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Spiced Pineapple Turmeric Cooler

A tangy pineapple and lime cooler warmed with a turmeric-cinnamon-ginger syrup, topped with fizzy sparkling water and a crisp cucumber ribbon.

Spiced Pineapple Turmeric Cooler

Ingredients

  • ½ cup120 gWater
  • 1½ tbsp packed20 gBrown sugar
  • ¼ tsp1 gGround turmeric
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cinnamon
  • 1½ tbsp grated8 gFresh gingerthinly sliced
  • 1½ cups chunks250 gPineapplecut into chunks
  • 2 tbsp30 gLime juice
  • ¾ cup (180 ml)200 gSparkling water (club soda)chilled
  • ⅓ cup sliced40 gCucumbershaved lengthwise into 2 long ribbons

Steps

  1. In a small pot, combine the water, brown sugar, turmeric, cinnamon and ginger.
  2. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring until the brown sugar dissolves, then simmer 3 minutes.
  3. Take the pot off the heat, let the syrup steep 5 minutes, then strain out the ginger and chill the syrup in the fridge until cold, about 25 minutes.
  4. While the syrup chills, use a vegetable peeler to shave the cucumber into 2 long ribbons and keep them cold.
  5. In a pitcher, firmly mash the pineapple with a muddler or fork until juicy, then stir in the lime juice and the chilled spiced syrup.
  6. Strain the pineapple mixture, pressing on the pulp, and divide it between 2 glasses filled with ice.
  7. Top each glass with half of the chilled sparkling water (club soda), then the remaining half in the second glass, and stir gently.
  8. Thread one cucumber ribbon into each glass 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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