Refreshing Strawberry Lemonade
Strawberry lemonade is a delicious way to cool down on a hot summer day! It’s a frequent crowd pleaser for barbecues or summer parties and is easy to make.
Servings: 10 Cups
Calories: 1kcal
Cost: $5-10
Equipment
- A medium saucepan
- Measuring cups and spoons
- A large pitcher or glass jar
- A whisk or spoon
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Cane Sugar or sugar equivalent sweetener like coconut sugar, date sugar, maple syrup or honey
- 2 Cups Fresh Strawberries
- 5 cups Filtered water
- 2 cups Lemon juice
- 5 cups Filtered water
Instructions
- To begin, add 5 cups of filtered water and 1 ½ cups sugar in a saucepan. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
- Bring the sugar mixture to a light boil.
- Add the de-stemmed strawberries to the pan and mash until all large pieces are gone.
- Remove from the heat. Set aside until completely cool.
- If you don’t want any strawberry pulp in your lemonade, you’ll need to strain the strawberry syrup. Once cool, strain the strawberry pulp from the simple syrup by pouring the mixture through a fine mesh sieve.
- While the strawberry simple syrup is cooling, combine lemon juice and filtered water into a pitcher or large glass jar.
- Once the strawberry pulp is strained from the syrup, add the strawberry simple syrup to the pitcher or container, stir and enjoy!
- Optional- When serving, garnish with lemon slices and sliced strawberry pieces.