Lime Rose Mimosas
Lime Rose Mimosas
Ingredients:
- 2 cara cara, navel, or valencia oranges, peeled
- 6-8 limes, peeled
- 2 oz Elderflower elixir
- Rose Simple Syrup, to taste
- Ice
- Champagne, sparkling wine, club soda, or sparkling water
Instructions:
- Juice oranges and limes. If you don’t have a juicer, place peeled fruit in a blender. Blend until smooth and strain out the pulp. There should be about 2 cups of juice.
- Put juice, elderflower elixir, and rose simple syrup to taste in a shaker with ice. Shake until chilled.
- Holding a champagne flute at a 45° angle, fill with 4 oz sparkling wine or sparkling water. Top with 2 oz of the juice mixture and enjoy!
Rose Simple Syrup:
1 cup organic cane sugar,
1 cup water
½ cup dried rose petals
Heat sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium high heat until it reaches a low boil. Reduce heat to medium low, and simmer for 10-12 minutes, or until syrup becomes slightly thickened. Stir in rose petals. Put the lid on the pot and steep for 30 minutes. Strain out rose petals and chill syrup in a covered container until ready to use.
Makes about 6 servings
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