
Blue Lagoon Slush
Lemon-lime soda, fresh lemon and blue curaçao frozen into vivid sky-blue ice and spun with vodka. Sweet, tart and citrusy. Contains alcohol.
- Hands-on
- 10 min
- Freeze
- 24 h
- Program
- Frozen Drink
- Makes
- 4 glasses6 glasses
Nutrition
Per 100 g, estimatedPer serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint, about 109 g), estimated
Whole tubpint: 471 kcal, 0 g protein707 kcal, 0 g protein (709 ml24 oz). No common allergens in the ingredients. Contains alcohol: for adults only.
Ingredients
5 ingredientsTap an ingredient when it is in the bowl
421 of 473 ml632 of 709 ml
In the tubpintScale reads
Put the empty tubpint (or your pan) on the kitchen scale and press zero. Add each ingredient until the scale shows the number on the right.
Add right before spinning
Mix everything in one big bowl, then divide it evenly between 2 tubspints.
Steps
- Pour 240 ml lemon-lime soda240 ml lemon-lime soda1 cup lemon-lime soda360 ml lemon-lime soda360 ml lemon-lime soda1½ cups lemon-lime soda into a wide bowl and whisk for 2–3 minutes, until it stops fizzing.
- Whisk in 10 g caster or granulated sugar2½ tsp caster or granulated sugar2½ tsp granulated sugar15 g caster or granulated sugar1 tbsp caster or granulated sugar1 tbsp granulated sugar until it dissolves, then stir in 40 ml fresh lemon juice2½ tbsp fresh lemon juice2½ tbsp fresh lemon juice60 ml fresh lemon juice60 ml fresh lemon juice¼ cup fresh lemon juice and 60 ml blue curaçao60 ml blue curaçao¼ cup blue curaçao90 ml blue curaçao90 ml blue curaçao¼ cup + 2 tbsp blue curaçao.
- Pour the base into an empty tubpint. It stays well below the max fill line, which leaves room for what you add before spinning. Put the lid on and freeze on a level shelf for 24 hours.
- Dig a hole about 4 cm1½ in wide down to the bottom of the frozen tubpint. Pour in 75 ml vodka75 ml vodka⅓ cup vodka115 ml vodka110 ml vodka½ cup vodka, then lock it into the machine and run Frozen Drink.
To serve: Serve in tall glasses with a lemon wheel and a dark red cocktail cherry on top.
My notes
Tips
- For an alcohol-free version, use 3 tbsp alcohol-free blue curaçao syrup in place of the liqueur and the sugar, and 5 tbsp cold water in place of the vodka (1½ times as much of each in a 709 ml24 oz tubpint).
- Use regular soda. Diet and zero-sugar sodas freeze rock hard and will not shave into a smooth slush.
- Keep the vodka out of the base. The blue curaçao is diluted enough to freeze, but more alcohol in the tubpint stops it freezing firm.
Why it works
Blue curaçao is much lower in alcohol than vodka, so it can go in the base and color the ice evenly while the base stays under 4% alcohol and freezes firm. Soda, liqueur and a little sugar bring it to about 15% sugar for fine, soft ice.
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