Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade
I am so ready for summer! I'm a teacher, so summer holds great significance for me; namely, since I work the entire year including evenings and weekends, summer is my "weekend." Wahoo!
What better way to welcome summer than with a frosty, refreshing, tangy glass of Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade? I dressed mine up with all sorts of fun accoutrements: slices of juicy lemon, plump strawberries, ice cubes, a sugar-crusted rim, green bendy straws, and big sprigs of fresh mint! Mix up a pitcher yourself and enjoy some slow sipping on your porch or patio :)
Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade
Recipe by: Adapted from The Sweet Melissa Baking Book by Melissa Murphy
Yields: about 6.5 cups of lemonade
Fresh Strawberry Sauce Ingredients:
1 dry pint fresh strawberries, rinsed and hulled (or maybe a little more)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons cold water
Lemonade Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup very hot water
1 cup fresh lemon juice
4-1/2 cups cold seltzer or sparkling water
Optional Accoutrements:
lemon juice and sugar for glass rims
sprigs of fresh mint
fresh strawberries
slices of lemon
crushed ice
bendy straws!
Directions:
Make strawberry sauce: In a food processor or blender, puree the berries, sugar, lemon juice and water until smooth. Strain the berry mixture into a clean bowl and discard the seeds. Stir in additional sugar, if needed. Cover and refrigerate until used.
Make lemonade: In a pitcher, combine the sugar and hot water and stir until the sugar has dissolved into a syrup. Stir in the lemon juice and cold seltzer water. Add the strawberry sauce and stir to combine. Pour over ice into tall glasses rimmed with sugar (dip rims into lemon juice and then sugar). Garnish with fresh strawberries and other accoutrements, if using. Strawberry lemonade keeps at least 3 days in the refrigerator.
To learn about my past beverage discrimination, read my random college memories -- including those relating to Vanilla Ice -- or see more LEMONADE, head over to my baking blog, Willow Bird Baking!
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What better way to welcome summer than with a frosty, refreshing, tangy glass of Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade? I dressed mine up with all sorts of fun accoutrements: slices of juicy lemon, plump strawberries, ice cubes, a sugar-crusted rim, green bendy straws, and big sprigs of fresh mint! Mix up a pitcher yourself and enjoy some slow sipping on your porch or patio :)
Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade
Recipe by: Adapted from The Sweet Melissa Baking Book by Melissa Murphy
Yields: about 6.5 cups of lemonade
Fresh Strawberry Sauce Ingredients:
1 dry pint fresh strawberries, rinsed and hulled (or maybe a little more)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons cold water
Lemonade Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup very hot water
1 cup fresh lemon juice
4-1/2 cups cold seltzer or sparkling water
Optional Accoutrements:
lemon juice and sugar for glass rims
sprigs of fresh mint
fresh strawberries
slices of lemon
crushed ice
bendy straws!
Directions:
Make strawberry sauce: In a food processor or blender, puree the berries, sugar, lemon juice and water until smooth. Strain the berry mixture into a clean bowl and discard the seeds. Stir in additional sugar, if needed. Cover and refrigerate until used.
Make lemonade: In a pitcher, combine the sugar and hot water and stir until the sugar has dissolved into a syrup. Stir in the lemon juice and cold seltzer water. Add the strawberry sauce and stir to combine. Pour over ice into tall glasses rimmed with sugar (dip rims into lemon juice and then sugar). Garnish with fresh strawberries and other accoutrements, if using. Strawberry lemonade keeps at least 3 days in the refrigerator.
To learn about my past beverage discrimination, read my random college memories -- including those relating to Vanilla Ice -- or see more LEMONADE, head over to my baking blog, Willow Bird Baking!
x-posted to food_porn, cooking, and picturing_food