Sunny's Nacogdoches Cherry Limeade
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 4 to 6 drinks
- Total: 1 hr 25 min (includes cooling time)
- Active: 15 min
Ingredients
Syrup:
3 cups cherries, pitted and chopped
1 cup granulated sugar
Drink:
Pellet ice cubes or crushed ice
48 ounces lemon-lime soda
2 to 3 limes, halved
8 to 12 maraschino cherries
Directions
Special equipment:
Pellet ice cube trays- For the syrup: In a small saucepan over medium heat, add the cherries and 1 cup water. Cook and mash the cherries, using a potato masher while they cook, about 5 minutes, then add the sugar and cook until the sauce is reduced and thickened, 20 to 25 minutes. Strain out the cherries and cool completely.
- For the drink: Fill 4 to 6 glasses to the brim with ice and add enough soda to fill each three-quarters of the way. Top each off with the cherry syrup, then a hefty squeeze of lime and 2 maraschino cherries.