If you're pregnant or not drinkng alcohol right now, you might be looking for some festive alternatives to your normal tipple. Thankfully, non-alcoholic options have vastly increased in recent years, from non-alcoholic wines and prosecco, zero percent beers and ciders and alcohol free sprit alternatives.
Here I've listed five of my favourite mocktail ideas for you to enjoy this party season...
#1 Non-alcoholic mulled wine
Ingredients: (serves 6)
500ml pomegranate juice
25g golden caster sugar
handful of frozen blackberries
250ml apple juice
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise
4 cloves
3 black peppercorns
1 orange, quartered
How to make: takes 20 mins
Step 1:
Put the pomegranate juice, sugar, blackberries and apple juice in a saucepan. Add the cinnamon, star anise, cloves, peppercorns and orange.
Step 2:
Heat gently until simmering. Taste for sweetness, then strain into heatproof glasses.
#2 Cranberry Spritz
Ingredients: (serves 2)
100ml cranberry juice
½ orange, juiced
6 sage leaves
around 4 ice cubes
80ml sparkling white grape juice
How to make: takes 5 mins
Step 1:
Pour 50ml cranberry juice into two champagne coups or wine glasses. Divide the orange juice between them, then stir.
Step 2:
Add 3 sage leaves and an ice cube or two to each glass, then top up with the sparkling grape juice.
#3 Frozen Blackberry Smoothie
Ingredients: (serves 1-2)
10 frozen blackberries
½ banana (or 1 small one), sliced
1 ball of stem ginger, from a jar
100ml pomegranate juice or red grape juice
ice
1 thyme sprig and 1 frozen blackberry, to garnish
How to make: takes 10 mins
Step 1
Step 2
#4 Clemantine Mock Mojito
Ingredients: (serves 1)
1 clementine
½ tsp demerara sugar
1 lemon wedge, chopped
ice
small handful of mint, woody stalks removed
a few drops of orange blossom water
sparkling water, to top up
How to make: takes 5 mins
Step 1
Step 2
#5 Mulled Tea
Ingredients: (serves 1)
1 tbsp dried rose petals
4 cloves
1 bay leaf
1 cinnamon stick
2 handfuls frozen mixed berries
1 tsp cranberry sauce
½ orange, quartered
1 green tea tea bag
How to make: taskes 15 mins
Step 1
Use a fancy glass...
If you choose to try one of these recipies, my top tip for enjoying a non-alcoholic beverage, at a party or social occasion, is use a nice glass. It can really make the difference.
These recipies are also availible on the BBC Good Food website, where you'll find an abundance of other mocktail recipies. Enjoy!!
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