Refreshing Labor Day Libations!

AJ’s Citrus Sparkler

Recipe courtesy of Chef Doreen Fang

Serves	Prep Time	Total Time
1	5 minutes	8 minutes

Ingredients

1 ounce fresh lime juice           

2 teaspoons granulated sugar

6 med-large mint leaves, torn

2 – ¼” round slices of tangelo, then quartered

crushed ice

1 ounce Malibu Rum

½ ounce Cachaça (Brazilian sugarcane spirit)

Sparkling tangerine juice

½ moon Tangelo slice for garnish, slit to put onto rim of glass

Directions

In a highball add the lime juice, sugar, mint leaves and quartered slices of tangelo; using a muddler, muddle the mint and tangelo until the sugar has dissolved.  Fill the glass to the top with crushed ice, add the Malibu Rum, Cachaça and top off with sparkling tangerine juice.  Garnish with tangelo slice and serve.

Cheers!