Strawberry & Lime Rickey

By á-4084

This sweet and tart cocktail is the perfect summertime drink! This is the kind of drink you want to have on a nice patio or deck, with your feet propped up!

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup hulled strawberries, quartered
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 lime
• 3 ounces gin
• 1/2 cup chilled soda water

Details

Adapted from cookinglight.com

Preparation

Step 1

Combine strawberries and sugar in a pint glass.

Cut lime in half. Slice one half into quarters; add quarters to strawberry mixture.

Squeeze juice of other lime half into strawberry mixture; discard squeezed lime.

With a muddler or wooden spoon, muddle strawberry mixture until well blended and sugar has dissolved.

Add gin to glass; cover glass and shake well for 30 seconds. Pour strawberry mixture through a strainer evenly into 2 glasses.

Add ice to each glass; top each glass with 1/4 cup soda water.