Blueberry Spritzer

This spritzer just made my top 10 favorite drinks.  It'll make you want to go sit out on the deck and put your feet up.  It's summer in a glass.  Sweet blueberries, tangy lemons, perfection.
The recipe is adapted from one I found, credited to Persian Food from the Non-Persian Bride, at Leite's Culinaria.  The original recipe was for a cherry spritzer.  Doesn't that sound fabulous?  Unfortunately, my husband can't have cherries, so I had to go with something else.  I wanted something seasonal, so decided on blueberries.  I'm very glad I did, too, because it works just wondefully here.
So, mix up a batch, sit back, and relax with your tasty beverage!

Blueberry Spritzer

Adapted from Leite's Culinaria

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

1 cup blueberries (frozen work great)

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

Setzer Water, chilled

Directions:

1.  Stir the sugar and water together in a medium saucepan.  Set over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.  Reduce the heat to a gentle simmer.

2.  Gently stir in the blueberries.  Simmer for 20 minutes.  Do not smash the berries.

3.  Pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer lined with cheesecloth, into a bowl (discard the solids).  Pour the lemon juice through the strainer.  Chill the mixture until cold.

4.  Stir the blueberry syrup together with the seltzer water at a ratio of 3 to 1 (1/4 cup syrup to 3/4 cups seltzer makes a small glass).  Garnish with frozen blueberries, if you'd like (it's pretty and helps keep the drink cold).  Serve!

Note: store any leftover syrup in a covered container in the refrigerator.