Wednesday, June 10, 2009

A summer party....


Don't these decorations look fun? I was browsing Martha Stewart Living and found some cool ideas. Too bad I don't plan on having any summer parties....


When I first saw this I thought is was a sangria....but it is called Bing Cherry Mojitos...sounds good!

Ingredients
Serves 12
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups freshly squeezed lime juice, about 9 limes
3 pounds Bing cherries
18 ounces best-quality black cherry or plain vodka (www.beekmanliquors.com)
1 bottle sparkling water (750 mL)

Directions
Bring sugar and 1 1/4 cups water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat; let cool completely. (Makes about 2 cups syrup.) Syrup can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 month.
Put lime juice into a medium nonreactive bowl. Halve and pit cherries; add to lime juice. Stir in syrup. Refrigerate at least 1 hour (up to overnight).
Stir cherry mixture and vodka in a large serving bowl. Fill 12 glasses with ice. Spoon 1/2 cup cherry-vodka mixture into each glass. Top off with sparkling water. Serve immediately.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ooooh! Those do look so pretty! I want some of that bing cherry drink!

Anonymous said...

Yummy, everything...the decorations and the drinks!