Mint Limeade

Engrossed's Note:

This is from Cooking Light magazine. The fresh, cool flavor of mint is a welcome addition to this warm-weather drink. Try serving it as a refreshing cooler with spicy Asian food. **I just made this for a potluck recently and everyone raved about it. I thought the sweetness was just right but I like sweet. Since a couple of reviewers thought it was too sweet...if you don't like sweet... start with less sugar and add more at the end.**

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 6 cups water, divided
• 1 3/4 cups sugar, less to taste or 1 3/4 cups Splenda sugar substitute, to taste
• 1/3 cup fresh mint, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup fresh lime juice (about 12 limes)
• 10 mint sprigs, to garnish (optional)
• 10 lime slices, to garnish (optional)

Directions:

1. Combine 2 cups water, sugar, and chopped mint in a small saucepan; bring to a boil.
2. Cook until sugar dissolves, stirring frequently. Remove from heat, let stand 10 minutes.
3. Strain through a sieve into a bowl; discard solids.
4. Combine the remaining 4 cups water, sugar syrup, and lime juice in a large pitcher, stirring well.
5. Serve over ice, garnish with mint sprigs and lime slices, if desired.

Reviews

[summertimeinCA]

Yummmmm! What a refreshing poolside treat! Like many reviewers I too cut back on the sugar and increased the mint... results- Delicious!

[Lori Mama]

What to do with all this mint growing around the house? I know, make a drink other than Mojitos. LoL! I cut the sugar back to 3/4 cup and added more mint. Very refreshing. :)

[wruwtrix]

Fantastic! I did make some adjustments to the recipe, and it was a huge hit at a work potluck this summer. Enough punch for 16+: I did 4 cups of water, 2.5 cups of sugar, and 1 cup of mint (a little over one store package of mint) to make the sugar syrup. I added approximately 2 cups of lime juice (but not fresh squeezed, short on time). I left this in a separate pitcher and had cold club soda on the side. I let people mix the limeade syrup with club soda to their tastes, but I'm sure you could do it in a punch bowl, too. The bubbles were refreshing with this light, but delicious punch.