Rhubarb Spritzer
"As seen in Self Magazine July 2014. You can make this non-alcolholic or alcoholic, your choice...either use the seltzer or the wine.To get the prettiest blush color for this drink, be sure to choose rhubarb without any green streaks, and don't remove the fibrous pink peel."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
1 pitcher
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 10 ounces rhubarb, cut into 1/2 inch slices
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 3 cups seltzer water
- 750 ml cava wine, dry sparkling
- 8 lemon slices
- 8 pink grapefruit slices
directions
- In a medium saucepan, stir rhubarb, sugar and lemon juice over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low.
- Simmer, stirring occasionally, until rhubarb breaks down completely, about 6 minutes.
- Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing solids to extract as much liquid as possible.
- Discard solids.
- Cover and refrigerate until cold, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
- Divide syrup amount 8 glasses.
- Top with seltzer or Cava wine.
- Garnish with lemon and grapefruit slices.
- Serve immediately.
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I love to cook...will try to make just about anything and am always sharing my recipes with friends. I figured this would be a great way to keep track of all of them as well as get great new ideas. I travel the world for work and try to pick up recipes from every trip I go on!
