Beverages
Recipe Type: Beverages
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Florida Sunshine Shake Recipe
Recipe Type: BeveragesContinue ReadingINGREDIENTS 1 cup Florida orange juice ½ cup Florida Grapefruit juice 1 ripe banana ½ cup low-fat vanilla yogurt ½ teaspoon vanilla extract PREPARATION Combine all ingredients on blender, blend until smooth. Pour in glass and serve immediately. Yield: two 8-ounce servings
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Orange Tea Granita with Mint Recipe
Recipe Type: BeveragesContinue ReadingPREPARATION Rub the skin of 1 large Hale orange with ¾ cup large sugar cubes until the cubes are orange colored and the pigment on the orange has been rubbed away. Reserve the orange. (If sugar cubes are not available, you can very thinly grate the peel of the orange and use it with ¾ cup granulated sugar.) In stainless steel or enameled saucepan, combine 2 cups water, the sugar cubes (or sugar and peel), and 1 tablespoon minced fresh mint leaves* (or 1 teaspoon dried) and bring water to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Simmer syrup for…
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Hot Cider (non-alcoholic) Recipe
Recipe Type: BeveragesContinue ReadingINGREDIENTS 1 or 2 Hale oranges 20 whole cloves apple cider 2 cinnamon sticks PREPARATION Stud the Hale oranges with cloves. (Push the pointy end into them until the flower part is flush with the peel.) I use about 10 per orange. Put the cider into a large saucepan, and add the oranges and some cinnamon sticks. Heat for hours (you can just leave it on all day for a party). It gets better with age. Just pour in more cider when it starts getting low.
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Iced Orange Coffee Recipe
Recipe Type: BeveragesContinue ReadingINGREDIENTS 2 1/2 cups strong coffee 1 small Hale orange cream and sugar ground cinnamon oranges slices for garnish (optional) PREPARATION Brew the coffee. Using a vegetable peeler, remove the zest from the orange in strips. Put the strips in the hot coffee. Set aside for 1 hour to cool to room temperature. Strain the coffee. Squeeze the orange and add the juice to the coffee. Serve over ice with cream and sugar, as desired. Sprinkle the top of each serving with a pinch of cinnamon and garnish with an orange slice if desired. YIELD: makes four 10 ounce servings.…
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Orange Frost Recipe
Recipe Type: BeveragesContinue ReadingINGREDIENTS ½ cup Hale orange juice ½ banana, frozen 1 tablespoon non-fat milk powder Dash of cinnamon or nutmeg 2 ice cubes PREPARATION Place all ingredients into blender and blend until creamy. Serve in 2 chilled glasses. Substitute apple juice and ½ frozen peeled apples for orange juice and banana. YIELD: 2 servings.
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Key West Cooler Recipe
Recipe Type: BeveragesContinue ReadingINGREDIENTS 1 ½ cups Hale grapefruit juice 1 small, ripe banana, cut into chunks 1 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced 1 tablespoon honey 1 cup ice cubes Wedges of Hale grapefruit PREPARATION In container of electric blender combine grapefruit juice, banana, kiwi, honey and ice. Cover. Blend at high speed until smooth and frothy. Pour into large, iced daiquiri glasses. Garnish with wedge of grapefruit. (Rum or Vodka can be added, if desired.) YIELD: 2 servings.
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Hot Special Cranberry Tea Recipe
Recipe Type: BeveragesContinue ReadingINGREDIENTS 1 ½ cups water ¼ cup honey 2 (3 x 1/2 –inch each) strips Florida grapefruit peel 10 whole allspice 10 whole cloves 2 cinnamon sticks 2 teabags 1 cup Hale grapefruit juice ½ cup cranberry juice PREPARATION In 2-quart saucepan bring water to boil. Add honey, grapefruit peel, allspice, cloves and cinnamon. Simmer 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Add tea bags; let stand 5 minutes. Stir in grapefruit juice and cranberry juice. Heat 1 minute; strain. Serve hot. YIELD: 2 servings.
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Grapefruit Mock Egg Nog Recipe
Recipe Type: BeveragesContinue ReadingINGREDIENTS Pinch of salt 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 2 tablespoons grapefruit juice 1 cup milk PREPARATION In container of electric blender, combine ingredients. Cover, blend at high speed. Serve in cocktail glass. YIELD: 1 serving.
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Over The Rainbow Recipe
Recipe Type: BeveragesContinue ReadingINGREDIENTS 1 cup Hale grapefruit juice, chilled 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries ½ cup ginger ale, chilled, divided 2 scoops multi-fruit flavored sherbet PREPARATION In container of electric blender combine grapefruit juice and strawberries; cover; process until smooth. Pour into two tall glasses. Add ¼ cup ginger ale to each; stir. Top each with a scoop of sherbet. YIELD: 2 servings.
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The T.G.I Florida Recipe
Recipe Type: BeveragesContinue ReadingINGREDIENTS 2 cups Hale grapefruit juice 1 1/2 cups Hale tangerine juice 1 cup apricot nectar 1 cup seltzer or club soda crushed ice slices of Hale Ruby Red Grapefruit, halved PREPARATION Mix together grapefruit and tangerines juices, apricot nectar and seltzer. Pour over crushed ice in tall pitcher. Garnish with slices of pink grapefruit. YIELD: 4 servings.