Lime Rickey Food

CHERRY-LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Combine the cherries, sugar and 1 cup water in a medium saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Carefully smash the cherries with a potato masher, then simmer the mixture until slightly reduced and dark red, about 10 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes.
• Strain the mixture through a strainer into a heatproof container, pressing on the cherry solids to extract all the juice. There should be about 1 3/4 cups of syrup. Let cool for 30 minutes.
• Combine the cherry syrup with the limeade and lime juice in a pitcher and stir well. There will be about 3 cups total.
• To serve: Either stir in 3 cups water if you want a still drink, or mix equal parts of the drink mix with seltzer in a glass. Serve over ice with frozen cherries and lime wheels.

CLASSIC LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Add the lime juice and alcoholic or non-alcoholic mixer (whiskey, gin, caper juice or simple syrup) to highball glass and stir.
• Fill with ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with lime wedges.

LIME RICKEY RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a pitcher or ​a measuring cup with a spout, mix the lime juice and simple syrup.
• Fill 4 glasses with ice.
• Divide the sweetened lime juice mixture between the glasses (about 3 ounces each).
• Fill the rest of the glass with seltzer water (about 3 ounces).
• Stir with a swizzle stick or a long spoon.
• Garnish with a lime wedge or two.

RASPBERRY LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Fill a tall glass with ice. Squeeze each of the lime wedges into glass, and drop in. Fill glass nearly to the top with carbonated water, and top with raspberry syrup.

LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Prepare simple syrup by boiling 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water until sugar dissolves.
• Cool.
• Add lime juice.
• Add bitters to taste.
• If desired tint a delicate green color.
• Pour over ice in tall glasses.
• Add corbonated water.
• Garnish with thin slices of oranges or a cherry.

GINGER BEER LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Fill 4 tall glasses with crushed ice. Combine the ginger beer, club soda, lime juice and grenadine in a pitcher. Pour over the ice. Garnish with lime rounds and/or cherries.

ROOT BEER RICKEY

Steps:

• Into an ice-filled Collins glass, pour the whiskey and lime juice. Top with root beer, then give a quick stir with a bar spoon, fork handle or chopstick. Top with the lime wedge, if using.

COCONUT LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Add all ingredients together, except the lime wedge, to a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes.
• Shake vigorously until blended.
• Or Whizz up in a blender.
• Strain mixture into a cocktail glass.
• Squeeze lime wedge into the drink and toss it in.

LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Build all the ingredients in a collins or iced-tea glass and top with soda. Garnish with a spiral piece of lime peel.

RASPBERRY LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• In a sieve set over a bowl drain raspberries, pressing gently on berries with back of a spoon if necessary to yield 1/2 cup liquid, and reserve raspberries for another use. In a 2-quart pitcher stir together raspberry liquid, lime juice, water, vodka, Pernod, and sugar until sugar is dissolved and chill until cold. Rickeys may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Just before serving, add club soda or seltzer water, enough ice to fill pitcher, and some fresh raspberries and lime slices. Serve rickeys in glasses filled with ice and garnish with more fresh raspberries and lime slices.

CHAMOMILE LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Combine the lime juice and chamomile simple syrup in a large (16- to 18-ounce) tumbler and stir to combine. Taste and add more lime juice or syrup, if you'd like.
• Fill with ice, top off with the seltzer and gently mix to combine. Garnish with lime slices, or an organic edible flower, if you are feeling extra fancy.