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make a h o u s e a h o m e

Make your party eco-
friendly with wooden
cutlery, paper straws
and reusable napkins

Mix up a spiced

pear Mojito
This refreshing and fruity mocktail
is a must for any garden party. You’ll
need 10-12 mint leaves, 100ml pear
juice, 3 lime wedges, 10ml sugar
syrup, 15ml cinnamon syrup, 25ml

sparkling water. Put the mint leaves
in a tall glass and add a drop of pear
juice, just enough to wet the leaves.
Muddle for a few seconds. Squeeze
in the juice from the lime wedges
and then add them in whole, followed
by the sugar syrup. Add the cinnamon
syrup and stir. Fill the glass two-thirds
with crushed ice, add the rest of the
pear juice and sparkling water, then
garnish with extra lime wedges and
mint leaves. Find more recipes in
The Virgin Cocktail Garden: Refreshing
Mocktails And Botanical Cocktails
Made From The Finest Fruits And
Herbal Infusions by David Hurst
(£12.99, Modern Books).

Make cocktail hour be warmth
let there
an alfresco affair A real wood
fire will keep you
cosy on chillier
evenings. Blooma
Diogo chiminea,
£41, B&Q

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