Summer
Mead-a-colada
- Ingredients:
- ½ shot Matawi Honey Liqueur (15ml)
- ½ shot Matawi Honey Gin (15ml)
- 2 tablespoons of chopped pineapple chunks (50g) (swop out half for fresh mango if desired)
- ½ cup coconut water (125ml)
- Squeeze of honey depending on sweetness of pineapple (as desired)
- Preparation:
- In a blender, blitz the pineapple chunks together with the Matawi Honey Gin and still Pour mixture into an old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice. Top with coconut sparkling water and add a squeeze of honey if a sweeter drink is preferred. Stir well using a honey riddler – enjoy!
Mead-Muddled Melon (serves many)
- Ingredients:
- ½ cup Matawi Honey Liqueur (125ml)
- ½ cup Matawi Honey Gin (125ml)
- ½ cup Matawi Citrus Mead Mixer (125ml)
- Medium sized watermelon, cut into chunks & chilled
- Ice
- Bitters
- Fresh mint leave, a generous bunch finely chopped
- Preparation:
- Blend all ingredients together in an electric blender until mixture is “slushy-like” in texture. Serve in chilled glasses of your choice – enjoy!
Just Peachy, Honey! (serves 2)
- Ingredients:
- 1 shot glass of Matawi Honey Liqueur (30ml)
- 1 shot glass of Matawi Honey Gin (30ml)
- 1-2 shot glasses of fresh water (30-60ml)
- 1 medium-sized ripe fresh peach
- 1-2 teaspoons lemon juice, freshly squeezed (5-10ml)
- Drizzle of honey (as desired)
- Fresh Basil, a few leaves
- Preparation:
- In a saucepan, on low-medium heat, add 1 shot glass of water and the freshly-squeezed lemon. To this, add slices of the ripe peach, 2-3 basil leaves finely chopped and drizzle over a little honey (½ teaspoon or to your liking). Allow the mixture to come to a gentle boil (adding drops of additional water as needed). Do not over-cook: remove the mixture from the heat before it becomes “jammy.” Set aside to cool before blitzing/straining through a sieve to achieve a peach puree.
- Spoon 2 teaspoons (10ml) of the peach puree into champagne flutes. In a cocktail mixer with cracked ice, vigorously shake together the rest of the ingredients before straining into the flutes – enjoy!
Braggot-shandy
- Ingredients:
- 1 shot glass of Matawi Honey Liqueur (30ml)
- 330ml chilled can of Matawi Braggot
- ½ a shot glass of lemon juice, freshly squeezed (15ml)
- Drop of ginger essence (grated ginger strained/filtered through cheesecloth) – less than ½ a teaspoon
- Drizzle of honey (if a sweeter braggot-shandy is desired)
- Preparation:
- Drizzle honey around the inside of a chilled beer glass. To this, add all the ingredients before topping off with the Braggot and stirring gently – enjoy!
Mead Mango Lassi (serves 2)
- Ingredients:
- 1 shot glass Matawi Honey Liqueur (30ml)
- 1 shot glass Matawi Honey Liqueur (30ml
- 1 cup plain yoghurt (250ml)
- 1 cup ripe mango, cut into cubes (approx. 120g)
- Fresh mint leaves, a small bunch/hand-full finely chopped
- Drizzle of honey (if desired)
- Dash of ground mixed spice to garnish (optional)
- Ice
- Preparation:
- In an electric blender, blend together all of the ingredients (except ground spice) adding water/milk to thin if the mixture is too thick. Pour into chilled glasses of your choice, sprinkling over a dash of ground spice to garnish before serving – enjoy!
