Peanut Free Garden Lemon Ginger Cooler
This garden-fresh drink is the kind of thing you want to sip on a hot afternoon when something cold and a little fancy feels absolutely necessary. Fresh lemon juice, muddled cucumber, and bruised mint come together in a pitcher that looks as good as it tastes, and a homemade maple-ginger syrup ties everything together with a warm, aromatic kick. Making your own syrup is genuinely simple — just a quick simmer and a steep — and it means you know exactly what's going into your glass, no label-reading required. The sparkling water goes in at the very end, right over ice, so every pour stays bright and fizzy. It's naturally free from nuts of any kind, built entirely from fresh produce, pantry staples, and a little maple syrup, so there's nothing to second-guess. Serve it with lemon slices and a sprig of mint for a finish that looks straight out of a garden party spread.
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4 servings
For the ginger simple syrup
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 2 tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
For the cooler
- ¾ cup fresh lemon juice (from about 4–5 lemons)
- ½ medium english cucumber, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves, lightly packed
- 2 cups cold water
- 2 cups sparkling water, chilled
For serving
- 2 cups ice cubes
- 4 lemon slices (optional)
- 4 fresh mint sprigs (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the 1/2 cup water, maple syrup, and sliced ginger in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the maple syrup dissolves. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 3 minutes, until the syrup is fragrant and the ginger has softened slightly.
- 2
Remove the saucepan from the heat and let the ginger syrup steep for 15 minutes, until the ginger flavor is pronounced. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a small bowl or measuring cup, pressing the ginger slices to extract as much liquid as possible; discard the solids.
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