Apple Hibiscus Cocktail

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Hi guys today I don’t have a food recipe, because I’m having a Detox diet. That consists of apples, hibiscus flowers, vodka, and a tad of condensed milk. What? That’s not detox? Well… I tried… lol. Let’s get serious here, because now I’m going to talk about my BFF Denise Fletcher from “Quickies on the dinner table”. I met her online and now I’m totally hooked on her site. Her recipes are delicious and she totally got my heart when she made Laksa and dedicated it to me. Laksa is my most favorite soup ever, I mean EVAR. She is incredibly funny and right now she is having a drink contest, together with Lazaro from “Lazaro cooks” pretty sure most of you know him too. He is always cooking delicious food for his girlfriend. How great is that? My drink is my own creation; did I tell you I once worked as a bartender in NY? It was a very short career…when the cheapos started to give me 50 cents tips… I thought I’m out o’here. But turn out my bartender course is a great help for me to have fun with my love at home.

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Apple hibiscus cocktail

For the Hibiscus simple syrup:

• 1 cup of water
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/3 cup of hibiscus flower

For the cocktail:

• 1 cup of Ice
• 1 apple peeled
• 1.5 oz of vodka
• ½ oz of the hibiscus simple syrup
• 2 tbsp of condensed milk

Directions:

In a saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the sugar and water. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Add the dried hibiscus flowers. And simmer until the liquid is reduced by half.  Remove from the heat and let cool slightly. Strain into a glass jar and let cool in the fridge. In a blender zap the apple with ½ cup of ice and strain just to get the juice. Or you can use 1 cup of apple juice but I prefer the fruit. Now mix in the blender the apple juice, vodka, the hibiscus syrup, ½ cup of ice and the condensed milk. Serve it with an apple slice.