Best Lime Spritzer Recipes

WATERMELON LIME SPRITZER

Steps:

• Place the watermelon and ice cubes in a blender and blend until liquefied. (Once you add the lemon-lime soda, it will thin out even more, add more ice cubes if you want it slushier.) Slowly add 1/2 of the lemon-lime soda and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses, garnish with limes and serve.

LIME SPRITZER

Steps:

• For the simple syrup: Heat the sugar, water, lime zest, and ginger in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat to boiling. Simmer for 3 to 4 minutes, and then remove from the heat. Add the lime juice and let the flavors infuse the syrup for at least 15 minutes while it cools. Strain the syrup, if you wish, and keep in the refrigerator until ready to use.
• For the drink: Rub a lime wedge around the lip of the glasses to moisten and then dip in salt or sugar to decorate the glasses, if desired. Pour 1 or 2 tablespoons of the lime syrup into each glass and top with sparkling water. Garnish with a wedge of lime.
• Cook's Note: Sparkling wine can be used instead of water, if desired.

MANGO-LIME SPRITZER

Steps:

• Divide the mango juice and lime juice between two glasses over ice, if desired. Top off with ginger beer. Add a lime wheel and a mango spear for garnish.

MOJITO (CUBAN RUM LIME SPRITZER)

Steps:

• Wash and stem the mint leaves, reserving 6 whole sprigs for garnish. Place the mint leaves in the bottom of a sturdy pitcher and add the sugar. Mash the mint leaves and sugar together, using the tip of a wooden spoon -- this extracts the mint oils. Add the lime juice and rum and stir until the sugar is dissolved. The recipe can be made several hours ahead to this stage. However, expect some discoloring in the mint leaves if you make the mojitos more than 20 minutes ahead.
• Just before serving, add the club soda and gently stir to mix. Partially fill 6 highball glasses with ice. Add the mojito mixture and garnish each glass with a sprig of fresh mint.

CRANBERRY-LIME ROSE SPRITZER

Steps:

• Combine 750-ml bottle rose wine, 1 cup no-sugar-added cranberry juice, the juice of 1 lime and 1/4 cup superfine sugar in a pitcher. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then chill. Add 2 cups seltzer; pour into 4 glasses and garnish with lime slices.

WATERMELON LIME SPRITZER

Steps:

• 1. Place the watermelon and ice cubes in a blender and blend until liquefied. (Once you add the lemon-lime soda, it will thin out even more, add more ice cubes if you want it slushier.) Slowly add 1/2 of the lemon-lime soda and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses, garnish with limes and serve.

BASIL LIME SPRITZER

Steps:

• Pour syrup into an ice-filled tall glass and top off with sparkling water. Stir, then garnish with a basil sprig.

SPARKLING WATERMELON LEMON LIME SPRITZER

Steps:

• Puree watermelon in blender until smooth. Pour into 2 quart pitcher. Stir in lemonade and limeade concentrates until completely melted. Cover, refrigerate overnight. When ready to serve, fill 10-oz. glass with ice cubes and 1/2 to 3/4 full of water melon mixture. Top with seltzer or club soda (stir to mix) and garnish with lime slices.

RHUBARB LIME SPRITZER

Steps:

• 1Place the rhubarb, sugar and 2 tablespoons water in a medium saucepan. Cover and place over medium heat. Simmer until the rhubarb is soft enough to mash with the back of a spoon -- then mash it! Stir in the vanilla. 2Pass the rhubarb mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing the solids with the back of a spoon to extract as much syrup as possible. You should have 3/4 cup syrup. 3Fill 6 tumblers with ice. Add 2 tablespoons of syrup to each glass. Top with sparkling water (or prosecco). Squeeze a lime wedge into each glass. Give each drink a stir. Then toast to your thirst and happiness.

WATERMELON-LIME SPRITZER

Steps:

• In blender, puree watermelon cubes and ice cubes until liquefied.
• Slowly pour in soda; blend until smooth. (Add more ice cubes to make slushier,if desired)
• Divide mixture evenly among 3 glasses. Garnish each glass with melon-cube skewer,if desired.

MANGO-LIME SPRITZER

Steps:

• Puree the fruit of mango in a blender. Add the lime juice and club soda and mix just to blend.
• Strain. Pour over ice and garnish with thin slices of lime.

JALAPENO-LIME SPRITZER

Steps:

• In a pitcher, combine the soda, lime juice, nectar, lime, and jalapeno.
• Serve over ice.

HALLOWEEN LIME SPRITZER

Steps:

• In punch bowl, mix sherbet, limeade and ginger ale.
• Pour into glasses. Garnish each glass with candy and lime slices. Serve immediately.