This is that miserable time of the year when any and all sorts of trickery to get through the winter are actively employed, such as in this spur-of-the-moment lavender mocktail. (Lavender is all the rage these days.) I squeezed a bunch of limes and a lemon to form the tart base, then tempered it with some sweet lavender syrup, and added some mint seltzer to top it off. (The latter was just some plain seltzer that I let sit with a few bags of mint tea submerged.) It was an ode to summer – when all those ingredients would be in ready and happy supply, some of which could be culled directly from the garden in the case of the lavender and mint.
I added some vodka to the proceedings for our recent dinner guests, so it can be made however you want or desire – for me, the vodka wasn’t missed, as it was the flavor that brought me back to those sunny days. Garnished with twists of lemon and lime, it was a little reminder that summer will return.
