Best Pepper Mint Limeade Recipes

Sparkling Mint Limeade image

Provided by Iowa Girl Eats

Yield makes 4, 8oz drinks

Number Of Ingredients 4

3/4 cup fresh lime juice (5-6 limes), plus extra slices for garnish
1/2 cup + 2 Tablespoons white sugar
1/4 cup packed fresh mint, plus extra for garnish
2-1/2 cups club soda (not seltzer or mineral water)

Steps:

Combine lime juice, sugar, and mint in a 2 cup (or larger) measuring cup then stir until sugar is dissolved, muddling mint in the process. Refrigerate until chilled (the longer you refrigerate, the more mint flavor you will taste in the final drink.)
Pour the lime/mint mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a pitcher then slowly pour in club soda and stir gently. Pour limeade into 8oz glasses filled with ice then serve with extra limes and mint.

Mint Limeade image

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Time 15m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 0

Steps:

Muddle 2 lime wedges and some mint leaves in each glass and add ice. Mix 2 cups simple syrup, 2 cups water, 1 1/2cups fresh lime juice and 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice in a pitcher; pour into the glasses.
Simple Syrup: To make 2 cups simple syrup, bring 1 1/2cups each sugar and water to a boil, stirring until dissolved. Let cool.

Limeade and Mint Soda image

Provided by Valerie Bertinelli

Categories beverage

Time 35m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 cup sugar
1 cup fresh mint leaves, plus 4 mint sprigs, for serving
2 cups store-bought pure or freshly squeezed lime juice
Sparkling water, for serving
Lime rounds, for serving

Steps:

Combine the sugar with 1 cup water in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Turn off the heat and add the mint leaves. Muddle with a muddler or the back of a spoon. Allow to cool completely, about 20 minutes. Strain and discard the mint leaves.
Add the lime juice and 4 cups water to a large pitcher. Pour the simple syrup into the limeade. Stir to combine.
To serve, pour the limeade into glasses filled with ice. Top with some sparkling water. Garnish each with a lime round and mint sprig.