Time: 10 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 8

"Instead of drinking regular soda, I keep this refreshing spritzer with real fruit juice in the fridge," says Giada De Laurentiis. "It's a drink made with sugar-free pomegranate and cranberry juices, a little simple syrup, and club soda for bubbly flavor."

Ingredients:

Drink

• 1 cup of ice
• 1.5 cups simple sugar syrup, see recipe below
• 1 and 1/4 cups chilled unsweetened pomegranate juice
• 1 cup of chilled unsweetened cranberry juice
• 1 bottle chilled sparkling water (750 ml)
• 2 limes, thinly sliced
• 1 bunch of fresh mint for garnish
• 0.5 tbsp. (60 g.) pomegranate seeds
• Special equipment: punch bowl, capacity 6-8 tbsp.

Simple syrup

• 1 cup of water
• 1 cup of sugar

Substituting ingredients
Measuring containers used

1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

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Preparation:

Step 1
• Place 1 cup of ice in a punch bowl or 6-8 cup pitcher. Add 1.5 cups of syrup (see below), pomegranate juice, and cranberry juice. Stir well. Slowly pour in chilled sparkling water.
Step 2
• Serving in glasses:
  
  Place the pomegranate seeds in 12 champagne flutes. Add 1 lime wedge and 1 mint sprig to each glass. Pour the cocktail into the prepared glasses and serve.
Step 3
• Simple syrup:
  Yield: 1.5 cups
  
  Combine water and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and let the syrup cool.

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