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Cook Time:
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1-1/4 cups cold water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup tightly packed mint leaves
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest (no pith)
- 3/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
- 3/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 2 cups lemon-flavored sparkling water
- Crushed ice
- Mint sprigs for garnish (optional)
Directions
1.Add water and sugar in a medium saucepan and cook over medium-high heat until sugar completely dissolves, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
2.Coarsely chop mint leaves and set aside.
3.Add the cooled sugar-water to a medium sized bowl then stir in mint, orange zest, orange juice and lemon juice. Cover bowl and refrigerate until chilled through.
4.Pour mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a large pitcher. Discard remaining orange zest and mint leaves. Stir in sparkling water then serve over crushed ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.
Source
- Citrus Mint Crush from the Public Health Cookbook by the Seattle & King County Department of Public Health—original source of recipe, public domain government resource