I don’t normally post beverages on MBA, but it is officially summer and my Raspberry Lemonade Recipe is the perfect way to beat the heat.
This recipe came about last week when I had a container of raspberries starting to get a little on the mushy side. I also had a huge bag of lemons, so it seemed natural to combine them to create a sweet, tart, ice cold drink. The results were delish!
I make fresh lemonade a lot during the summer months; it’s so easy and in my opinion tastes much better than the powdered variety. When I was a kid, there was a family owned lemonade stand that would make appearances at the local festivals. Their lemonade was amazing because it had that perfect balance of sweet and tart. I tried to replicate that balance in this recipe and hope you get that smooth sweet flavor with a little pucker.
Variations:
-Having a get together at your house? You can most definitely throw in a little tequila or vodka to make one heck of a summery adult beverage.
-Have a plethora of strawberries or blueberries right now? Perfect, use the same method, just sub in different fruit for the raspberries.
-Is your mint plant growing like crazy? Infuse your simple syrup with some mint leaves (strain out when infused) and garnish your glasses with it as well. Gorgeous and tasty.
Notes: I am betting you are as smitten with the pink and white striped straws as I am. If so, you can pick yourself up a box from Bake It Pretty. Seriously how adorable are they?
Raspberry Lemonade
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1 cup of water
¾ cup raspberries; pureed and pushed through a fine mesh sieve; plus more whole berries for garnish if desired
1 cup fresh lemon juice (this equaled close to 8 of my lemons)
4-6 cups cold water (this will vary depending on your taste)
Directions
1. Make a simple syrup by combining the sugar with 1 cup of water in a saucepan. Place over medium heat and heat until the sugar in completely dissolved; swirl the pan occasionally. Let cool.
2. Measure 3/4 of fresh raspberries and puree them in your blender or food processor.
3. Push the raspberry puree through a fine mesh sieve to separate the seeds from the pulp.
4. Once the simple syrup has cooled, combine the raspberry puree, simple syrup and lemon juice in a large pitcher.
5. Add 4-6 cups of cold water. The amount of water you use will depend on your taste, so add as little or as much as you want to achieve your perfect sweet/tart balance.
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I’ll take the variation with tequila, please.
So pretty! Vodka for me! I love flavored lemonade and picked up some raspberries the other day. Kinda like karma!
This is so gorgeous!
I’m such a summer lemonade lover!
And I’ll be happy to taste test an adult version with vodka!
Can’t wait to make this for a summer party I am having at my apartment soon – spiked with some vodka of course.
Looks perfect, have it ready with Vodka for me tonight!
mmmm Glad you decided to post this drink! Love that you pureed the raspberries! Looks so refreshing.
YUm! And I love that color!!
This sounds awesome. I love lemonade, no matter what the flavor.
Perfect for summer!
Mmmm…..lemonade is so refreshing in the summer! Love the pink color!!
this looks really pretty! nice job!
Beautiful! I’m inspired to make some.
With the heat index, it is currently 110 degrees outside my house. Will you bring me a big pitcher of this lemonade, please? I’d come get it, but it’s too hot to step outside. Thanks!!
How refreshing and colourful for summer…. I love it.
Thirst quenching!! Your photos are so lovely I am turning green
What a terrific idea to add raspberries to your lemonade. Thanks for the inspiration.
Jamie, that looks so great! I wish it wasn’t so cold down here so I could make it. Will have to save it away for our summer.
Bec
This sounds so refreshing and perfect for summer entertaining! I have to ask, where did you find those gorgeously tall glasses?
Amy Kelly-
Thanks so much for stopping by MBA…the glasses are called Zombie Glasses, they are made by Libbey Glass and were purchased at Target!
-Jamie
Wow, looks and sounds amazing. I’m with the others, add some vodka to mine please!
Wow, great job here. Awesome picture too! You should really consider submitting this to Recipe4Living’s Summertime Sipper Contest! It looks delicious!
Wow what a wonderful colour, very fresh and summery. Bet it tastes so refreshing. Just beautiful
I have the same stripey straws from Bake It Pretty! This drink looks super refreshing!
i recently made my first batch of lemonade (don’t know what i was waiting for – i have a meyer lemon tree) and there is nothing like homemade lemonade. coupled with raspberries…mmm mmm good!
I just made this. I am happy to say it is going in my recipe book! It is soooo delicious!! I used the fruit I had laying around for the purée. Four kiwis, six raspberries, and four strawberries. And added eight cups of water in the end. Thank you!!!
Just made this lemonade with strawberries and raspberries. It is aaammaazziinnggg.
I have made this a few times now and it is really delicious, thanks for the recipe! definite keeper.
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