Brandy Metzger
strawberry lemonade
After picking fresh strawberries at the local strawberry farm, I realized that we may had picked more than we could eat in a week. Therefore, I wanted to find a refreshing drink recipe to utilize some of the strawberries. I searched the internet for strawberry lemonade recipes and kept turning up recipes for gallons of this beverage when I wanted to make a smaller amount.
Finally, I decided to go it alone and create my own recipe for 2 quarts of strawberry lemonade. The result was delicious!
Strawberry Lemonade
Makes 2 quarts
Ingredients:
- 3 lemons
- 5 very ripe strawberries
- 1 cup sugar
- water
Directions:
- Use a juicer to extract the juice from 3 lemons. Pour the lemon juice into a 2 quart pitcher.
- Make a simple syrup by placing 1 cup of sugar and enough water to cover it in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 1 minute and stir to dissolve sugar.
- Pour simple syrup into pitcher.
- Cut tops off of 5 very ripe strawberries. Mash strawberries in a bowl until almost completely liquified.
- Pour the mashed strawberries into the pitcher.
- Add enough water and ice to fill the 2 quart pitcher and stir well.
- Chill and enjoy.
