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lime rickey

Lime Rickey

  • Author: mistressofmocktails
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1 1x
  • Category: beverage, mocktail
  • Method: muddle, stir
  • Cuisine: Australian

Description

Originally this was going to be a Grenadine Lime Rickey, until I found a lovely recipe at Saveur.  Pure and simple, with lovely muddled wedges of lime at the base. A classic.

http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Lime-Rickey.
There’s also a great history of the significance of the Lime Rickey during prohibition at http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/04/lime-rickey-soda-fountain-history.html.  They’re right – a Lime Rickey is the closest thing to an adult drink, without alcohol. The tang of the lime – it really is air conditioning in a glass.


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1/2 lime, cut into quarters
  • 30ml lime juice
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons castor sugar
  • 250 ml soda water

Instructions

  • I got by with 1 lime for this recipe.
  • The first half, was quartered again, ready for muddling.
  • The second half was juiced and just managed to generate 30ml juice.
  • Add the lime quarters and the castor sugar to a tall glass.
  • Muddle with a wooden spoon or muddler, until the lime is crushed, and the sugar dissolving.
  • Fill the glass with ice.
  • Top with soda water.
  • Stir a little with a straw or spoon.

Keywords: lime rickey

 Start with your tools: the all-in-one muddler, the juicer and the limes.
lime-start


Muddle the lime and sugar until the limes are well crushed, and the sugar dissolving.
lime-muddle


Add lots of ice, then add the 30ml of lime juice.
lime-glass


Fill the glass with soda water.  It’s definitely worth stirring again to make sure the flavours go all through the soda.

The benefit of this drink is that with a little stirring, you can keep topping up the soda water and make it last longer.

Variations include raspberry, cherry or grenadine.

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