Description
Chilled nonalcoholic apple cider with a tart cranberry-lemon accent and sparkling water added at service.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups Chilled pasteurized nonalcoholic apple cider
- 1 cup Chilled unsweetened cranberry juice
- 2 tablespoons Fresh lemon juice
- 2 cups Cold plain sparkling water
- 1 apple Small apple, cored and thinly sliced
- As needed Ice for six glasses (optional)
Instructions
- Chill the cider, cranberry juice and sparkling water in advance. Wash, core and thinly slice one small apple just before serving. Prepare six glasses with ice as desired.
- In a 2-quart pitcher stir 3 cups pasteurized nonalcoholic apple cider, 1 cup unsweetened cranberry juice and 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice.
- Just before service gently add 2 cups cold plain sparkling water. Divide among six glasses with ice and distribute apple slices. Serve immediately while fizzy.
Notes
Recipe-development draft; not kitchen-tested. Timing and yield are estimates. Nutrition has not been calculated.
Working estimate assumes all liquids are already chilled; refrigerator chilling time is additional if starting warm.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: One sixth of measured six-cup-plus-two-tablespoon liquid base, excluding ice and with distributed apple slices; actual pour not measured
