Description
A tangy lemonade base with a healthy dose of vodka.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 oz fresh prickly pear lemonade
- 1 ½ oz Tito’s Vodka
- Lemon soda water
- Melon balls, blueberries, and mint for garnish
For the prickly pear lemonade:
- 3-4 medium to large lemons – 2/3 cup fresh squeezed juice
- 2-3 limes – 1/3 cup fresh squeezed juice
- 6 tbsp prickly pear simple syrup
- ¼ cup agave nectar
- 2 ¼ cups water
For the prickly pear simple syrup:
- 1 cup prickly pear fruit pulp
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 cup sugar
- 5 tbsp fresh squeezed lime juice
Instructions
- Add ice to a cocktail shaker, and pour in prickly pear lemonade and Tito’s.
- Shake until chilled.
- Strain and pour over ice into a highball glass.
- Top with lemon soda water.
- Garnish with melon balls and blueberries on a pick, and add a fresh sprig of mint.
For the prickly pear lemonade:
- Squeeze and strain fresh lemons to yield 2/3 cup juice.
- Squeeze and strain fresh limes to yield 1/3 cup juice.
- Stir the lemon and lime juices, prickly pear simple syrup, agave nectar, and water together into a container.
- Store in the refrigerator.
For the prickly pear simple syrup:
- Hold the thornless prickly pears with tongs and cut them in half.
- Using a spoon, scoop out the fruit pulp.
- Add the fruit pulp to a medium saucepan with the water and sugar.
- Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce to a medium-low and simmer for about 25-30 minutes.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and let it come to room temperature.
- Add the syrup mixture into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a container and stir in the lime juice to combine.
- Store in the refrigerator.