Lychee Sour

This lychee sour is one of my absolute favourite cocktails. I’m infusing vodka with kaffir lime leaves overnight, bestowing it with a typical Thai flavour which works perfectly with lychee. All you need is a bit of lime juice on top and a couple of ice cubes, shake it in a shaker and the perfect summer cocktail is done! So easy and so lovely!

Watch me make the recipe here.

This is a recipe from my cookbook ‘Flavours of Home’.

This recipe was created as part of my “Staycation” show, inspiring people with recipes from my travels that they can recreate at home – to get us all to travel in our minds despite being stuck at home this summer.

Ingredients

200ml vodka
5 kaffir lime leaves

For 1 cocktail:
30ml kaffir vodka
80ml lychee juice
20ml lime juice
2 ice cubes
To decorate :
1 lychee
1 kaffir lime leaf

Method

The night before, put the vodka in a jar and add the kaffir lime leaves. Leave to infuse overnight.

The next day, remove the leaves from the vodka. You can keep the infused vodka in the jar for years.

Put all the ingredients for one cocktail in a shaker and shake vigorously. Pour in a cocktail glass and decorate with a lychee and a kaffir lime leaf.

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