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In celebration of all the May birthdays in my family (that's me, Rodney, Kathy, Meaghan and Patrick) I have a super fun, get-you-tipsy-without-realizing-it, sparkly cocktail. If you've ever made a mojito at home, you've made simple syrup by dissolving sugar in water. For this drink, we dissolve sugar in fresh-squeezed lemon juice and infuse it with fresh rosemary - ooo, yum! After a few hours of cooling (but if you can't wait you can put it in the fridge), you mix up your simple syrup with vodka and a splash of club soda or seltzer to give it a kick and some fizz. You can make this without vodka, but I wouldn't recommend it. Happy Birthday (or un-Birthday as the case may be)!
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Rosemary Lemonade
May 16, 2010
30 min or less active, drink, fall, gluten-free, spring, summer, winter
In celebration of all the May birthdays in my family (that's me, Rodney, Kathy, Meaghan and Patrick) I have a super fun, get-you-tipsy-without-realizing-it, sparkly cocktail. If you've ever made a mojito at home, you've made simple syrup by dissolving sugar in water. For this drink, we dissolve sugar in fresh-squeezed lemon juice and infuse it with fresh rosemary - ooo, yum! After a few hours of cooling (but if you can't wait you can put it in the fridge), you mix up your simple syrup with vodka and a splash of club soda or seltzer to give it a kick and some fizz. You can make this without vodka, but I wouldn't recommend it. Happy Birthday (or un-Birthday as the case may be)!Information
Servings: 4
Time: 10 minutes active; about 2 hrs 10 min total
Price: ~$6.20 total; ~$1.55 per drink
Nutrition (per serving):
Calories: 250.9
Protein: 0.24g
Fat: 0g
Saturated fat: 0g
Carbohydrates: 41.2g
Fiber: 0.24g
Sodium: 7.6mg
Cholesterol: 0mg
High In:
Good Source:
Low In:
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 (8") rosemary sprigs, cut in half
- 3/4 cup vodka
- About 1/2 cup club soda or seltzer, chilled
Preparation
- Pour the lemon juice and sugar into a small pot. Add rosemary sprigs. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Then turn heat to low and simmer 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit at least 2 hours or up to overnight, if you really love rosemary.Sugar, lemon juice and rosemary into the pot.Right when it's coming to a boil - the sugar is dissolved.After sitting for two hours, the rosemary begins to brown.
- Remove the rosemary from the syrup. Fill glasses with ice and divide the syrup among them. Divide vodka among glasses and top with club soda or seltzer. Shake and serve, garnished with lemon zest and a small rosemary sprig.
