Raspberry Mint Cooler Recipe

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"This beverage is lovely in the summer when mint and raspberries are fresh," reveals Patricia Kile of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. "A garnish of mint leaves and raspberries is pretty."

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Raspberry Mint Cooler Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 14 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

3 cups water
1 to 1-1/2 cups chopped fresh mint
3/4 cup sugar
3 packages (10 ounces each) frozen sweetened raspberries, thawed
2-1/4 cups lemonade concentrate
6 cups cold water
Crushed ice

Directions

In a large saucepan, bring the water, mint and sugar to a boil. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Add the raspberries and the lemonade concentrate; gently mash raspberries.
Line a strainer with four layers of cheesecloth; place over a 1-gal. container. Slowly pour raspberry mixture into strainer' discard pulp and mint. Add cold water to the raspberry juice; stir well. Serve in chilled glasses over ice. Yield: 3-1/2 quarts.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 cup) equals 149 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 3 mg sodium, 38 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Raspberry Mint Cooler in Country Woman May/June 2003, p40