Sweet and Sour Cherry Sparkler
photo by ForeverMama
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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1
ingredients
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Cherry Simple Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup ripe cherries, pitted
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The Drink
- 2 ounces vodka
- 1 ounce fresh lemon juice
- 1 ounce cherry simple syrup, room temperature
- club soda
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Garnishes
- fresh basil
- cherries
- lemon wedge
directions
- Syrup: In a small saucepan, heat the water, sgar and cherries until the sugar has completely melted.
- Using a potato masher, smash the cherries.
- Strain through a fine mesh strainer and cool over an ice bath, or in the fridge if making ahead.
- Drink: In a small jam jar filled with ice, add the vodka, lemon juice and cherry simple syrup. Place the lid on and shake.
- Remove the lid, fill with club soda and garnish as desired.
- Note:The author likes to serve from jelly jars. I would probably use a cocktail shaker and pour into a glass.
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Reviews
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This is such a great drink. When I topped it off with Club Soda, it fizzed and sparkled for a few seconds, and I thought the drink's name was so appropriate. I had a hard time finding cherry simple syrup and looked for more than 2 weeks before I gave finding it in the store. So I made my own using fresh Bing cherries, and it was easy and gave me enough cherry simple syrup to last a few weeks. Thanks for sharing your recipe, duonyte. This is one to (hopefully) remember for next year's 4th of July picnic!!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
duonyte
United States
My screen name is a diminutive in Lithuanian for bread, so you won't be suprised to learn that I love to bake bread. In recent years I have been baking a lot of sourdough breads and have several starters sitting in my refrigerator. But I like to cook a lot of other things, as well, especially from various cultures. The cat wishes I would concentrate on meat and fish... I joined a few years ago but started posting recipes and participating in forums just recently - I wish I had done so earlier. Recipezaar is a great community! Right now I am a co-host for the Breads and Baking and the Eastern Europe forums - I hope to see you there!