Strawberry Mocktail Spritzer
This delicious strawberry mocktail has a little bit of ginger and fennel to give the strawberry simple syrup a great depth of flavor.
Servings: 16 drinks
Calories: 68kcal
Ingredients
For the Strawberry Ginger Simple Syrup
- 2 pounds strawberries
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 inch piece of ginger cut into chunks
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 ½ teaspoon citric acid (optional)
For the Mocktail/Cocktail
- 1 ounce strawberry ginger syrup
- Sparkling water to top off (Topo Chico is the best)
- 1.5 ounces vodka (Optional)
Instructions
- Clean and quarter strawberries, pulling aside about half a pound of the best looking berries for garnish. Bring strawberries, water, sugar, and ginger to boil in a medium saucepan. Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring in the fennel seeds for the last 5 minutes
- When cool enough to handle, strain the strawberries and seeds out using the back a spoon in a wire mesh strainer or cheesecloth to squeeze the last of the juice and color out of the berries. (You can pick out the ginger chunks and use the rest for jam.)
- Combine the cooled syrup with citric acid (if you have it). Build ingredients over ice in a rocks glass or a coupe glass if you want to be fancy.
- Stir to combine ingredients and garnish with half strawberry and a flamingo pick on the rim of the glass.
Notes
- Serving information is for about 16oz or 2 cups, which would make roughly 16 cocktails. You can easily cut this recipe in half.
- Store the syrup in a mason jar in the fridge for up to a week.
- The citric acid just adds a touch of acid to the drink without using lemon, however, it's great without it if you can't find or don't have it on hand.
Nutrition
Serving: 1oz | Calories: 68kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 90mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 7IU | Vitamin C: 33mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg