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Spiced Cucumber Mint Pear Fizz

Crisp cucumber and juicy pear meet a warm cardamom-ginger mint syrup, topped with bubbly sparkling water for a cool, gently spiced sip.

Spiced Cucumber Mint Pear Fizz

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup80 gWater
  • 1½ tbsp20 gGranulated sugar
  • 1½ tbsp grated8 gFresh gingerthinly sliced
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gGround cardamom
  • 1½ tbsp chopped8 gFresh mintleaves picked, divided
  • 1¾ cups sliced180 gCucumberpeeled and chopped, plus 2 thin slices reserved
  • 1 cup sliced150 gPearschopped
  • ½ lemon, juiced25 gLemon juice
  • 1 cup (240 ml)240 gSparkling water (club soda)chilled

Steps

  1. Make the syrup: in a small pot, bring the water, sugar, ginger and cardamom to a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves, then simmer 2 minutes.
  2. Take the pot off the heat, add half of the mint leaves, cover and steep 5 minutes; strain out the ginger and mint and chill the syrup in the fridge or over an ice bath until cold, about 15 minutes.
  3. In a blender, purée the chopped cucumber, pear, lemon juice and the cooled syrup until smooth, then strain through a fine sieve, pressing on the pulp.
  4. Divide the cucumber-pear mixture between two glasses filled with ice.
  5. Top each glass with half of the chilled sparkling water (club soda) and stir gently.
  6. Garnish with the remaining half of the mint leaves and the reserved cucumber slices, 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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