime zest and juice and remove from the heat. Add the mint leaves and let steep for 10 minutes.
• Strain to remove the mint leaves and refrigerate until ready to use. Keep any remaining syrup covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

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• Remove the peels from the citrus carefully, making sure not to include any of the pith. Place the peels in a large container and add the vodka (reserve the vodka bottle for later). Infuse until the alcohol strips the oils and color out of the peels, 12 to 24 hours.
• Meanwhile, make the simple syrup. Combine the sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
• Fill the vodka bottle with about 27 ounces of the infused vodka and 7 ounces of the simple syrup and place in the freezer. Serve ice cold in chilled small copita or shot glasses.

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• In a small saucepan, bring the first six ingredients to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes. Refrigerate until cold. Strain syrup, discarding ginger and peppercorns., Using water, moisten rims of eight cocktail glasses. Sprinkle coarse sugar on a plate; hold each glass upside down and dip rims into sugar. Discard remaining sugar on plate., In a pitcher, combine grapefruit juice and syrup. Pour 1/2 cup into prepared glasses over ice; top with 1/2 cup sparkling water.