Cherry Limeade with Fresh Lime and Maraschino Cherries
6 ingredients
8 steps
What you need
- 2 limes, 1 for juice, 1 cut into wedges
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) simple syrup, equal parts sugar and water, cooled
- 4 maraschino cherries, stems removed
- 4 tbsp maraschino cherry juice, from the jar
- 300 ml (1 1/4 cups) lemon-lime soda, cold
- crushed ice, to taste, enough to fill the glasses
Method
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- 1
Squeeze the juice from 1 lime and cut the second lime into 2 wedges.
- 2
Divide the lime juice and the simple syrup between 2 tall glasses.
- 3
Drop 2 cherries into each glass.
- 4
Fill both glasses to the top with crushed ice.
- 5
Pour 2 tbsp of cherry juice over the ice in each glass.
- 6
Top up with soda, about 150 ml per glass.
- 7
Stir once or twice with a straw, taste, and add a little more syrup if it is too tart.
- 8
Set a lime wedge on each rim and serve right away, while the soda is fizzy.
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