Low-Carb Pink Rose Cocktail

These pretty pink-tinged cocktails with rose-dappled ice cubes are the perfect drinks to share with your loved one on Valentine's Day, or to enjoy at a bridal shower or bachelorette party. The perfect suga-free cocktail for any special occasion!

The floral ice cubes add an extra pretty element to this low-carb drink, but if you haven’t made any ahead of time, you could simply use regular ice cubes and mix in some fresh or dried petals to the drink to serve.

We used gin to make these sugar-free cocktails but you can skip the alcohol or add and extra squeeze of lemon juice.

Step-by-step

1. To make the ice cubes, divide about ¹/₄ cup of the dried rose petals evenly among the ice cube tray, and then cover with water. Place in the freezer until set.

   

2. You can make rose water at home or use ready made rose water. To make the rose water, add the about 1 tablespoon of rose petals and ¹/₃ cup water to a small saucepan. Cover, and bring to the boil. Reduce to the lowest temperature, and simmer, covered, around 5-10 minutes or until the colour of the rose petals have faded.

3. Cool completely. Strain through a nut bag or fine mesh sieve. Store in the refrigerator up to 3 weeks.

   

4. To assemble the cocktail, add the gin, lemon juice, rose water and erythritol to a jug. Stir until combined and the erythritol is dissolved.

   

5. Add 2-3 ice cubs to each glass and pour over the gin mix.

   

6. Top with sparkling water (club soda).

   

7. Serve immediately.

   

Recipe

Low-Carb Pink Rose Cocktail

★★★★★4.8 (72 ratings)

These pretty pink-tinged cocktails with floral ice cubes are the perfect drinks to share with your loved one ...

Hands on

10m

Overall

20m

Servings

2

1.2 g

Net carbs

0.9 g

Protein

0.2 g

Fat

107

kcal

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Ingredients makes 2 servings

• Floral ice cubes:
• ¹/₄ cup dried or ¹/₂ cup fresh rose petals or any other edible flowers
• enough water to make 1 tray of ice cubes
• Homemade rose water:
• 1 tbsp dried rose petals or 2 tbsp fresh rose petals
• ¹/₃ cup water (80 ml/ 2.7 fl oz)
• Cocktail:
• 90 ml gin or vodka (3 fl oz)
• 4 tsp fresh lemon juice (20 ml)
• 2 tsp homemade rose water or use ready-made rose water
• 3 tsp powdered Erythritol, Swerve or low-carb sweetener of choice, to taste
• sparkling water to top up
• 4-6 floral ice cubes

Instructions

1. To make the ice cubes, divide about ¹/₄ cup of the dried rose petals evenly among the ice cube tray, and then cover with water. Place in the freezer until set.

2. You can make rose water at home or use ready made rose water. To make the rose water, add the about 1 tablespoon of rose petals and ¹/₃ cup water to a small saucepan. Cover, and bring to the boil. Reduce to the lowest temperature, and simmer, covered, around 5-10 minutes or until the colour of the rose petals have faded.

3. Cool completely. Strain through a nut bag or fine mesh sieve. Store in the refrigerator up to 3 weeks.

4. To assemble the cocktail, add the gin, lemon juice, rose water and erythritol to a jug. Stir until combined and the erythritol is dissolved.

5. Add 2-3 ice cubs to each glass and pour over the gin mix.

6. Top with sparkling water (club soda).

7. Serve immediately.

Nutrition per serving, 1 cocktail

Carbs 49%Protein 35%Fat 16% of calories

Net carbs

1.2 g

Total carbs

8.4 g

Fiber

1.4 g

Sugars

0.6 g

Protein

0.9 g

Fat

0.2 g

Saturated fat

0 g

Calories

107 kcal

Sodium

30 mg · 1.31% RDA

Magnesium

3 mg · 0.71% RDA

Potassium

11 mg · 0.57% EMR

Nutrition by ingredient

Per 1 cocktail	Net carbs	Protein	Fat	kcal
Rose petals, dried	0.4 g	0.8 g	0.2 g	7
Water, still	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Gin, distilled alcoholic beverage (~40% vol)	0 g	0 g	0 g	97
Lemon juice, fresh	0.5 g	0 g	0 g	2
Rose water	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Erythritol (natural low-carb sweetener)	0.3 g	0 g	0 g	1
Water, sparkling	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Total	1.2 g	0.9 g	0.2 g	107

Serving size 1 cocktail

• Gluten free
• Dairy free
• Egg free
• Nut free
• Nightshade free
• Pork free
• Avocado free
• Coconut free
• Fish free
• Shellfish free
• Beef free
• Pescatarian
• Vegetarian
• Vegan