Refreshing Blueberry Lemonade

Cool refreshing blueberry lemonade is what you need to beat the summer heat. This refreshing berrlicious lemonade is a wonderful twist to classic lemonade. With a combination of tart of lemons and sweetness from fresh blueberries, your new  favorite summer drink is here!

Why You Need To Try This Pink Lemonade Blueberry:

1. Very easy to make.
2. Requires 5 ingredients (including water as an ingredient: D) and 5 minutes to get everything ready. Then chill, stir and sip!
3. Uses fresh blueberries that are available in plenty this season from your farmer’s market.
4. Healthy way to quench your thirst and keep yourself hydrated (you can totally control the amount of sugar you use or substitute it with healthier alternatives).
5. It’s so pretty and so delicious; you want to drink it every day. No doubt this lemonade will be a star at your backyard summer drinks table.
6. You’ll love the wonderful tartness of lemon and a delicate sweetness from blueberries.
7. It’s a huge-crowd pleaser!
8. You can spike it up for extra fun by stirring in tequila or vodka to make you perfect cocktail for summer!
9. Easy to adjust the recipe to use store bought blueberry preserve (if, only if you can’t get fresh blueberries)

Ingredients Needed

Below picture shows all you need to make fresh blueberry lemonade-

Blueberries – fresh ones are best. Frozen ones can be thawed in the fridge before use. If you can’t find fresh blueberries, use blueberry preserve. Stir the preserve with lemon juice, simple syrup and serve.

Herb Garnish (optional) – garnish with fresh mint leaves, or fresh basil leaves.

Lemon Juice – ALWAYS use freshly squeezed lemon juice for lemonade recipe. It makes a world of difference in taste and freshness.

Want Extra Fun? Spike your drink with vodka or tequila.

How To Make Blueberry Lemonade?

Any lemonade recipe begins with simple syrup. Simple syrup is equal mixture of sugar and water heated up until sugar dissolves creating a syrup.

For this drink, you’ll make blueberry simple syrup.

1. In a sauce pan heat equal ratio of water and sugar. Add in fresh blueberries.
2. Cook for 3-4 minutes.
3. Keep mashing the berries as it cooks. You’ll end up with syrup-y  mix.
4. Strain the syrup.
5. Squeeze out all the juices from the berries.
6. Viola pretty pink blueberry simple syrup is ready. Pop it into fridge until it’s chilled.
7. Into a pitcher add chilled blueberry simple syrup. Pour in freshly squeezed lemon juice. Throw in loads of ice. Stir it up.
8. Pour into serving glasses filled with ice cubes, few fresh blueberries and lemon slices.

Serve immediately. Enjoy the drink sitting by the pool side!

Tips You’ll Need to Know to Make and Serve Best Blueberry Lemonade

1. Chill blueberry simple syrup for couple of hours. You can make it overnight and refrigerate it until chilled.
2. Cooking blueberries briefly is crucial, it extracts the flavor and color off the berries. Though some directly puree the blueberries and add it to the lemonade, I prefer cooking it for few minutes. It does make a difference in taste and color of the drink.
3. Keep those serving glasses in freezer. You’ll get to enjoy this drink little extra frosty.
4. For added flavors, muddle up fresh mint leaves or fresh basil leaves and add it to the drink.
5. For adult-style lemonade, spike it up with some vodka or tequila. We all need some extra fun after all!

How To Make This Drink With Blueberry Preserve?

If you live in a place where finding fresh blueberries is next to impossible, we do have a solution for you. Look for blueberry preserve in super market. Pick up a bottle of it.

Make simple syrup with equal parts of water and sugar. Stir and let it cook until all sugar is dissolved.

Reduce heat and stir in 1 cup blueberry preserve. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes until well combined.

Remove from heat, let syrup cool down a bit. Refrigerate the blueberry syrup until completely chilled.

Into a pitcher pour chilled bluberry syrup. Squeeze fresh lemon juice and throw in loads of ice.

Pour immediately into serving glasses filled with ice and few lemon slices. Enjoy!

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Refreshing Blueberry Lemonade

Jyothi Rajesh

Cool refreshing blueberry lemonade is what you need to beat the summer heat. This refreshing berrlicious lemonade is a wonderful twist to classic lemonade.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 4 minutes mins

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Servings 3 servings

Calories 304

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 cup fresh blueberries
• ▢ 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ▢ 1 cup water
• ▢ 1 cup sugar control the amount of sugar accordingly, or use your favorite healthy alternative like stevia
• ▢ Loads of ice

Garnish

• ▢ Fresh mint leaves or fresh basil leaves optional
• ▢ Lemon slice wedges
• ▢ Fresh blueberries

Instructions

 

• Any lemonade recipe begins with simple syrup. Simple syrup is equal mixture of sugar and water heated up until sugar dissolves creating a syrup.
• For this drink, you’ll make blueberry simple syrup. In a sauce pan heat equal ratio of water and sugar. Add in fresh blueberries. Cook for 3-4 minutes. Keep mashing the berries as it cooks.
• You’ll end up with syrup-y mix. Strain the syrup, squeezing out all the juices from the berries. Viola pretty pink blueberry simple syrup is ready.
• Pop it into fridge until it’s chilled.
• Into a pitcher add chilled blueberry simple syrup. Pour in freshly squeezed lemon juice. Throw in loads of ice.
• Stir it up.
• Pour into serving glasses filled with ice cubes, few fresh blueberries and lemon slices.
• Serve immediately. Enjoy the drink sitting by the pool side!

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Notes

1. Chill blueberry simple syrup for couple of hours. You can make it overnight and refrigerate it until chilled.
2. Cooking blueberries briefly is crucial, it extracts the flavor and color off the berries. Though some directly puree the blueberries and add it to the lemonade, I prefer cooking it for few minutes. It does make a difference in taste and color of the drink.
3. Keep those serving glasses in freezer. You’ll get to enjoy this drink little extra frosty.
4. For added flavors, muddle up fresh mint leaves or fresh basil leaves and add it to the drink.
5. For adult-style lemonade, spike it up with some vodka or tequila. We all need some extra fun after all!

Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

Nutrition

Serving: 3gCalories: 304kcalCarbohydrates: 79gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 6mgPotassium: 122mgFiber: 1gSugar: 73gVitamin A: 27IUVitamin C: 36mgCalcium: 5mgIron: 1mg

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