Mocktails - One for the sober drivers. Photo / File
Mocktails - One for the sober drivers. Photo / File
Michael Van de Elzen: 'Summer Cherry Sour'
Serves 1 / Prep time 10 minutes
• 1 egg white • 60ml plumonade cordial • 12 pitted cherries, hand crushed • ice
Beat egg white until soft peaks form.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add egg white, cordial and cherries. Shake well and strain into a martini glass. Retrieve cherries from shaker and add to cocktail. Serve.
How to make plumonade:
Makes 500ml syrup / prep and cooking time 15 minutes
• 330ml can plums in light syrup, destoned • 4 tbsp honey • 500ml water • 2 lemons, halved and squeezed
Combine all the ingredients into a small pot, including the squeezed lemon halves and plum juice.
Bring to a boil and simmer for five minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Strain the liquid through a sieve. Store in an airtight container.
Michael Van de Elzen: 'Summer Cherry Sour'
Michael Van de Elzen is a New Zealand celebrity chef and television star with the show The Food Truck.
Brett McGregor: 'Blueberry and Maple Mojito'
Serves 1 / Prep time five minutes
• 8-10 mint leaves, plus more for garnish • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice • 1 tbsp good quality maple syrup • ⅓ cup blueberry juice - no added sugar • ½ cup soda • frozen blueberries, for garnish
Add the mint leaves to a glass (size depends on how much ice you want). Muddle well until the mint releases its flavour.
Add the lime juice, maple syrup, blueberry juice and soda to the glass and stir until all the ingredients are well combined.
Add ice and a handful of frozen blueberries for garnish. You can garnish with additional mint leaves if you like.
Celebrity chef Brett McGregor. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Brett McGregor was declared New Zealand's first Masterchef in 2010 and has since published several cookbooks.
Lee-Anne Wann: 'Grapefruit Mojito'
• 1 grapefruit • 2 limes • 2 tbsp manuka honey • 3 drops of grapefruit essential oil • fresh mint leaves • sparkling water • ice
Squeeze out the juice of the grapefruit and limes and stir in the honey until fully dissolved.
For one drink, fill a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice, 150ml sparkling water, 1-2 drops of grapefruit essential oil and 2-3 fresh mint leaves.
Shake well until well combined, and pour into your glass over ice.
Health and fitness expert Lee-Ann Wann. Photo / Supplied
Lee-Anne Wann is a fitness and health commentator and speaker at corporate events, conferences and retreats. She previously worked on the TV 1 show Kiwi Living in 2015.
Mohit Sharma: 'Watermelon Shirley Temple'
• 15ml grenadine syrup • 90ml fresh watermelon juice • 5ml fresh lime juice • lemonade to top
Fill a hurricane glass with ice. Add grenadine syrup, fresh watermelon juice and fresh lime juice. Top it up with lemonade. Garnish with fresh watermelon flag & mint sprig.
Rohit Sharma: 'Watermelon Shirley Temple'
Mohit Sharma is a hospitality tutor at the Professional Business and Restaurant School and was named Supreme Cocktail Champion of 2017 at the NZ Hospitality Awards.
Carl Fletcher: 'Non-Alco Mojito'
• 1 bag of ice • 1 lime cut into wedges • 2 heaped teaspoons of sugar • 10 mint leaves • soda water to fill
Put two heaped teaspoons of white, caster or brown sugar into the bottom of a tall glass. Add a lime cut into wedges (a handy, cheap way around paying for a single lime is to buy lime sachets or bottles of lime juice at the supermarket).
Use a muddler or end of a rolling pin to crush the sugar and lime to release the lime juice. Put 10 mint leaves in one hand and clap.
Slide the mint down the glass and into the lime/sugar mix. Fill the glass halfway with ice and fill with soda water.
Carl Fletcher of the ZM breakfast show. Photo / Michael Craig
Carl Fletcher is a presenter on the Fletch, Vaughan & Megan show on ZM from 6am-10am on weekdays.
Niva Retimanu: 'Apple & Lime Mojito Mocktail'
• 1/3 cup apple juice. • 1/3 cup sparking water. • 1 whole lime. • 1 sprig fresh mint leaves. • 1 teaspoon sugar.
Muddle the quartered lime [if you prefer to, remove the lime skin first], sugar and mint leaves.
Place ice cubes in a highball glass, add mixture and pour in apple juice.
Top with sparkling water and stir. Garnish with a mint leaf and serve.
Niva Retimanu of Newstalk ZB. Photo / Dean Purcell
Niva Retimanu has spent over 30 years in the radio industry. She currently works as the afternoon newsreader on Newstalk ZB.
Sarah Gandy: 'Passionfruit Punch'
• 1 passionfruit per drink (you can use the bottled stuff from the supermarket if they're not in season) • 1 good handful of mint leaves (plus extras to serve) • 1 squeezed lime juice (1 lime per 4 drinks) • 1 cup of sparkling water per drink.
Combine passionfruit, lime juice and mint over ice and then top with sparkling water. Serve with extra mint in the glass.
Sarah Gandy with The Hits co-hosts Sam Wallace and Toni Street. Photo / Supplied
Sarah Gandy is one of the breakfast hosts on The Hits from 6am to 9am on weekdays with Sam Wallace and Toni Street.
Alex Seddon: 'Virgin Southeast Asian Mojito'
• half a lime, cut into thirds • 1 coriander stalk • 30ml apple juice • 30ml pineapple juice • 15ml chili syrup • 15ml coconut syrup • 30ml lime juice
Place lime wedges and coriander stalk and take to it with a pestle in your muddler - It's one of the best ways to incorporate fresh fruits and herbs into your drinks. Remove lime and coriander so you're left with lime juice.
Fill your muddler with ice and measure out apple and pineapple juice, chili syrup, coconut syrup and additional lime juice. Muddle for a minute or so.
Fill a collins glass with crushed ice, and strain your Virgin Southeast Asian Mojito into the glass. Garnish with coriander and chili.
Alex Seddon of Hot Sauce Wellington. Photo / Supplied
Alex Seddon is the bar manager at Hot Sauce Wellington, this drink is a twist on one of the bar's favourite mocktails.
Soul Bar & Bistro: 'Peach Perfect'
• 60ml peach puree • 60ml apple juice • 15ml lime juice • 10ml sugar syrup • 5ml vanilla syrup
Blend and serve in a pre-chilled coupe glass. Flower or fruit to garnish.
Soul Bar: 'Peach Perfect'
Soul Bar & Bistro boasts views outlooking Auckland's Viaduct Harbour and is one of the busiest bars in Auckland.
• 15ml fresh lime • 15ml ginger syrup (fresh ginger juice and sugar) • 44ml fresh orange juice • 15ml pomegranate mollasses • topped up with soda • garnish with crystallised ginger
Caretaker is a New York-style cocktail bar found in Auckland's Britomart.
Jaquie Brown: 'Tiny Umbrella'
Any drink with a tiny umbrella in can be classified as a cocktail in my books. Water, coffee. You don't need alcohol to have a good time, just a tiny umbrella.
New Zealand TV personality Jaquie Brown. Photo / Brett Phibbs
Jaquie Brown is a New Zealand television presenter, actress and radio presenter. She has worked as a presenter for C4 Music and reporter for Campbell Live.
Nathan Rarere: 'The Fedora Classic'
• 1 big bottle of Bundaberg ginger beer (with the screw top lid) • 1 watermelon • 1 bunch of grapes • 1 handful of mint leaves • 1 bag of Ice • 1 blender • 1 fedora • 1 container of beard wax
Start by taking the seeds out of the watermelon and then cutting it into cubes the size of those giant liquorice allsorts that you get on Father's Day.
Soak the watermelon cubes in ginger beer while you cut the grapes in half longways. Put the grapes and watermelon into a container and put it in the freezer. Wait until they freeze solid.
Put 1/4 of the ice into the blender with ten grape halves and eight watermelon chunks. Grab a leaf of mint and rip it up in your hand, then sprinkle it on to the ice.
Put the rest of the ice in the blender and grind it so that the ice looks like the consistency of a McDonald's frozen Coke.
Pour your ice/grape/melon/mint combo into a glass and top up with the ginger beer.
Style your moustache into a pointy style using the beard wax and place the Fedora on your head. Go onto the deck and consume it while you "thrill" friends with stories of your OE.
Nathan Rarere of the Radio Sport breakfast show. Photo / File
Nathan Rarere is a presenter on Radio Sport's 'Radio Sport Breakfast' from 6am to 9am on weekdays. He has also had stints on New Zealand television.
