Cherry Limeade Fizz

Name: Cherry Limeade Fizz
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 quarts (1.9 L); 8 glasses
Ingredients: 1.5 cups tart cherry juice (360 ml); 0.75 cup fresh lime juice (180 ml); 0.33 cup sugar, dissolved in 1/3 cup hot water; 4 cups sparkling water, chilled (960 ml); lime wheels, cherries and ice

A soda-fountain classic made with real juice. The cherry makes it ruby red, and the lime makes it crisp enough that you can drink a lot of it. It goes in a pitcher so nobody has to leave the table mid-turn.

about 2 quarts (1.9 L); 8 glassesYield

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What you'll need

1.5 cups tart cherry juice (360 ml)
0.75 cup fresh lime juice (180 ml)
0.33 cup sugar, dissolved in 1/3 cup hot water
4 cups sparkling water, chilled (960 ml)
lime wheels, cherries and ice

How to make it

Dissolve the sugar in the hot water and let it cool for a few minutes.
Stir the cherry juice, lime juice and sugar water in a pitcher. Chill.
Pour over ice and top each glass with sparkling water.
Glass: Short tumblers. Garnish: A lime wheel and a cherry.

Chef's secrets

Use tart cherry juice, not cherry cocktail.

Add a few frozen cherries instead of ice.

Good to know

Make ahead

The base keeps a day in the fridge.