This refreshing cocktail uses fresh mango puree and fresh lime juice. Using diet tonic reduces the sugar and calories in the drink.
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 5 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 2people
Author Rosanne Rust MS RDN, www.rustnutrition.com
Ingredients
For the Mango Simple Syrup
1cupfresh, diced, overripe mango
1/4cupwater
For the Cocktail
1 1/2 cupsice
4shotsGinI used Hendrick's
1wholelime
2shotsmango syrup
12ozDiet Lime Tonic WaterI used Canada Dry
Instructions
For the mango syrup
Place the diced mango into a small saucepan. Add water and heat over low heat, stirring to prevent burning, for about 5 minutes.
Remove mango mixture from heat and mash with the back of a spoon or use a muddler. Set the mixture aside to cool slightly.
Place a strainer over a 2-cup glass measuring cup, and transfer the cooked mango to the strainer. Using a wooden spoon, press the juices from the mango into the cup.
Continue pressing until no more juice is left (you'll be left with pulp in the strainer).
The liquid will serve as the mango simple syrup for the cocktail (no sugar added!). At this point, if you have some fresh basil in your garden, muddle in a few leaves for even more deliciousness.
For the cocktail
To make the cocktail, begin by filling 2 rocks glasses evenly with ice.
Add 2 shots of gin to each glass.
Squeeze half of a lime into each glass.
Add 2 shots of mango puree to each glass and mix well.
Top with tonic water and stir. Garnish with a lime wheel.