The Cape Gooseberry Cocktail takes inspiration from the French 75, a gin-based champagne cocktail flavoured with the fruity liqueur.
Cape Gooseberry Cocktail – Photo © Cocktails & Bars
Cape Gooseberry is a shrub that grows about one metre high and produces orange berries encased in a paper lantern-like calyx. In a previous article, we featured a step by step guide to making the Cape Gooseberry liqueur with lemon balm. This recipe puts the liqueur to use by marrying the sweet-tart-berry notes of the berries with gin. A floral style of gin is preferable as it complements the fruity notes of the liqueur while retaining its delicate notes. The drink is lengthened with Brut Champagne or Prosecco. The result is an elegant sipping drink, neither too sweet or too tart, that is well suited to anything from an afternoon aperitif to a celebratory cocktail.
Cape Gooseberry Cocktail Recipe
The recipe is now available in my 260+ page digital book, GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN 1 Part Grow Guides, 1 Part Cocktails & a Dash of Flavour Pairing available as a digital download. Get your copy HERE.
Updated 26 June 2023
