Fall White Wine Spritzer Recipe
Prep Time:
40 minutes
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Servings:
1 Serving
Ingredients
  • 1 pound ripe quince, peeled and diced
  • 2 cups water
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 strips lemon peel
  • 2 cardamom pods
  • ½ cup ice cubes
  • 1 ounce Lillet Blanc
  • 5 ounces chenin blanc, chilled
  • 4 ounces soda water
Directions
  1. To make the syrup, add the prepared quince, water, sugar, lemon peel, and cardamom pods to a saucepan.
  2. Bring to a boil and then simmer gently until the quince are fork-tender. This can take anywhere from 15 minutes to 45 minutes, depending on how ripe your quince are, so check regularly.
  3. Strain the syrup through a muslin, allowing the quince half an hour or so to fully strain through.
  4. Refrigerate the quince-cardamom syrup until ready to use.
  5. To make the white wine spritzer, first add the ice to a large wine glass.
  6. Add 1 ounce of quince cardamom syrup and the Lillet Blanc to the glass.
  7. Pour the white wine into the glass.
  8. Top off with the soda water.
  9. Garnish and serve.