Best Strawberry Gin Recipes

FROZEN STRAWBERRY-GIN LEMONADE

Steps:

• Hull the strawberries and place on a plate. Freeze until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, make a simple syrup: Heat 1/3 cup water and the sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Let cool.
• Combine the simple syrup, frozen strawberries, 1 1/2 cups ice, the lemon juice and gin in a blender. Blend until thick and smooth.
• Pour the drink into glasses. Garnish each with a lemon twist.

STRAWBERRY-GIN COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Place the strawberry basil leaves, and sugar into a cocktail shaker, and mash well with a cocktail muddler. Add half of the ice to the cocktail shaker, and place the rest into a tall glass. Pour in the gin and lemon juice, cover, and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into the chilled glass over the ice, top with the club soda, and stir to serve.

CHAMOMILE STRAWBERRY GIN DAISY COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Place the strawberry in a cocktail shaker. Using a muddler, smash the strawberry into a purée. (If you don't have a muddler, you can use a small bowl and the tines of a fork or the handle of a wooden spoon to smash the berry before adding it to the cocktail shaker.)
• Add the gin, chamomile simple syrup, lemon juice, grenadine and a handful of ice to the shaker. Shake vigorously for about 30 seconds. Add more chamomile simple syrup and lemon to taste.
• Strain into a large (8- to 10-ounce) glass or cup. (If you prefer, you can serve over ice as well.) Garnish with strawberry slices or an edible flower, if desired.

STRAWBERRY-CUCUMBER GIN-ELDERFLOWER SPRITZ

Steps:

• Muddle sliced strawberries, halved cucumber slices, sugar, and lemon juice in the bottom of a pitcher until fruits break down and release most of their juices and sugar has dissolved. Stir in gin and St-Germain to combine. Fill 6 glasses halfway with ice. Divide fruit-and-gin mixture evenly among glasses. Top each with 1 to 2 ounces club soda; stir once. Top each with a few dashes of bitters, whole strawberries, and cucumber rounds; serve immediately.

STRAWBERRY GIN

Steps:

• Mix the gin with the strawberries and caster sugar in a large bowl and pour into a 1.5-litre sterilised Kilner jar.
• Store in the fridge and stir every two days for three weeks. Strain though coffee filters or muslin cloth to serve.

STRAWBERRY-CHAMOMILE ICED TEA WITH GIN

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil with 1 cup sliced strawberries and 1/2 cup sugar; stir to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat, add 12 chamomile tea bags and steep 5 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher, gently pressing on the solids. Stir in 3 cups cold water and 1 cup gin. Chill. Serve over ice with strawberry slices.

STRAWBERRY GIN

Steps:

• Spoon the roughly crushed strawberries into the bottle or jar. Add the sugar & gin, seal and give the bottle a gentle shake to mix everything together.
• Leave the sealed bottle or jar at room temperature for 3 days, giving the container a gentle shake twice a day to make sure all the sugar dissolves into the gin.
• Strain the mixture into a jug, wash & dry the bottle or jar and return the strained gin into it.
• Seal well with a screw-topped lid, cork or clip top. Make a label giving the date made & a 3 month drink-by date.