Saudi Champagne

Saudi Champagne

Treat your guests to an exotic pre-dinner drink (non-alcoholic, but you could add gin if you fancied)

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 10 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Stir the lemon juice and sugar in a small saucepan over a low heat until the sugar dissolves. Leave to cool.
  2. Halve and core the apples and cut into small chunks. Mix the juice, water and lemon syrup together and add the apples and the mint (tear some of the mint leaves and keep others whole). Add ice if you like, pour into glasses and serve.
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Give it more kick!

If you prefer something with a bit of an alcoholic kick (which would most definitely not make it Saudi), put a shot of gin in each person's glass.

Recipe from olive magazine, January 2007.

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  • 08 November 2007

    veronika rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Good non-alcoholic drink that i served at work's birthday party and that became very popular.

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  • 23 December 2007

    Lilyfae commented on this recipe

    This became a firm favourite at barbeques over the summer, with or without the gin it was enjoyed by all including my brother who is rather fussy and tends to stick to cola!

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  • 15 November 2009

    sneauxdrop rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Not as good as I had hoped. I think the lemons were probably too acidic, it tasted like a sharp apple juice. I will try again since I like to make an effort for the non-alcholic drinkers.

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  • 15 October 2010

    laraz commented on this recipe

    I recommend adding sparkling water, or sprite/seven up instead of water+ sugar. It'll get closer to champagne, and in fact this is the way I tried it in Saudi Arabia :)

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 10 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

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