Fresh strawberry lemonade is a refreshing summer drink that you must try this summer. It’s incredibly easy and quick to make. Best way to use up fresh berries from your garden.
Looking for more ways to hydrate yourself and keep you refreshed? Try detox water, watermelon juice, pineapple juice, and blueberry lemonade.
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🍹Why Make Strawberry Lemonade?
1. Homemade lemonade tastes so much fresher than the sugar loaded store bought ones.
2. Will cost you much lesser than Starbucks strawberry lemonade.
3. Best way to use up all the fresh summer berries you got tempted and picked up from farmers market.
4. Needs only 4 basic simple ingredients to make homemade lemonade.
5. Incredibly easy to make and tastes delicious!
6. Make it into cocktail by adding a splash of vodka. FUN ADULT DRINK!
7. It’s picnic perfect for summer time party or gatherings. Having a pool party? You definitely have to make homemade lemonade using fresh strawberries.
8. A great make ahead drink that can be stored in refrigerator for upto 2 days.
9. It’s all natural, healthy and ten folds tastier than bottled stuffs.
10. There can’t be anyone who doesn’t love lemonades. Especially the kids! Soda and flavored drinks, be gone, here comes the best deal of freshness!
🧾Ingredients
How to make
- First let’s prepare simple syrup. Simple syrup is simply sugar and water syrup. Add refined sugar and water in equal measure into sauce pan. Bring it to boil. Let it continue to boil until all sugar is dissolved. Stir in between to help sugar dissolve completely.
- Remove from stove and let it cool down to room temperature.
- Note : Simple syrup can be made as per your preference. Some add equal measure of sugar and water, some add 1:2 ratio of sugar and water. It’s entirely up-to you.
- Take fresh ripe strawberries and add it to a blender. Add little water and blend it really well to get smooth strawberry juice.
- I didn’t mind straining the juice as it was blend very well in blender. But if you want you can strain the juice.
- Squeeze lemon juice. Pro-Tip: To extract maximum juice from lemon, gently roll lemons on the kitchen counter applying mild pressure. This will loosed the lemon and help squeeze out most of its juices. You can also microwave lemon for 3 to 5 seconds before squeezing.
- Have few slices of lemon, mint leaves sprigs and few sliced strawberries kept aside for garnish.
- Stir up the lemonade!
- Into a pitcher add cooled simple syrup, strawberry juice and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Stir it well with wooden stirrer.
- Add ice cubes, lemon slices, slices strawberries and few fresh mint leaves as well into the pitcher. Stir again.
- Cover and refrigerate it until ready to serve. You can make it ahead 2 days and store refrigerated. If making ahead, don’t forget to add few ice cubes when serving is it all gets melted.
- Pour it into serving glasses. Garnish with few lemon slices, mint spring and whole strawberry on the side of the glass.
- To make it fancy, use cocktail mini umbrellas.
- Homemade strawberry lemonade will bring down the temperature a few degrees instantly.
💭Tips To Make Best Strawberry Lemonade Recipe
- A good lemonade recipes starts with fresh ripe strawberries. The sweetness and freshness of fresh berries in what makes this lemonade taste absolutely delicious! We wouldn’t recommend frozen strawberries, as the frozen ones looses some of its sweetness and might need extra sugar if using to make lemonade.
- If fresh strawberries are not accessible, then do use frozen strawberries. Remember to first thaw them in refrigerator overnight and then use it. You might need extra sugar to balance the taste of the lemonade, taste and adjust the amount of sugar needed.
- To extract maximum juice from lemon, gently roll lemons on the kitchen counter applying mild pressure. This will loosed the lemon and help squeeze out most of its juices. You can also microwave lemon for 3 to 5 seconds before squeezing.
- And if you are your kid don’t like strawberries (what…?) feel free to add other berries like raspberries, blueberries.
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📋Fresh Strawberry Lemonade
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar for syrup
- 1 cup water for syrup
- 1 ½ cup fresh ripe strawberries
- 1 ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Loads of Ice cubes
For Garnish
- Lemon slices
- Fresh strawberry slices
- Fresh mint leaves
- More ice cubes if needed
Instructions
- First let’s prepare simple syrup. Simple syrup is simply sugar and water syrup. Add refined sugar and water in equal measure into sauce pan. Bring it to boil. Let it continue to boil until all sugar is dissolved. Stir in between to help sugar dissolve completely.
- Remove from stove and let it cool down to room temperature.
- Note : Simple syrup can be made as per your preference. Some add equal measure of sugar and water, some add 1:2 ratio of sugar and water. It’s entirely up-to you.
- Take fresh ripe strawberries and add it to a blender. Add little water and blend it really well to get smooth strawberry juice.
- I didn’t mind straining the juice as it was blend very well in blender. But if you want you can strain the juice.
- Next squeeze lemon juice.
- Pro-Tip: To extract maximum juice from lemon, gently roll lemons on the kitchen counter applying mild pressure. This will loosed the lemon and help squeeze out most of its juices. You can also microwave lemon for 3 to 5 seconds before squeezing.
- Have few slices of lemon, mint leaves sprigs and few sliced strawberries kept aside for garnish.
- It’s time to stir up the lemonade!
- Into a pitcher first add cooled simple syrup, strawberry juice and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Stir it well with wooden stirrer.
- Add ice cubes, lemon slices, slices strawberries and few fresh mint leaves as well into the pitcher. Stir again.
- Cover and refrigerate it until ready to serve. You can make it ahead 2 days and store it in fridge covered completely. If making ahead, don’t forget to add few ice cubes when serving is it all gets melted.
- When ready to serve, pour it into serving glasses. Garnish with few lemon slices, mint spring and whole strawberry on the side of the glass.
- Use fancy cocktail mini umbrellas as well if it pleases you.
- This homemade strawberry lemonade will bring down the temperature a few degrees instantly.
Comments & Reviews
Natalie says
Lemonade is my favorite drink during hot summer days. Love your recipe because of the strawberry syrup. My family will definitely love this. I need to make this strawberry lemonade soon.
jyothirajesh says
Thank you Natalie
Swathi says
Strawberry lemonade looks delicious my favorite. nowadays strawberries are sweet so it doesn’t need much sugar. Thanks for reminder I need to make it.
jyothirajesh says
I wish we get sweet strawberries in India. They are usually tart and we need some extra sweetener to be added which I hate. Always prefer the natural sweetness from fruits. Hope you enjoy the lemonade
Danielle says
I doubt there is a better summer drink than a glass of cold strawberry lemonade. I would almost have dozens of jars full of it every single day – it looks fantastic. I can’t wait to make some!
jyothirajesh says
I did that exactly last week. Had a pitcher full of strawberry lemonade all by myself! haha
Mirlene says
Yes to this lemonade all the way!!!! Talking about a refreshing drink for the summer! Looks good. Looking forward to try this.
jyothirajesh says
You’ll love it Mirlene
Heidy L. McCallum says
Oh my gosh, you must be reading my mind with this cool refreshing beverage. I am telling you I could easily sit all day on the back porch sipping this enjoying the sunshine. I am making this tonight!!!!
jyothirajesh says
One of the best things about summer is this. Enjoy your lemonade Heidy