Sparkling Meyer Lemon Mocktail

This mocktail is a refreshing twist on lemonade made as a gentle sunrise drink.
It’s mildly sweet from simple syrup in both the lemonade and the grenadine.
Garnish with pomegranate seeds for a festive pop of red on top to echo the pink
on the bottom.

Servings: 4 servings

Author: Beth Allingham of www.amealinmind.com

Prep Time
25 minutes

Cook Time
5 minutes

Total Time
30 minutes

Course:

Beverage

Cuisine:

American

Keywords:

easy recipe lemonade mocktail grenadine stovetop Meyer lemonade pomegranate syrup and seeds sunrise lemonade

🧂 Ingredients

¼ cup simple syrup

¼ cup of each of white cane sugar and water, warmed until sugar dissolves
¼ cup Meyer lemon juice

about 1-2 large Meyer lemons
3 ½ cups sparkling water

one 750 mL bottle unflavored Pellegrino or your favorite
1 to 1 ½ cups of sparkling Meyer lemonade

depending on the size of your glasses (fill to about 1 inch from the rim)
1-2 tablespoons grenadine
5 small ice cubes
1 tablespoon pomegranate seeds

Instructions

1 1. To make the "simple syrup", place the sugar and water in a small saucepan and
bring to a low simmer. Stir so that the sugar dissolves completely, about 5
minutes, and remove from heat.
2 2. While the simple syrup is heating, juice the lemons. Depending on the size of
the lemons, 1 to 3 of them should be enough for ¼ cup of juice.
3 3. Pour the juice and the simple syrup into a serving pitcher. Allow to chill
before adding the Pellegrino. This will keep the Pellegrino from losing as much
fizz when it's poured into the lemon/simple syrup mixture.
4 4. Pour the Pellegrino into the lemon juice/simple syrup mixture and taste.
Remember that the grenadine will sweeten it a bit, and when you add ice, it will
melt and naturally dilute the lemonade. This mixture is to our taste. If the
lemonade is a little sweet for your taste, add a little more straight lemon
juice to it.
5 4 Chill: Refrigerate 15-20 minutes.
6 Pour the cold lemonade into the glass.
7 Pour the grenadine into each glass - it will sink to the bottom.
8 Add the ice cubes carefully so as not to stir up the grenadine layer from the
bottom.
9 Sprinkle pomegranate seeds on top of the ice cubes (some will sink). Enjoy!