Giada De Laurentiis Spritzer Slushy Recipes

GIADA DE LAURENTIIS' SPRITZER SLUSHY

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the orange juice, lemon juice, sugar and salt
• Warm over medium heat to just below a simmer, stirring with a wooden spoon to help dissolve the sugar
• Once the sugar is dissolved, remove from the heat and stir in the bitter orange liquor
• Set aside to cool completely
• Pour the mixture into an 8-inch baking dish and freeze for 4 hours or until completely frozen
• Using a fork, scrape the surface of the frozen mixture to form large shards of ice
• Spoon about ½ cup of the mixture into a coupe and top with prosecco
• Excerpt from Giada's Italy by Giada De Laurentiis
• Copyright © 2018 by Giada De Laurentiis
• Used with permission by Clarkson Potter
• All rights reserved

APEROL SPRITZ

Steps:

• Fill a white wine glass halfway with ice. Add the Aperol, prosecco and sparkling water, and stir twice with a spoon. Serve with an orange slice if desired.

LAVENDER-CHAMOMILE SPRITZER

Steps:

• Fill a tall glass with ice. Add the tea syrup, gin and lemon juice. Stir with a cocktail spoon. Top off with the vanilla bean soda. Serve garnished with a lavender sprig if desired.
• Combine the tea, sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan. Place over medium heat and cook, stirring often, until the mixture comes to a boil and the sugar is dissolved. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer. Let cool completely before using.

CAMPARI SPRITZER

Steps:

• Stir the orange juice concentrate and Campari in a pitcher to blend. Stir in the sparkling water. Fill 6 tall glasses with ice. Pour the Campari mixture over. Garnish with the orange peel twists and serve.

CHOCOLATE CITRUS SLUSHY

Steps:

• Add the sorbet, almond milk, orange juice concentrate, vanilla extract and salt to a blender. Puree on high speed for 1 minute.
• Drizzle the caramel sauce evenly among 4 glasses. Divide the slushy among the glasses. Make a small slit in each of the orange candy slices and place one on the edge of each glass. Serve with a spoon.

WINE SPRITZER

Steps:

• In a small bowl, toss the citrus zests together. Divide the zest mixture among an empty ice cube tray, top with water and freeze for 3 to 5 hours.
• In a large pitcher, combine the wine with the sparkling water and the citrus zest ice cubes. Stir and serve.