Description
Brighten your day with this Homemade Pink Lemonade! 🍋🍓 Fresh lemons, natural raspberry color and a touch of honey make a refreshing, easy-to-make drink — perfect for warm afternoons. 🌞
Ingredients
– 8 large lemons (about 1 1/4 cups juice) 🍋
– 1 cup fresh raspberries 🍓
– 3/4 cup honey (or sugar) 🍯
– 1 cup hot water ☕️
– 4 cups cold water ❄️💧
– Ice cubes as needed 🧊
– Fresh mint sprigs for garnish 🌿
– Lemon slices for garnish 🍋
– Pinch of salt 🧂 (optional)
Instructions
1 Roll the lemons on the counter to loosen the juice, then cut and juice them to get about 1 1/4 cups of fresh lemon juice. 🍋
2 In a heatproof jar or small saucepan, combine the raspberries and honey, then pour in 1 cup of hot water to dissolve the honey and release the raspberry color. Stir and mash the raspberries gently with a spoon. 🍓🍯
3 Let the raspberry mixture steep for 5 minutes, then strain through a fine mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing the solids to extract as much liquid and color as possible. Discard seeds. 🥄
4 In a large pitcher, combine the fresh lemon juice, the strained raspberry syrup, and 4 cups of cold water. Stir well to combine. 💧
5 Taste and adjust sweetness or tartness: add more water if too strong, or a little extra honey/sugar if you prefer sweeter. Add a pinch of salt if desired to enhance flavors. 🧂
6 Refrigerate the pink lemonade for at least 10 minutes to chill, or serve immediately over ice for a quick refresher. 🧊
7 Serve in glasses with ice, garnish with lemon slices and mint sprigs. Enjoy your natural pink lemonade! 🌿🍋