Raspberry Limeade with Lavender and Mint

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 servings
  • Total: 25 min
  • Prep: 10 min
  • Inactive: 10 min
  • Cook: 5 min
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Ingredients

1 cup sugar

6 sprigs fresh lavender

6 sprigs fresh mint, plus more for garnish

1 pint fresh raspberries

1 cup fresh lime juice

1 quart seltzer water

Directions

  1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine 1 cup water, the sugar, lavender and mint sprigs. Bring to a simmer and cook until the sugar has dissolved, about 3 minutes. Cool and strain.
  2. In a blender, add the cooled syrup, raspberries and lime juice and blend until smooth.
  3. To serve, place some of the raspberry puree in the bottom of each glass, top with seltzer water and garnish each glass with a sprig of mint.

debipotpie

Absolutely delicious!  I recommend for a shower or lunch with girlfriends.  I used club soda and it was great. I also just used 1 spring of lavender cuz that's all i had and it still had lots of flavor. 

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