Giada'S Limoncello Mint Spritzers

• 2 cups limoncello (Italian lemon liqueur)
• coarsely crushed ice cube
• 1 cup fresh mint leaves
• 1 cup club soda
• muddle stick (or handle of wooden spoon)
• 1 lime, for garnish (optional)

1. Coarsely crush the ice cubes, then fill 4 tall skinny drink glasses halfway full with the ice.
2. Add 1/4 cup mint leaves to each glass and, using a muddle stick or the handle of a wooden spoon, crush the mint leaves together with the ice (this is called "muddling").
3. Add 1/2 cup limoncello to each glass, and stir.
4. Add 1/4 cup of club soda to the top of each drink, and serve.
5. Note: on the show, Giada made her own limoncello from limes rather than from lemon, vodka, and simple syrup, with a week or marinating; if you can find a lime-based limoncello in the store, wonderful (we've only made it ourselves at home) - but otherwise you can use conventional limoncello.
6. Also, you could quarter a lime and put each quarter on the edge of the glasses, so that guests could add a squeeze of lime juice into their spritzer.

mint, club soda, muddle, lime

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/giadas-limoncello-mint-spritzers-114919 (may not work)