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Lime-Apricot Rum Cooler

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 4

Ingredients

2 tablespoons freshly grated lime zest (about 6 limes)
6 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (about 3 limes)
2 cups apricot nectar, chilled
1 1/4 cups white rum

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a food processor, pulse the lime zest with the sugar until finely ground. Measure out 1/4 cup mixture; transfer the rest to a shallow dish. Pour 2 tablespoons lime juice into another dish. Dip the rims of 4 glasses in the juice, then in the sugar mixture, coating well.

    Step 2

    In a blender, puree the apricot nectar, rum, remaining 1/4 cup lime juice, reserved 1/4 cup zest mixture, and 2 cups ice. Divide among the prepared glasses, and serve immediately.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.
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