Summer drinks

A slew of mouth-watering suggestions with Swedish overtones. 

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  Strawberry caipirinha. Photo: Lars Paulsson

• It’s so hot outside, that a refreshing drink is almost all you can think of. Alltommat.se has a slew of mouth-watering suggestions, and we’re passing on some of the recipes. Stay cool! For more information: www.alltommat.se

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  Rhubarb and ginger drink. Photo: Ulf Svensson

• Strawberry Caipirinha
  Brazil’s national drink in a summery Swedish edition. If you cannot find cachaça (or aguardente, as it is also known), then substitute with a light rum.
  Ingredients serving 4
  3 limes
  4 oz sugar
  12 strawberries
  4 oz. cachaçao or light rum
  Wash the limes carefully. Cut them and strawberries in small pieces. Put the lime in 4 glasses and pour on sugar. Mash it into the limes, so that the juice of the limes squeezes out. Put the strawberries in and mash them lightly. Pour on the alcohol and crushed ice and add a little mineral water.

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  Lime and melon drink. Photo: Svante Sjöstedt

• Rhubarb and ginger drink
  1 cup rhubarb, cut in small pieces
  1 small piece of ginger
  8 oz sugar
  8 oz water
  4 cups pear cider
  Strawberries
  Cut the rhubarb into small pieces. Peel and grate the ginger. Cook rhubarb, ginger, sugar and water uncovered for 5 minutes. Strain and let cool. Pour 1 Tablespoon of the mixture into four glasses and fill up with the cider. Garnish with strawberries and serve.

• Lime and melon drink
  Ingredients serving 8
  2½ cups honeydew
  4 oz Midori melon liqueur
  1 cup white wine
  2 Tablespoons honey
  4 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
  4 cups fruit soda
  8 ice cubes
  Mix melon, Midori, white wine, honey and lime juice. Pour into a bowl and add the fruit soda and the ice cubes.