Serves 4

720ml water

200g sugar

150g Northwest fresh sweet cherries, stoned and halved

200ml fresh lemon juice, chilled

Crushed ice

1 litre bottle of soda water

4 whole Northwest fresh sweet cherries with stems

4 long stems of fresh mint

• Combine the water and sugar in a small saucepan and add the halved cherries. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool at room temperature.
• Strain the resulting syrup into a container with a tightly fitting lid; discard the cherries. Chill the syrup until cold.
• Fill a tall glass with some crushed ice. Pour in 50ml of lemon juice, 80ml of cherry syrup and top with the soda water. Garnish with whole a whole cherry and sprig of mint.

Any left over syrup may be store in the fridge for up to one week.

Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: 140 Cal., 0 g pro., 0 g fat, 37 g carb., 0 mg chol., 1 g fibre, 28 mg sodium.