You’ve decided on a beautiful, bohemian summer wedding, and we have just the drinks for your cocktail hour! We’ve incorporated the season’s blooms into our choices, not only for their eye appealing decor, but for their health benefits and flavor. Enjoy!
Elderflower Cocktails
Recipe from Socially Superlative
Ingredients:
Splash of Vodka
Dash of St Germain
Champagne or Prosecco
Directions:
Mix all ingredients into a chilled flute and serve with the garnish flower of your choice. You can also mix ingredients into a rocks glass, top with ice, soda water and mixed berries.
Coconut Lavender Lemonade
Recipe from: Confectionalism.com
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 3/4 cups sugar
8 cups coconut water
4 cups water
Lavender syrup to taste
1 oz vodka
Directions:
Place lemon juice, sugar, coconut water, and water into a pitcher and shake. Pour 1/2 of the lavender syrup into the pitcher and stir. Garnish with lavender flowers
*Photo credit: Confectionalism.com
Restless Hips
Recipe by: Greg Kaletzke of Barn One Drinks
Ingredients:
1 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Cherry Liqueur
2 dashes of Rose Water
2 oz. Cranberry Juice
Directions:
Pour ingredients over ice into a cocktail shaker and shake well. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a cherry and/or rose petals.
Blue Butterfly Pea Flower & Basil Seeds Drink
Recipe by: Veganology.com
Ingredients:
Blue Butterfly Pea Flowers
2 tbsp of Basil Seeds
1 cup of Coconut Water
1 oz Vodka or Spirit of choice
Directions:
Soak the basil seeds and Butterfly Pea flowers in coconut water, add spirits. Garnish with Blue Butterfly Pea Flowers
Hibiscus Hour
Recipe By: Designs by Kelsey
Ingredients:
Hibiscus flowers
Syrup
Champagne
Directions:
Preserve the hibiscus flower in syrup, cover with champagne. Simple. Beautiful, and Elegant.
Grapefruit Mint Mimosas
Recipe By: Smarty had a Party
Ingredients:
1 bottle of champagne
1 bottle of grapefruit juice
fresh mint leaves
Organic dianthus for floral garnish
Directions:
Crush mint leaves in a champagne glasses. Pour champagne and fill flute halfway. Top off with grapefruit juice. Garnish with a flower.
* Photo credit: http://blog.smartyhadaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Edible-flower-cocktails-spring-party-ideas-SmartyHadAParty.com_1.jpg
Strawberry and Jasmine Wine Cocktail
Recipe from: Jerry James Stone
Ingredients:
1 strawberry
2 ounces jasmine liqueur
2 Dashes Angostura bitters
1 Splash simple syrup
5 ounces Rosé Wine
Ice
Edible Flower of you choice
Directions:
In a glass, mix one strawberry with 1 ounce of the jasmine liqueur. Add the remaining liqueur, 2 dashes of Angostura bitters, a splash of simple syrup, 5 oz off-dry rosé wine, and ice. Stir to combine. Strain into a martini glass, garnishing with an edible flower.
* Photo credit: Jerry James Stone
Lemon Chamomile Spring Cocktail
Recipe By: Honestly Yum
Ingredients:
For the cocktail
1 1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz chamomile syrup
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/4 oz elderflower liqueur
1 teaspoon lemon curd
1 teaspoon greek yogurt
1 egg white
fresh chamomile flowers for garnish
For the chamomile syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons dried chamomile
For the lemon curd
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons lemon zest
1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
6 tablespoons butter, cut into small cubes
Directions:
For the lemon curd
In a heavy saucepan, whisk together lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar, and eggs.
Whisk in the butter and cook on medium-low heat.
Whisk constantly until the curd is thick and the first bubbles appear on the surface, about 6-8 minutes.
Transfer the curd to a bowl and chill until cold, at least one hour.
For the chamomile syrup
In a medium saucepan, add sugar and water and cook over medium heat until the sugar has completely dissolved.
Add the chamomile, remove from heat and let steep while the syrup cools to room temperature, about 15 minutes.
Strain through a fine mesh strainer and store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
For the cocktail
Add the egg white, gin, chamomile syrup, lemon juice, elderflower liqueur, yogurt, and lemon curd, and dry shake (without ice) to combine.
Fill shaker with ice and shake vigorously.
Double strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with fresh chamomile flowers.
