LCBO Food & Drink Summer 2025

ICE PICKS

Tequila Sunset

A retro Tequila Sunrise cocktail has an orange juice base, so pale, coral-coloured orange sorbet would certainly work here, but passionfruit or mango sorbet will give a more modern flavour spin and glowy, golden colour. Panache brand (available at many grocery stores, panache.ca) makes a delicious sparkling pomegranate Italian soda, or to give the cocktail a more neon-bright hue, use grenadine and sparkling water. 8 oz mango, passionfruit or orange sorbet 11/2 oz blanco tequila 1/2 oz lemon juice 2 oz pomegranate sparkling soda (substitute: 1/2 oz grenadine syrup and 2 oz plain sparkling water) Orange slice and fresh or preserved cherry for garnish 1. Place sorbet in the bottom of a tumbler and drizzle with tequila and lemon juice. 2. Top with soda (substitute: mix grenadine syrup and soda water gently in a measuring cup and pour over tequila mixture) and garnish.

Makes 1 drink

Combo Deal

Using the classic Sgroppino recipe template of spirit plus sorbet and something bubbly, try these other flavour combos based on commonly available sorbet and sorbetto flavours.

SPIRIT

Campari

Vodka

Gin

Aperol

White rum

Limoncello

berry sorbet

rainbow or unicorn sorbet sparkling wine mixed fruit on a pick

blood orange sorbet tart lemon soda red grapefruit

lemon sorbet

lime sorbet

coconut sorbet

SORBET

BUBBLY

sparkling Lambrusco berry

sparkling coconut water pineapple

sparkling wine lemon

ginger ale

cucumber

GARNISH

92

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