Matt Dakers, the Stoli Brand Ambassador shares his favourite healthier cocktails for home
Making healthy cocktails isn’t easy. However, these variations on lemonade with vodka is a great way to introduce fresh ingredients to a simple recipe that requires no special skills . Anyone can make it and they taste amazing! So next time you have guests around, don’t just reach for the first bottle of fizzy drink loaded with sugar and nasties to mix with your vodka, try these instead:
Passion fruit and Carrot Stoli® Lemonade
Put 10 mls of fresh carrot juice and half a fresh passion fruit in the bottom of a highball glass.
Add 50ml Vodka
Add 25ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
Add 12.5ml sugar syrup
Add cubed ice to the top of your glass
Top with water (still or sparkling water)
Pineapple and Tarragon Stoli® Lemonade
Muddle (or crush with wooden spoon) 3-4 fresh pineapple chunks and a 3 stems of fresh tarragon in the bottom of a highball glass
Add 50ml Vodka
Add 25ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
Add 12.5ml sugar syrup
Add cubed ice to the top of your glass
Top with water (still or sparkling water)
Swizzle ingredients to ensure all have mixed together and garnish with a chunk of pineapple and sprig of tarragon
Cherry Stoli® Lemonade
Muddle (or crush with wooden spoon) 5 cherries in the bottom of a highball glass or jam jar
Add 50ml Vodka
Add 25ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
Add 12.5ml sugar syrup
Add cubed ice to the top of your glass
Top with water (still or sparkling water)
Swizzle ingredients to ensure all have mixed together and garnish with some fresh cherries on top
Stolichnaya Vodka is available in all major retailers including Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Tesco and RRP is £19.
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