While Mumbai will be saying bye-bye to the berry soon, Kasturi Gadge shows you how you can give the now sour berries an interesting twist and a fitting farewell
Strawberry and Basil Caipiroska by Chef Vicky Ratnani
Ingredients
- 60ml vodka
- 4 lime wedges
- 10 fresh basil leaves
- 5 fresh strawberries
- 30g grain sugar
Directions
- Muddle sugar, lime, basil leaves and strawberries. Add crushed ice and vodka. Stir well and serve.
Fresh Strawberry Mojito from 36 Oak & Barley
Ingredients
- White sugar, for rimming
- 2 large limes, quartered
- 1/2 bunch mint leaves
- 7 strawberries, quartered
- 200g white sugar
- 250ml white rum
- 500ml club soda
- 20 ice cubes
Directions
- Pour 1/4 to 1/2 inch of sugar onto a small, shallow plate. Run one of the lime quarters around the rim of each cocktail glass, then dip the glasses into the sugar to rim the glass. Set aside.
- Squeeze all of the lime quarters into a sturdy glass pitcher. Toss the juiced limes into the pitcher along with the mint, strawberries, and 1 cup of sugar.
- Crush the fruit together with a muddler to release the juices from the strawberries and the oil from the mint leaves.
- Stir in the rum and club soda until the sugar has dissolved.
- Pour into the sugared glasses over ice cubes and serve.
Berry Melon Caipirinha from Sancho’s
Ingredients
- 8 fresh strawberries
- 30g sugar
- 5 watermelon chunks
- 60ml Cachaca (or white rum)
- 90ml watermelon juice
Directions
- Muddle fresh strawberries with sugar and watermelon.
- Add Cachaca and watermelon juice to it.
- Serve chilled.
Strawberry julep from Tote Bar
Ingredients
- 50ml Belvedere vodka
- 8 fresh strawberries
- 10 fresh mint leaves (no stalks)
- 15ml sugar syrup
Directions
- Pour the syrup on the mint and muddle in the strawberries.
- Add vodka and top with crushed ice.
- Churn and re-top with crushed ice. Stir and garnish with a mint sprig and a strawberry.
Love portion by bartender Arina Suchde at the Art loft
Ingredients
- 3-4 medium sized strawberries
- 60ml lychee juice
- 60ml white rum
- 4-5 basil leaves
- 500ml club soda
- 1/2 lemon
- 10g sugar
Directions
- Add the strawberries and sugar in a tall glass.
- Also add lime and basil leaves to it and crush it a little. Add lychee juice and rum to it. l Fill it up with ice and top it with soda.