Day 5 of my christmas countdown is really getting into the Christmas spirit with a Harvest Apple Spritz. I love cocktail recipes like this where you can pre-prepare everything, and just throw it all in a jug ready to serve.

I’ve been doing a fair bit of quality taste testing this week just to make sure all the cocktails are as good as they look. Should probably think about a dry week or two after the holidays to recover!

Enjoy!

HARVEST APPLE SPRITZ
Recipe by Half Baked Harvest

INGREDIENTS

½ c water
¼ c honey
2 cm fresh ginger, peeled & sliced
6 fresh sage leaves
240 ml vodka
120 ml orange liquor
1½ c apple cider
¼ c fresh lemon juice
360 ml soda water

To Serve
apple slices
fresh sage leaves & flowers
orange zest
ice

METHOD

In a small saucepan, bring ½ cup water, honey, and ginger to the boil over high heat. Boil for 5 mins, add the sage, then remove from the heat and let cool. Remove the sage and ginger.

In a large jug, combine the sage, ginger syrup mix, vodka, orange liquor, apple cider, and lemon juice. Chill until ready to serve.

Add the soda water and ice just before serving. Garnish each drink with an apple slice, sage leaves/flowers and orange zest.

Serves 8