Bing Cherry Mojitos

Name: Bing Cherry Mojitos
Ingredients: 1.25 cups sugar; 1.25 cups freshly squeezed lime juice (about 9 limes); 3 pounds Bing cherries; 18 ounces best-quality black cherry or plain vodka; 1 bottle sparkling water (750 mL)

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Martha Stewart Test Kitchen

Updated on January 17, 2019

Servings:

12

Like other mojitos, this contains sparkling water for effervescence and lime juice but also includes plump cherries and cherry vodka.

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups sugar
1 ¼ cups freshly squeezed lime juice (about 9 limes)
3 pounds Bing cherries
18 ounces best-quality black cherry or plain vodka
1 bottle sparkling water (750 mL)

Directions

Bring sugar and 1 1/4 cups water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat; let cool completely. (Makes about 2 cups syrup.) Syrup can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 month.
Put lime juice into a medium nonreactive bowl. Halve and pit cherries; add to lime juice. Stir in syrup. Refrigerate at least 1 hour (up to overnight).
Stir cherry mixture and vodka in a large serving bowl. Fill 12 glasses with ice. Spoon 1/2 cup cherry-vodka mixture into each glass. Top off with sparkling water. Serve immediately.

Originally appeared: Martha Stewart Living, July 2006