Last weekend I had some friends over for dinner and whipped up this extremely easy, and more importantly, very tasty Pink Lemonade. The total prep and cooking time was under 15 minutes and it lasts for up to a week in the fridge, meaning you can make it in advance if you're short for time.
After looking up lots of recipes online, I mixed a few of them together and came up with something that went a bit like this...
Ingredients:
- 4 lemons
- 2 oranges
- 350g caster sugar
- 400g of summer berries
- Ice, fresh mint, frozen berries, and lemon to serve (optional)
Method:
To begin, slice your oranges and lemons in half, and then squeeze the juice along with their remains into a large saucepan. Add in your summer berries (I used frozen), your caster sugar, and pour over 350ml of cold water.
Bring to the boil and allow to simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring often.
When it's cooled down pour the mixture through a sieve, pressing it through with a spoon to get all the remaining juices out. You'll be left with a fairly concentrated pinky syrup.
To Serve:
Here's the fun part. When it comes to serving I'd recommend using a roughly 50:50 ratio of syrup to drink of your choice - still or sparkling water, or if you want to throw some alcohol into the mix, Prosecco goes down well.
Pour a little syrup into a glass and top it up with the drink of your choice, ice, lemon, frozen berries and some fresh mint... et voilà!
Who's thirsty?
Photos all my own.
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