Miss Liberty Cooler Recipes

COWGIRL COOLER

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring sliced ginger and water to a boil. Remove from heat and steep for 20 minutes. Strain and reserve liquid.
• In a large pitcher, stir to combine the lemonade concentrate, ginger water, ginger ale, and vodka. Serve over ice with a slice of lemon.

MINTY LIME COOLER

Steps:

• Combine the lime juice, sugar and mint in a blender. Puree until smooth. Fill two tall glasses halffull with ice cubes. Pour half of the lime juice concentrate in each. Top with sparkling water, garnish with lime and mint and serve.

PASSION FRUIT COOLER (NON-ALCOHOLIC)

Steps:

• In a large pitcher, combine all ingredients and stir. Serve chilled in highball glasses.

LIME COOLERS

Steps:

• Make Classic Sugar Cookies with lime zest instead of orange. Whisk 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons green decorating sugar and 3 tablespoons lime juice, then spread over finished cookies.

NATHALIE DUPREE'S LIBERTY COBBLER

Steps:

• Pour sugar over strawberries and mix well. Set aside and let macerate for 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put butter in a 9-by-13-inch ovenproof serving dish, and place in the oven to melt.
• Mix together flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl, and stir in milk and sugar to make a batter.
• Remove dish with melted butter from the oven, and pour in the batter.
• Arrange drained strawberries over the batter in a single layer, then drizzle the juices from the berries on top.
• Return the dish to the oven. Bake until the batter is browned and has risen up and around the fruit, approximately 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the blueberry sauce. Rinse and pick over blueberries. Combine water and sugar in a saucepan, and heat to the boiling point. Place 1 pint of blueberries in the bowl of a food processor. Process, turning the machine on and off about 4 times, until berries are coarsely pureed. Add to sugar syrup with lemon juice, and bring back to a boil. Cook about 2 minutes more. Add remaining pint of whole berries, reserving a few for decoration.
• Serve blueberry sauce over the warm cobbler, and top with whipped cream and reserved berries.

BLACKBERRY COOLER

Steps:

• Vigorously shake citrus juices, orgeat and blackberries with ice. Strain into a Collins glass filled with crushed ice. Top with sparkling coconut water. Garnish with blackberries and a sprig of rosemary.