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If you're looking to add a little pizzaz to your poolside bash, then you must serve up this Summer Fizz. Complete with fruit-infused ice cubes to ensure even the presentation is just perfect, this bubbly nectar filled with hints of refreshing lemon, sweet blueberries, and smooth vodka is sure to impress. Effortlessly chic and deliciously beautiful, Summer Fizz is the moment this season!
Ingredients
- For the fruit-infused ice cubes:
- blueberries, to taste
- fresh mint leaves, to taste, chopped
- 1/2 lemon
- water, to taste
- For the cocktail:
- 4 cups blueberries, divided
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges, divided
- 10 mint sprigs, divided
- 8 ounces vodka
- ice, to taste
- 2 (12.7-fluid-ounce) bottles ginger beer, such as Bundaberg® Ginger Beer
Directions
Step 1 -In a large silicone ice tray, evenly arrange the extra blueberries and the extra chopped mint leaves in each of the compartments.
Step 2 -Use a sharp knife to cut 1 wedge from 1/2 of the lemon.
Step 3 -Squeeze the lemon wedge over the blueberries and the mint in the ice tray.
Step 4 -Evenly fill each of the compartments with the water.
Step 5 -Use a microplane to grate the zest from the remaining portion of the 1/2 lemon over the ice mixture.
Step 6 -Place the ice tray in the freezer and let the fruit-infused ice cubes chill until they are frozen all the way through, for at least 8 hours and up to overnight.
Step 7 -In a large bowl, add 2 cups of the remaining blueberries, the sugar, and the ginger and stir to coat the berries.
Step 8 -Squeeze 2 of the lemon wedges over the blueberry mixture and stir to combine.
Step 9 -In a pitcher, add the blueberry mixture and 6 of the remaining mint sprigs and muddle it thoroughly.
Step 10 -Add the vodka to the blueberry-mint mixture and stir it to combine.
Step 11 -Add the plain ice to the cocktail mixture and stir to combine.
Step 12 -Add the remaining lemon wedges, the remaining 2 cups of the blueberries, and the remaining 4 mint sprigs to the pitcher and stir to combine.
Step 13 -Add the ginger beer to the cocktail mixture and stir to combine.
Step 14 -Transfer the silicone ice tray from the freezer and pop out the fruit-infused ice cubes.
Step 15 -Add 1 of the fruit-infused ice cubes to each of the serving glasses and pour the cocktail over top.
Step 16 -Serve.
