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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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I took this recipe from Screen doors and sweet tea. It is amazing in summer! it is important to use key lime juice and not regular lime juice. Ingredients:
4 cups fresh blackberries |
1 cup turbinado sugar |
1 tablespoon grated lime zest |
1 green cardamom pod, crushed |
1/2 cup fresh key lime juice |
2 cups ginger ale |
1 cup water |
Directions:
1. gather blackberries in a cheesecloth. bundle cloth like a hobo sack. squeeze sack into a pitcher, making about one cup of strong, dark, tart juice.
2. discard purple mash.
3. in a small saucepan, combine the sugar, 1 cup water, lime zest and cardamom pod. bring to a boil.
4. simmer over low heat for ten minutes.
5. remove cardamom pod.
6. allow syrup to cool and then chill it.
7. in a 1 quat pitcher, combine blackberry juice, sugar syrup and lime juice.
8. chill until cold.
9. just before serving, stir in the ginger ale.
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