Giada's Limoncello Mint Spritzers |
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 5 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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A nice, refreshing simple drink from Everyday Italian with Giada De Laurentiis. Adapted because her version featured a homemade lime-based limoncello. Ingredients:
2 cups limoncello (italian lemon liqueur) |
coarsely crushed ice cube |
1 cup fresh mint leaves |
1 cup club soda |
muddle stick (or handle of wooden spoon) |
1 lime, for garnish (optional) |
Directions:
1. Coarsely crush the ice cubes, then fill 4 tall skinny drink glasses halfway full with the ice.
2. Add 1/4 cup mint leaves to each glass and, using a muddle stick or the handle of a wooden spoon, crush the mint leaves together with the ice (this is called muddling ).
3. Add 1/2 cup limoncello to each glass, and stir.
4. Add 1/4 cup of club soda to the top of each drink, and serve.
5. Note: on the show, Giada made her own limoncello from limes rather than from lemon, vodka, and simple syrup, with a week or marinating; if you can find a lime-based limoncello in the store, wonderful (we've only made it ourselves at home) - but otherwise you can use conventional limoncello.
6. Also, you could quarter a lime and put each quarter on the edge of the glasses, so that guests could add a squeeze of lime juice into their spritzer.
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