Name: Iced tea
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 litre hot strong-brewed tea (4 cups); 2 lemons, halved, sliced; 375 ml prosecco; 200 ml ginger beer; 125 ml gin (Turner uses Hendrick’s); 100 ml Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur (see note); 2 limes, halved, sliced; ½ cup mint leaves (firmly packed)

Iced tea

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for iced tea by Aaron Turner from Loam restaurant in Victoria.

Serves 6

Prep

15M

“This is a refreshing kick to start the day,” says Aaron Turner.

Ingredients

1 litre hot strong-brewed tea (4 cups)

2 lemons, halved, sliced

375 ml prosecco

200 ml ginger beer

125 ml gin (Turner uses Hendrick’s)

100 ml Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur (see note)

2 limes, halved, sliced

½ cup mint leaves (firmly packed)

Method

Main

1.Combine hot tea and one-quarter of the lemon slices in a jug and set aside to infuse and cool (30-40 minutes). Strain into a bottle (discard lemon) and refrigerate until required.

2.Half-fill 2 large jugs with ice and pour lemon-infused tea over. Divide remaining liquids between jugs and stir well. Half-fill glasses with ice, pour iced tea over, garnish with lime, mint and remaining lemon and serve.