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    Amazing Asian Cocktail with Lychees, Apples, & Raspberries

    Published: Feb 27, 2019 by Cara Kretz · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    This Asian Cocktail with Lychees, Apples, & Raspberries is truly amazing and my favorite cocktail! It is a wonderful surprise of bright and smooth, sweet and tart combined with a nice alcoholic kick. Winter in the midwest has been especially brutal this year. Asian Cocktail with Lychees, Apples and Raspberries is the cure for the vortex blues!  Serve this with a Chinese take-out dinner party or a fabulous Sunday brunch with my Crunchy Eggrolls and Chinese Scallion Pancakes.

    I combined Maker’s Mark bourbon, dry Japanese Sake, Triple Sec with lychees in syrup, orange segments, sliced apples, fresh raspberries and organic lemon juice (I always use Italian Volcano Organic Lemon Juice).  Chill the mixture for several hours in the refrigerator . Before serving add  two bottles of a good chilled Riesling and gently stir.  

    The hardest part of making this Asian Cocktail is segmenting the orange. For a good tutorial on how to segment an orange see this post by the Pioneer Woman.  Peel and slice the apple, rinse the raspberries, open the can of lychees and measure the liquors. It is quick and easy to prepare.

    Serve chilled over ice in a wine glass with a fruit garnish.  It goes down so easy!  

    Asian Cocktail with Lychees, Apples & Raspberries
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    Amazing Asian Cocktail with Lychees, Apples, & Raspberries

    This Asian Cocktail with Lychees, Apples, & Raspberries is my favorite cocktail! It is a wonderful surprise of bright, sweet and tart combined with a nice alcoholic kick.
    Course Drink
    Cuisine Asian
    Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
    Chilling 1 hour hour
    Total Time 1 hour hour 14 minutes minutes
    Servings 10
    Author Cara Kretz

    Ingredients

    • 1 navel or Valencia seedless orange peeled and segments removed from the membranes
    • 1 pint (approx 1 ½ cups) fresh raspberries, rinsed. Reserve some for garnish
    • 1 Honeycrisp Apple peeled, cored and thinly sliced
    • ½ cup dry sake
    • ½ cup bourbon Maker’s Mark preferred
    • ½ cup fresh lemon juice or Italian Volcano Organic Lemon Juice
    • ½ cup triple sec
    • 2 tablespoons sugar
    • 1 (20 oz can) lychees in syrup
    • 2 bottles Riesling wine chilled
    • Ice

    Instructions

    • Add the following to a large glass pitcher that is approximately ½ gallon or holds at least 10 - 12 cups: orange segments, sliced apples, raspberries, sake, bourbon, lemon juice, triple sec, sugar and lychees with their syrup. Gently stir to dissolve the sugar.
    • Cover the top of the pitcher with plastic wrap and allow the mixture to chill in the refrigerator at least 1 -2 hours. The flavors will meld nicely.
    • When ready to serve, stir both bottles of chilled Riesling into the pitcher. Ladle 1 cup of the cocktail with some of the fruit into wine glasses. Add 3-4 ice cubes. Garnish with fresh raspberries.
    • Serve immediately. Enjoy!

    Notes

    Note: An Asian Pear works well, if you can find one, to replace the apple. 

    This recipe was adapted from a White Sangria recipe I found in Food and Wine. 

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