- 1 cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
- 1 cup chilled limoncello
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 3 cups chilled sparkling water
- Garnish: fresh mint sprigs; lemon slices
- Combine mint and limoncello in a bowl, then gently bruise mint with a pestle or wooden spoon (to release flavor). Chill, covered, 1 hour.
- Pour limoncello through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher, pressing firmly on mint and then discarding it.
- Just before serving, stir in lemon juice, sparkling water, and enough ice to fill pitcher.