Cooking With Rania: Summer Fruit Drinks

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Rania Harris, of Rania's Catering, is mixing some refreshing fruit drinks for the summer!

Jalapeno Grapefruit Spritzer

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
• 3 tablespoons superfine sugar
• 8 thin jalapeno slices
• 2 cups fresh grapefruit juice
• Ice
• Seltzer
• Lime slices, for garnish
• Splash of Tequila

Directions:

Muddle lime juice, sugar, and jalapeno slices, pressing on chiles and stirring until sugar dissolves. Stir in grapefruit juice. Pour halfway up ice-filled glasses; add in the Tequila and top with seltzer. Garnish with lime slices.

Serves: 6

Peach Slushies

Ingredients:

• 5 ounces vodka
• 3 tablespoons light agave nectar
• 1 pound ripe peaches, sliced and frozen, plus more for serving
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons peach nectar
• 1 tablespoon packed mint leaves, plus sprigs for serving

Directions:

Puree vodka, agave, peaches, and nectar with 1 cup crushed ice (or small ice cubes) in a blender, adding cold water a few tablespoons at a time, until thick and smooth. Add mint leaves; puree just until finely chopped. Serve with peach slices and mint sprigs.

Serves: 6

In:
• Rania's Recipes