Darjeeling gin fizz
Makes: 2, plus extra infused gin
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Kris Kirkham
Darjeeling gin fizz
This spring-fresh cocktail uses the King’s favourite variety of tea
Makes: 2, plus extra infused gin
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
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Sarah Akhurst
Our Food Director Sarah is a food obsessive, and spends most of her time scoping out the latest food trends, experimenting in her own kitchen, or making her family wait to eat while she photographs every dinner she makes for the 'gram! A complete Middle Eastern food junkie, she is never far from a good shawarma marinade, a pinch of Aleppo chilli or a sprig of dill
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Sarah Akhurst
Our Food Director Sarah is a food obsessive, and spends most of her time scoping out the latest food trends, experimenting in her own kitchen, or making her family wait to eat while she photographs every dinner she makes for the 'gram! A complete Middle Eastern food junkie, she is never far from a good shawarma marinade, a pinch of Aleppo chilli or a sprig of dill
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Ingredients
For the Darjeeling gin
- 350ml London dry gin
- 2 Darjeeling tea bags
For two cocktails
- 30ml elderflower cordial (we used Bottlegreen)
- juice of 1 lemon, plus twists of peel
- 200ml chilled prosecco
Step by step
- To make the Darjeeling gin, pour the London gin into a preserving jar and add the teabags. Leave to infuse for 24-48 hours, then remove the teabags.
- To make the cocktail for 2, put 60ml of the Darjeeling gin in an ice-filled cocktail shaker with the elderflower cordial and lemon juice. Shake well until chilled then strain into two coupes or champagne flutes. Top up with prosecco, add a twist of lemon peel and serve immediately.
