A lovely combination of mint, rhubarb, strawberries and lemon.
Ingredients
- 1 – ¼ cups water
- 1 – ½ cups chopped rhubarb
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 sprig fresh mint
- ⅓ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ¾ cup sparkling water
Instructions
- In a saucepan, stir together the first 5 ingredients.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Allow the rhubarb mixture to cool, then strain it through a wire-mesh strainer set over a large pitcher.
- Press on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible, then discard the solids leftover.
- Stir in the lemon juice and sparkling water, stir and pour into glasses over ice.
- Garnish as desired.
A big thank you to @Sober Julie for allowing us to reprint this recipe. Julie has a great website full of recipes at http://www.soberjulie.com/
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