I know the secret to feeling great.. and I am going to share it with you all. I am pulling out a favourite childhood memory of a drink called “The Spider” my dad loved to make for us with his beloved ice cream. Not a day went by in our house without a daily dose of this creamy vanilla fix for dessert with or without fruit salad.
Digging into the freezer to recreate a family favourite. It’s so easy really, just add a scoop of vanilla ice-cream to fizzy lemonade and enjoy the creamy bubbles of flavour. Here is my take on the iconic ice cream float.
Ingredients:
- 30 ml indigo syrup
- 60 ml gin
- A scoop of vanilla ice cream
- Splash soda
- Ice
Equipment:
- Boston shaker
- Jigger
- Ice cream scoop
- Strainer
- Espresso martini glass
- 12cm straw
Instructions:
- Cut straw to size
- Add ice to Boston shaker
- Pour 1 shot of indigo syrup and 2 shots of gin over ice
- Place glass end inside the metal end of the shaker and seal ends together firmly
- Place glass side up and right hand securely around middle/ top section of shaker and left hand at bottom
- Shake forward at shoulder height for 30 shakes
- Loosen and remove the glass top of shaker
- Add one scoop of vanilla ice-cream to martini glass
- Strain ice from the mixture into the martini glass
- Pour indigo liquid over ice cream. It will start to soften the ice-cream
- Add a straw to roll the ice cream ball and coat it with liquid (this is unnecessary but fun!)
- Top up the glass with a splash of soda to make the frothy top layer
- Time to submit to “full on” cocktail bliss