Electric Lemonade

Description: Make and share this Electric Lemonade recipe from Food.com.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 large mint sprig, finely chopped,plus sprigs for garnish
• 8 ounces lemon-flavored vodka
• 1 dash sparkling water
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon, zest of (, to garnish)

Steps:

1. Mix the sugar and water in a small pot and boil for 3 minutes to make a simple syrup.
2. Let cool.
3. In medium bowl, stir together 1 cup syrup (leftover syrup can be refrigerated indefinitely), the lemon juice and the chopped mint.
4. Pour mixture into ice-cube tray and freeze for one hour.
5. In a blender, blend together frozen cubes, sparkling water, chopped mint and vodka.
6. Pour into chilled glasses.
7. Garnish with mint sprigs and lemon zest.