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Cardamom Cherry Strawberry Spritz

A bright, fizzy berry-cherry spritz with a warm cardamom-clove syrup and a fresh orange wedge on the rim.

Cardamom Cherry Strawberry Spritz

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sliced150 gStrawberriessliced
  • ⅔ cup pitted100 gSweet cherrieshalved
  • ½ cup120 gWater
  • 1 tbsp20 gHoney
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cardamom
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gGround cloves
  • 1½ tbsp20 gLemon juice
  • 1¼ cups (300 ml)300 gSparkling water (club soda)chilled
  • 40 gOrangecut into 2 wedges

Steps

  1. Slice the strawberries, halve the cherries and cut the orange into two wedges. Keep the sparkling water (club soda) in the fridge until serving.
  2. In a small pot, combine the water, honey, cardamom and cloves; bring to a simmer over medium heat and stir until the honey dissolves, about 2 minutes.
  3. Add the strawberries and cherries to the pot and simmer gently for 5 minutes, pressing the fruit with a spoon until soft and juicy.
  4. Take the pot off the heat and stir in the lemon juice. Cool the syrup quickly by setting the pot in a bowl of ice water and stirring, about 20 minutes, until cold.
  5. Strain the berry syrup through a fine sieve, pressing on the fruit; discard the solids.
  6. Fill two glasses with ice and pour half of the berry syrup into each glass.
  7. Top each glass with half of the chilled sparkling water (club soda) and stir gently.
  8. Garnish each glass with one orange wedge and serve right away.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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