Independence Day Recipes

Blueberry Hard Lemonade

This refreshing hard lemonade combines blueberries with gin and the flavors of mint and lemon.

Blueberry Hard Lemonade

Prep: 10 min | Yield: 1 cocktail

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons fresh blueberries
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 2 fresh mint leaves
  • Ice cubes
  • 2 tablespoons gin (1 ounce)
  • 1/2 cup ginger ale or lemon-lime soda
  • Lemon wedges, blueberries on a beverage pick, fresh mint, if desired

Instructions

  1. In a highball glass, muddle blueberries, lemon juice and mint.
  2. Fill glass to rim with ice cubes. Add gin. Top with ginger ale; stir gently.
  3. Garnish as desired.

Notes

What does muddle mean? When mixing cocktails, herbs and/or fruit are often mashed or ground--muddled--in the bottom of a glass before adding the liquid ingredients to intensify their flavors. You can muddle with a spoon or a pestle-like tool called a muddler.

Nutrition

Per serving (1 cocktail): Calories 130 (Calories from Fat 0), Total Fat 0g (Saturated Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 10mg; Total Carbohydrate 16g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 13g), Protein 0g

Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0.00%; Vitamin C 15.00%; Calcium 0.00%; Iron 0.00%

Carbohydrate Choices: 1

Exchanges: 0

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Pillsbury



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