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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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from Martha Stewart via YumSugar Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups sugar |
1 1/4 cups fresh lime juice (about 9 limes) |
3 lbs dark cherries |
2 1/4 cups black cherry vodka or 2 1/4 cups plain vodka |
1 (750 ml) bottle sparkling water |
Directions:
1. Bring sugar and 1 1/4 cups water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved.
2. Remove from heat; let cool completely. (Makes about 2 cups syrup.) Syrup can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 month.
3. Put lime juice into a medium nonreactive bowl. Halve 2/3 of the cherries; add all cherries to lime juice. Stir in syrup. Refrigerate at least 1 hour (up to overnight).
4. Stir cherry mixture and vodka in a large serving bowl.
5. Fill 12 glasses with ice. Spoon 1/2 cup cherry-vodka mixture into each glass.
6. Top with sparkling water; serve immediately.
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