Best Lime Rickey Recipes

RASPBERRY LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Fill a tall glass with ice. Squeeze each of the lime wedges into glass, and drop in. Fill glass nearly to the top with carbonated water, and top with raspberry syrup.

CHERRY-LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Combine the cherries, sugar and 1 cup water in a medium saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Carefully smash the cherries with a potato masher, then simmer the mixture until slightly reduced and dark red, about 10 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes.
• Strain the mixture through a strainer into a heatproof container, pressing on the cherry solids to extract all the juice. There should be about 1 3/4 cups of syrup. Let cool for 30 minutes.
• Combine the cherry syrup with the limeade and lime juice in a pitcher and stir well. There will be about 3 cups total.
• To serve: Either stir in 3 cups water if you want a still drink, or mix equal parts of the drink mix with seltzer in a glass. Serve over ice with frozen cherries and lime wheels.

RASPBERRY LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• In a sieve set over a bowl drain raspberries, pressing gently on berries with back of a spoon if necessary to yield 1/2 cup liquid, and reserve raspberries for another use. In a 2-quart pitcher stir together raspberry liquid, lime juice, water, vodka, Pernod, and sugar until sugar is dissolved and chill until cold. Rickeys may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Just before serving, add club soda or seltzer water, enough ice to fill pitcher, and some fresh raspberries and lime slices. Serve rickeys in glasses filled with ice and garnish with more fresh raspberries and lime slices.

CHAMOMILE LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Combine the lime juice and chamomile simple syrup in a large (16- to 18-ounce) tumbler and stir to combine. Taste and add more lime juice or syrup, if you'd like.
• Fill with ice, top off with the seltzer and gently mix to combine. Garnish with lime slices, or an organic edible flower, if you are feeling extra fancy.

SUNSHINE LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Fill 2 tall glasses three-fourths full with ice. Add half the simple syrup, lime juice, orange juice and bitters to each glass. Top each with 1/2 cup club soda; stir. Garnish as desired.

LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Build all the ingredients in a collins or iced-tea glass and top with soda. Garnish with a spiral piece of lime peel.

COCONUT WATER AND LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• In a jar, stir or shake together the coconut water, lime juice, stevia, and optional bitters. Divide the mixture between two glasses, then fill each glass with 1/4 cup or more club soda and serve.

COCONUT LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Add all ingredients together, except the lime wedge, to a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes.
• Shake vigorously until blended.
• Or Whizz up in a blender.
• Strain mixture into a cocktail glass.
• Squeeze lime wedge into the drink and toss it in.

GIN-GIN LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Fill 4 tall glasses with crushed ice. Combine the ginger beer, club soda, lime juice and grenadine in a pitcher and pour over the ice. Add a shot of gin to each glass. Garnish with limes rounds and/or cherries.

CHERRY LIME RICKEY (OUR OWN TWIST)

Steps:

• Over ice in a 12-ounce glass put lime juice, simple syrup, cherry syrup. Fill up with seltzer and garnish with a cherry. 10 cents requested.

COCONUT WATER AND LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• In a jar, stir or shake together the coconut water, lime juice, stevia, and optional bitters. Divide the mixture between two glasses, then fill each glass with 1/4 cup or more club soda and serve.
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STRAWBERRY-LIME RICKEY (SALLYE)

Steps:

• Cut the 1/2 lime into 4 wedges. De-stem and cut strawberries in half lengthwise Place lime wedges and strawberries in a chilled martini shaker (or glass with cover) Pour in simple syrup Muddle lime, strawberries and syrup to blend Add crushed ice until shaker is about half filled Pour gin over ice. Shake vigorously until well blended
• Strain into old fashioned glass over fresh ice. Garnish with lime and strawberry slices Add paper umbrella if so inclined.
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GINGER BEER LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Fill 4 tall glasses with crushed ice. Combine the ginger beer, club soda, lime juice and grenadine in a pitcher. Pour over the ice. Garnish with lime rounds and/or cherries.

RASPBERRY LIME RICKEY SORBET

Steps:

• 1. In a medium saucepan, combine raspberries, sugar, salt and ¼ cup water. Place over medium heat, and stir about 1 minute to dissolve as much sugar as possible. Bring to a simmer, cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer until berries have begun to split apart and release their juices, 6 to 8 minutes. 2. Place a fine-mesh strainer over a container with a tight-fitting lid, and strain berries, pressing through as much fruit pulp as possible. Add lime juice and sparkling water, and whisk to combine. Cover, and refrigerate at least 4 hours, preferably overnight. 3. Churn sorbet in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Pack into a container with a tight-fitting lid, and freeze 2 hours. Remove from freezer 10 minutes before serving. Spoon into dishes, and garnish with a sprinkling of lime zest.

RASPBERRY LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Crush raspberries with lime juice and sugar with a spoon.
• Let stand 10 minutes.
• Press through a sieve into a pitcher.
• Add rum and seltzer.
• Serve over ice with limes.

KEY LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients and serve in ice-filled glass.

RASPBERRY LIME RICKEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9" x 13" pan.2) Beat together the butter, sugar, and salt till smooth.3) Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.4) Add the baking powder, then add the flour alternately with the milk, starting and ending with the flour. Mix until smooth. Stir in the grated lime rind or lime oil.5) Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with a spatula.6) Bake the cake for 25 to 33 minutes, or until the top is starting to brown and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.7) While the cake is baking, make the glaze by stirring together the lime juice and sugar. Set it aside.8) Remove the cake from the oven, and set it on a rack. Use a skewer or toothpick to poke the top all over. Don't poke all the way to the bottom of the pan; just about halfway down. 9) Stir the glaze to combine, and immediately brush it onto the hot cake; be generous. Let it sink in for about 5 minutes, then brush on more glaze, continuing until all the glaze is used up.10) If you're using the optional sugar topping, shake the coarse sugar in a jar with the lime oil, till well combined. Sprinkle the sugar atop the glazed cake, gently pressing it in with your fingers.11) Allow the cake to cool completely before slicing.12) To make the raspberry topping, stir together completely thawed raspberries with pie filling enhancer (if you're using it), and sugar to taste. 13) Serve squares of cake with a dollop of raspberry sauce on the side.Yield: about 2 dozen servings.