Frozen cocktails (18+)
Vodka & lemonade slush
The classic “vodka slushie”: lemonade, a little lemon and a measured amount of vodka — about 1 unit a glass.
18+1.1units / serving
Photo: Lutoma, CC BY-SA 3.0
Frozen wine (18+) · adults only
Frozé (frozen rosé)
A bottle of rosé with strawberry and sugar syrup, slushed — around 1.5 units a glass.
- Batch
- about 1.36 litres
- Serves
- 6 × 227 ml
- Setting
- Ninja SLUSHi: Frozen Cocktail · Tower: Wine · Cuisinart Frost Fusion: Frosé
18+1.5units / serving
Rosé is one of the examples Ninja gives for its cocktail setting. Most rosé is dry, so it needs sugar added to slush properly — and the wine is diluted a little, which keeps the strength sensible.
Ingredients
- 750 ml rosé wine (12% ABV)
- 160 ml sugar syrup (100 g sugar dissolved in 100 ml hot water, cooled)
- 150 ml strawberry purée (blended and sieved strawberries)
- 300 ml cold water
Allergens to watch: Sulphites (wine). Always check the labels of the brands you use.
Method
- Make the sugar syrup and let it cool completely.
- Mix the wine, syrup, strawberry purée and water.
- Chill, then pour into the machine below the maximum fill line.
- Run the Frozen Cocktail setting (Wine on the Tower; Frosé on the Cuisinart).
- Serve in small glasses.
Sugar check
100 g of added sugar in about 1,360 ml is roughly 7.4 g per 100 ml, plus a little from the strawberries.
Strength and UK units
UK units = ABV (%) × volume (ml) ÷ 1,000 (the NHS formula)
| Ingredient | Sum | Units |
|---|---|---|
| rosé wine | 12 × 750 ÷ 1,000 | 9 |
| Whole batch | 9 | |
| Per serving (6 servings) | 1.5 |
The mixed batch is roughly 6.6% ABV (90 ml of pure alcohol in about 1.36 litres) — inside the 2.8–16% range Ninja gives for the original SLUSHi (FS301UK) cocktail setting.
Spirits and liqueurs vary: if the bottle you use has a different ABV, the units change. Our serving size is 227 ml; a bigger glass means more units.
Tips
- Wine strength varies: if your bottle is 13% rather than 12%, the units go up slightly.
- A dry rosé needs the sugar syrup — don’t skip it.
Sources for the rules we followed
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