This is actually pretty good – the lime/syrup/salt combination is fantastic.
The recipe from the UK Seedlip site suggests using 50ml Seedlip to 20ml lime juice, but I found that a bit weak. It’s also important to shake really well, to make sure the agave syrup mixes in. I ended up with a final mouthful of strong lime, syrup and salt that was mind-blowingly awesome and authentic. Love that salt!
This is an excellent pre-dinner mocktail.
Ingredients
Scale
50ml Seedlip Grove
50ml lime juice
1 tbspn agave syrup
Ice to shake
Ice to serve
Salt to rim the glass
Instructions
Squeeze the limes until you have a good 50ml of juice.
Use the left-over lime half to moisten the rim of your serving glass
Dip the rim of the glass in a saucer of salt
Mix the ice, lime juice, agave syrup and Seedlip in a cocktail shaker and shake well
Strain and pour over fresh ice in a glass
Notes
Seriously – that combination of salt, lime and agave syrup is mind-blowing
Oh, this was a bit awesome. The only problem was that it was too small – I wanted another one straight away. The official recipe is at https://lyres.com.au/recipes/non-alcoholic-amaretto-sour-mocktail. As usual I substituted sugar syrup for agave syrup, as I always have agave syrup in the cupboard. And used an egg white, which meant I had an egg yolk loitering in the fridge, after I forgot to make lemon curd with the leftovers.
This is truly a pleasure to drink. Picture yourself in a dusky bar, sipping elegantly from a delicious pre-dinner drink. The almond taste from the amaretti makes it just that bit unusual.
I’m in love. This is the best watermelon mocktail of all. Beautifully balanced with lime and agave syrup. Forget the rest.
This was the first time in my life I’d had agave nectar, and the combination with lime and watermelon was mind-blowing.
I think I’ll have to remake all of my mocktails with lime and honey, purely for the taste sensation. Agua fresca land, here we come.
Such simple ingredients. I admit I made three different watermelon mocktails today, and each time gave my son a taste. He agrees. This is completely the winner.
The traditional kamikaze mocktail is orange juice, lime juice and a dash of bitters.
It would be much better served in a shot glass, given the concentration of flavours.
Ingredients
Scale
60ml orange juice
60ml lime juice
3 dashes angostura bitters
ice to shake
lime spiral to garnish
Instructions
Mix the ice, juice and bitters in a cocktail shaker.
Strain and pour into a martini glass or similar.
Garnish with a twist of lime.
Keywords: kamikazi mocktail, orange lime and bitters
These are the listed ingredients in the recipe…
However this is what I actually used – a little lazy and artificial.
It was a lovely colour, due to the three dashes of bitters and orange juice.
However I wasn’t altogether happy with the initial result. I think it was the fact that I cheated and didn’t use fresh lime juice. There was something unexpected about the taste. It wasn’t as sweet as expected.
I adjusted the recipe and doubled the orange juice, which did seem to make the difference. It was more of a mocktail, in that it was an elegant drink that you’d enjoy slowly, still with a strong tartness from the lime. But it would have been even better with fresh lime juice.
Lime is the thing that stops people from guzzling drinks. It makes you slow down and savour the flavour. And something to take advantage of when they’re on sale at the fruit shop.
If you’re making this mocktail, definitely use fresh lime juice, and good quality orange juice.
To create the lime twist, I used scissors to cut some of the rind from the lime I had previously used. Scraped off the white pith. Twisted it tightly around a skewer. That gives it enough inherent twist that it will sit on the edge of the glass.
Omg. This packs a punch. V Energy drink + lemon juice + lime juice. Kapow!
Ingredients
Scale
30 ml V (Guarana energy drink)
15ml lemon juice
15ml lime juice
Instructions
Measure 30ml of V into a shot glass
Squeeze a half lime and add 15ml to glass
Squeeze a half lemon and add 15ml to glass
Brace yourself, and drink
Keywords: kamikaze musk shot
This is not a relaxing drink. It’s a wake-me-up and fight-or-flight kind of drink. It redefines tart.
I tried different combinations of this, doubling the V to 60ml, leaving the lemon and lime the same. It’s less in-your-face, and probably the way to go, but is a little let down once you’ve tried the initial combination.
This would be “interesting” as the first lets-get-the-party-going drink on taco night, but you’d want to limit yourself to just one…
Mistress of Mocktails is all about having fun with non-alcoholic cocktails. Whether you're trying to quit alcohol, don't like the taste, trying to be healthier, or just feel like something fancy - hopefully there's a recipe for you :)
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