Beverages American

Sparkling Kiwi Lemonade

Purée kiwi with sweetener, stir it into lemon juice and water, chill it hard, then top with seltzer for a bright green fizzy lemonade.

Sparkling Kiwi Lemonade

What It Is

Purée kiwi with sweetener, stir it into lemon juice and water, chill it hard, then top with seltzer for a bright green fizzy lemonade.

Origin

This is my american-leaning version, built around the ingredients and method that give the recipe its character.

Fun Fact

Kiwi contains actinidin, a protein-digesting enzyme also responsible for kiwi’s ability to tenderize some foods.

Prep
15 min
Cook
—
Total
15 min
Servings
8 glass
(2 if company's coming and you're only pretending to like them)
Difficulty
easy
Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Nut-Free
Diet
Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free
Away Mission
40 min walk
(Spock could calculate this more efficiently, but where's the fun in that)
#american #beverages #sparkling-kiwi-lemonade #spoon-and-scribble

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup monk-fruit sweetener
  • 6 kiwis
  • 2 cups lemon juice
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 litre seltzer water

Steps

  1. Purée the kiwi and sweetener until smooth.
  2. Stir together lemon juice and water, then add the kiwi purée and chill thoroughly.
  3. Pour about ½ cup kiwi mixture into each glass, add ice and top with seltzer.

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Notes

Taste before the final adjustment. A recipe should guide dinner, not bully it. If it needs a little more acid, sweetness, salt or heat, make the change in small steps instead of launching the whole spice rack into orbit.

Nutrition Facts
Per 1 glass
Calories 170
Burning this off: one beer-league hockey game, including the fighting.
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.0 g 0%
Saturated + Trans 0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 0 mg 0%
Carbohydrate 42.0 g
Fibre 0.5 g 2%
Sugars 35.0 g 35%
Protein 1.5 g
Potassium 430 mg 9%
Calcium 25 mg 2%
Iron 0.2 mg 1%
*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot. Sodium levels calculated in a country with universal healthcare — and it's free, so don't worry about it too much.
A genuinely respectable nutrition profile. No red flags here — go ahead and feel a little smug about it.

Substitutions

Use equivalent ingredients where needed for allergies or availability, but keep the main sweet/sour/salty/spicy balance intact. This is cooking, not a hostage negotiation.

Storage

Keep covered and chilled. Fresh-fruit or dairy drinks are best used within 1–2 days; fizzy drinks are happiest served the same day before the bubbles file for retirement.

Freezing

Freeze still fruit bases or concentrates if useful, but add carbonation after thawing. Dairy-heavy drinks are better made fresh.