Tasty Tuesday: A Summer Cocktail

I need to try some new, festive drinks for summer. Enter Bing Cherry Mojito

What's in it?

• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 cups freshly squeezed lime juice (about 9 limes)
• 3 pounds Bing cherries
• 18 ounces best-quality black cherry or plain vodka (www.beekmanliquors.com)
• 1 bottle sparkling water (750 mL)

 

What are the directions? More complicated than my normal cocktail but I'll give it a whirl.

Bring sugar and 1 1/4 cups water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat; let cool completely. (Makes about 2 cups syrup.) Syrup can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 month.

 

Put lime juice into a medium nonreactive bowl. Halve and pit cherries; add to lime juice. Stir in syrup. Refrigerate at least 1 hour (up to overnight).

 

Stir cherry mixture and vodka in a large serving bowl. Fill 12 glasses with ice. Spoon 1/2 cup cherry-vodka mixture into each glass. Top off with sparkling water. Serve immediately.

Source: Martha Stewart