Fizzes and Slings

Fizzes and Slings

Fizzes and Slings are long, gently sparkling drinks, ideal for warm summer evenings. The names of the Sling recipes reflect their popularity among the administrators and plantation owners of the British Empire in the Far East in the 1920's and 1930's: theirs was the world intimately described in the short stories of Somerset Maugham. Fizzes have always been popular in the USA, especially in the southern States. Both Slings and Fizzes are ideal types of cocktails for the drinker who wants to experiment. Remember, too, that a couple of the fruity ones a day will provide you with all the vitamin C you need!

Note: 1 measure = 45 ml

GIN SLING

1 teaspoon sugar
2 measures Gin
mineral or soda water to top up

Dissolve the sugar in a little water in a tall tumbler. Add the gin and a lump of ice. Top up with mineral water or soda water. Serve with straws.

BUCK'S FIZZ

1/2 cup orange juice
(approximately)
Champagne to top up

Fill a tall tumbler with crushed ice. Fill a quarter of the glass with orange juice and top up with Champagne. Decorate with an orange slice.

DUBONNET FIZZ

juice of 1/2 orange
juice of 1/4 lemon
1 teaspoon Cherry brandy
2 measures Dubonnet
soda water to top up

Shake the ingredients well with ice, strain into a tumbler and fill with soda water. Decorate with fruit.

IMPERIAL FIZZ

juice of 1/2 lemon
1 measure dark rum
2 measures Canadian whisky
1 1/2 teaspoons caster sugar
soda water to top up

Shake the ingredients well with ice, strain into a tumbler and fill with soda water.

SILVER FIZZ

Juice of ½ Lemon

1 ½ teaspoons Caster Sugar

2 measures Gin

1 egg white

soda water to top up

Shake the ingredients well, strain into a tall tumbler and fill with soda water. Add a twist of lemon peel. For a Golden Fizz, replace egg white with a yolk.

PINEAPPLE FIZZ

2 tablespoons Pineapple juice

1 ½ teaspoons Caster sugar

2 measures Dark Rum

soda water to top up

Shake the ingredients well with ice, strain into a tall tumbler and fill with soda water. Decorate with pineapple.

STRAWBERRY BLUSH

Juice of ½ lemon or 1 lime

4 Strawberries, crushed

1 ½ teaspoons Caster sugar

1 tablespoon Thick cream

2 measures Gin

soda water to top up

Shake the ingredients well with ice, strain into a tall tumbler and fill with soda water. Decorate with strawberry slices.

RUBY FIZZ

Juice of ½ lemon

1 teaspoon Caster sugar

1 egg white

2 dashes of raspberry syrup or grenadine

2 measures Sloe Gin

soda water to top up

Shake the ingredients well with ice, strain into a tall tumbler and fil with soda water.

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