My favorite time in summer is to enjoy company with my friends in the garden with some good food and refreshing mocktail/ cocktail. The perfect topping for cocktails is dried citrus, what can sometime by expansive to buy. That‘s why I would like to share my recipes and show you How to make dried citrus for cocktails at home. It‘s so easy and you need only an oven.

Eating citrus has so much health benefits for our body, for instance is full of antioxidants, help us fight cold and flu, help to prevent cancer. Improves digestion and help be liver cleanse. Promotes healthy skin and improve our mood. Eating citrus may also help lowers cholesterol and boosts immune system.

Citrus – Citrus fruits are rich in multiple nutrients such as vitamin C, flavonoids, and fiber which confer vascular protection, reduce inflammation, improve gastrointestinal function and health, and play an important role in preventing conditions like diabetes.
Use any type of citrus you have. I like to use grapefruit or lemons. They have beautiful color.

Preheat oven at 100 C. Place the citrus slices in a single layer on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake them at 70C until they’re completely dried out. In between, you can turn them to the other side. Use them on a cocktail or a decoration. Enjoy!