Limefizz Recipes

KEY LIME FIZZ

Steps:

• Fill a glass with ice. I love to keep a bag of the Sonic crushed in my freezer. Squeeze in one section of your lime, and drop in the glass. Pour in rum. Top with soda, and stir. Garnish with other lime wedge. Sip and enjoy!

HONEYDEW-GINGER LIME FIZZ

Steps:

• In a small saucepan stir together 1 cup water, the sugar, ginger, and lime zest over medium until the sugar dissolves. Let stand, covered, 30 minutes. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl.
• Use a melon baller to remove fruit from half the melon. Add to syrup; stir to coat. Chill, covered, 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, remove rind from remaining melon half; cut melon into small chunks. Puree in a blender until smooth. Transfer to a 2-quart pitcher. Cover; chill 2 hours or until ready to serve.
• To serve, add melon balls with syrup and lime juice to puree in pitcher. Add sparkling water. Serve with lime slices. Makes 8 cups.

LIME FIZZ

Steps:

• Place ice in a highball glass. Squeeze lime wedges over ice; drop limes into the glass. Slowly pour club soda into glass; stir in sugar substitute. Serve immediately.

LIME FIZZ

Steps:

• Squeeze the lime wedge into a cocktail shaker and add the vodka and orange juice with some ice cubes. Shake very briefly and double strain into a chilled Champagne flute.
• Top up with Champagne and decorate with lime twists.

BASIL-LIME RUM FIZZ

Steps:

• Make the basil syrup: Bring 1 cup water, the sugar, peppercorns and allspice berries to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves, then continue to simmer until slightly reduced, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the 1 cup basil. Let cool, then strain into a liquid measuring cup. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. (You should have about 1 cup syrup, enough for 8 cocktails.)
• For each drink: Muddle the lime wedges and 2 basil leaves in a shaker with 3/4 ounce of the basil syrup. Add the light rum, fill with ice and shake well. Strain into a tall glass filled with ice and top with the ginger beer. Float the dark rum on top by pouring it over the back of a spoon. Garnish with a lime wedge.

KEY LIME PIE FIZZ

Steps:

• Put a splash of the Lime-Mint Simple Syrup in one saucer and the crushed graham crackers in a second saucer. Dip each highball glass first into the syrup and then into the graham crackers. Add a scoop of the lime sorbet to each glass.
• Add the remaining Lime-Mint Simple Syrup to a pitcher with the seltzer. Slowly fill each glass with the seltzer mixture to within 1 inch from the top. Top each with 1/4 cup of the whipped cream and some lime zest. Serve with a straw.
• Combine the sugar and 1 cup water in a small pot and cook over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved, a few minutes. Stir in the lime zest and juice and remove from the heat. Add the mint leaves and let steep for 10 minutes.
• Strain to remove the mint leaves and refrigerate until ready to use. Keep any remaining syrup covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

GINGER LIME FIZZ COCKTAIL

Steps:

• In a large pitcher, combine simple syrup, lime juice, and rum. Carefully add club soda. Stir to combine.
• Thread a ginger slice onto the end of a 6-inch bamboo skewer; set ginger swizzle sticks aside. Fill glasses with ice. Add ginger lime fizz. Garnish with lime slices and swizzle sticks, and serve immediately.

GINGER LIME FIZZ

Steps:

• Combine ginger and sugar with 4 cups water, or enough to cover, in a medium saucepan. Place over medium-high heat until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce to a simmer; stir until sugar dissolves completely. Continue to simmer about 20 minutes. Remove from heat; let cool to room temperature, at least 2 hours. Strain out the ginger, and discard.
• Combine the ginger syrup, lime juice, and seltzer in a pitcher. Pour into ice-filled glasses, and serve immediately.

LIMEADE

Steps:

• Cut limes in half and squeeze lime juice into a 2 quart pitcher. Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Fill pitcher with cold water, stir and chill in refrigerator.

ORANGE LIME FIZZ

Steps:

• Heat 1 cup orange juice to boiling.
• Add sugar and mint.
• Cool,covered, then strain.
• Add remaining orange juice and lime juice.
• Just before serving, mix with club soda.
• Serve over ice.