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Rosemary and honey mocktail recipe and wedding drink ideas

When I tasted this Rosemary and honey mocktail from friendy Liezel from Match Set Love for the first time I begged her to share the recipe with me. This mocktail recipe is really easy to follow and the syrup lasts well.

What is a mocktail?

A mocktail is basically a non-alcoholic version of a traditional cocktail. A ‘mock’ version. It is generally this mixture of a syrup or cordial with water.

Rosemary and honey mocktail recipe

Rosemary and honey mocktail recipe

Makes: 1 x 500ml bottle

AuthorKari

Prep Time15 minsCook Time30 minsTotal Time45 mins

Ingredients

 2 cups water
 2 cups sugar
 2 tbsp rosemary (leaves pulled from the sprigs)
 2 tbsp honey

Method

1

Bring the water, sugar, rosemary & honey to a boil in a large, stainless steel saucepan.

2

When it starts to boil, remove from heat and allow to steep 30 minutes.

3

Strain and pour into a sterilized bottle. Chill and refrigerate, tightly covered.

4

Mix with sparkling water for a refreshing drink or use to sweeten hot or cold drinks. Serve with a rosemary sprig.

Ingredients

 2 cups water
 2 cups sugar
 2 tbsp rosemary (leaves pulled from the sprigs)
 2 tbsp honey

Directions

1

Bring the water, sugar, rosemary & honey to a boil in a large, stainless steel saucepan.

2

When it starts to boil, remove from heat and allow to steep 30 minutes.

3

Strain and pour into a sterilized bottle. Chill and refrigerate, tightly covered.

4

Mix with sparkling water for a refreshing drink or use to sweeten hot or cold drinks. Serve with a rosemary sprig.

Rosemary and honey mocktail recipe

Wedding drinks & presentation

We all know about the traditional wines, champagnes and fruit juices, but are there any interesting non-alcoholic options for guests to enjoy? Lauren shared a lovilee option of a Chamomile Cooler that can also be used, she served it in a Consol Glass mason jar with paper straw a while ago, and photographer, Carike Ridout and I thought we’d look at a few more options.

I like presenting drinks in various glasses, not only do I use my wine glasses for wine, but I feel they are too pretty to be stashed away so I regularly just use them for fruit juice etc. Re-purposed coffee bottles, bashews, mason jars and various coloured glasses are not only functional but can be part of the décor too. Spruce them up with vinyl, ribbon and lace and they become lovilee!

Wedding cordial and other drink recipes
Wedding drinks & presentation

Some other wedding drink presentation ideas include homemade lemonade in recycled coffee bottles that we decorated with doilies, a strawberry and paper straws.

Wedding drinks & presentation
Wedding drinks & presentation
Wedding drinks & presentation

I found these lovilee mason jars with a floral design lid that already have holes for a pretty paper straw. They are perfect for ‘fancy’ water. You can spruce up boring tap water by adding strawberries and peppermint leaves, lemon or even edible flowers. If you let this mixture stand a few hours the water gets infused with the flavours.

Wedding drinks & presentation
Wedding drinks & presentation

How awesome is this Champagne gelatine jelly that we created using Woollies’ gelatine powder. It captures the bubbles, sets it in the jelly and makes for great images and interesting guest treats. Looks like Champagne, tastes like Jelly.

Wedding drinks & presentation
Wedding drinks & presentation
Wedding drinks & presentation
Wedding drinks & presentation

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