Gin Fizz

Posted on December 28, 2012 by SarahJane

The gin fizz is a lovely refreshing old time cocktail. Bring back the fizz!

Ingredients

45ml or 1 1/2oz gin

1 1/2 teaspoons of rich sugar syrup (you can find the recipe here but make sure you watch this video first as the ratio of sugar to water is not the same!)

3 teaspoons of lemon juice

soda water

ice cubes

lemon slice for garnish

a cocktail shaker

Method

Half fill your cocktail shaker with ice cubes.

Add the gin, sugar syrup and lemon juice.

Shake shake shake.

Pour into a glass of ice.

Add the soda water and garnish with the lemon juice.

Sip through a straw.

Mugly

Posted on September 17, 2011 by SarahJane

An unusual and sweet 19th century rice pudding dessert.

Ingredients

135gm or 4 1/2oz of sticky rice. I have used medium grain rice.

1 1/4 pints or 600ml water

4 tablespoons of sugar (15ml tablespoons)

1 cinnamon stick

roasted unsalted peanuts

Makes 2 – 3 serves

Method

Put the rice, water, sugar and cinnamon in a saucepan and cook over a gentle heat until all of the water has been absorbed.

Turn off the heat, put on a close fitting lid and leave to cool.

Remove the cinnamon stick.

Rinse some small jell-o (jelly to my non-US viewers) moulds out with water and leave them wet.

Press the rice into the moulds.

Put them in the fridge to set completely.

Put a plate on top of the moud, flip upside down and remove the mould.

Decorate with peanuts.