Electric Lemonade - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
2 cups water
1 cup fresh lemon juice
1 large mint sprig, finely chopped,plus sprigs for garnish
8 ounces lemon-flavored vodka
1 dash sparkling water
1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon, zest of (, to garnish)

Preparation

Mix the sugar and water in a small pot and boil for 3 minutes to make a simple syrup.
Let cool.
In medium bowl, stir together 1 cup syrup (leftover syrup can be refrigerated indefinitely), the lemon juice and the chopped mint.
Pour mixture into ice-cube tray and freeze for one hour.
In a blender, blend together frozen cubes, sparkling water, chopped mint and vodka.
Pour into chilled glasses.
Garnish with mint sprigs and lemon zest.