This recipe uses fresh squeezed lemon juice and real raspberries, no juice concentrates. I like my lemonade a little on the tart side, so for me this is perfect. My daughter added a spoon of sugar and watered hers down a bit, then she loved it. So adjust the sugar to your own tastes.
I love this mixed half and half with iced tea! Yum!
Amanda’s Fresh Raspberry Lemonade
Makes 2 quarts
7 medium lemons
1 cup mashed fresh raspberries
1 heaping cup white sugar
water
First, reserve about 1/4 cup of the sugar and set aside. Pour the rest of the sugar into a medium saucepan. Add one cup of water. Stir and bring to a boil to dissolve sugar (this is called simple syrup). Turn off heat and let cool a bit.
Meanwhile, pour the reserved 1/4 cup of sugar over the mashed raspberries and let them sit for at least ten minutes to macerate.
While waiting for the berries, zest 6 of the 7 lemons. Place the zest into a zipper sandwich bag, squeeze out all the air, and put it in the freezer. Never cut up a lemon and waste the zest! :) Cut the six lemons in half and extract the juice (this should yield a little under a cup of juice). Cut the 7th lemon into slices. Set aside.
Pour the lemon juice through a strainer to eliminate the pulp and any seeds. Pour the juice into a 2 quart pitcher.
Push the macerated berries through a strainer using the back of a spoon. Pour the sweetened berry juice into the pitcher with the lemon juice.
Pour in the simple syrup (sugar water) into the pitcher and top off with water. Stir, add sliced lemons, and refrigerate.
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Fresh Raspberry Lemonade
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Print It Rate ItIngredients
- 7 medium lemons
- 1 cup mashed fresh raspberries
- 1 heaping cup white sugar
- water
Instructions
- First, reserve about 1/4 cup of the sugar and set aside. Pour the rest of the sugar into a medium saucepan. Add one cup of water. Stir and bring to a boil to dissolve sugar (this is called simple syrup). Turn off heat and let cool a bit.
- Meanwhile, pour the reserved 1/4 cup of sugar over the mashed raspberries and let them sit for at least ten minutes to macerate.
- While waiting for the berries, zest 6 of the 7 lemons. Place the zest into a zipper sandwich bag, squeeze out all the air, and put it in the freezer. Never cut up a lemon and waste the zest! :) Cut the six lemons in half and extract the juice (this should yield a little under a cup of juice). Cut the 7th lemon into slices. Set aside.
- Pour the lemon juice through a strainer to eliminate the pulp and any seeds. Pour the juice into a 2 quart pitcher.
- Push the macerated berries through a strainer using the back of a spoon. Pour the sweetened berry juice into the pitcher with the lemon juice.
- Pour in the simple syrup (sugar water) into the pitcher and top off with water. Stir, add sliced lemons, and refrigerate.
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andrea says
love this drink!!!… thanks for makeing a delisiouse drink i made it for my familly and they loved it. :D
Amanda says
So glad you enjoyed it!
Amanda says
Oh so glad you commented, I need to make some of this for tomorrow's barbecue!
Cecilia says
Just made this for a cook-out. It was amazing and very refreshing! I thought the sugar level was perfect. The raspberry flavor seemed to come out more over time.
Lynnylu says
A lovely summer drink!
Avanika [YumsiliciousBakes] says
I never save any zest. And then I'm always buying more for it! Thanks for the great tip, the lemonade looks delicious :)
Kathy Gori says
wow! This looks so good right now.
Krista says
How completely refreshing! Once raspberries are in season here I definitely want to try this!
5 Star Foodie says
Raspberry lemonade sounds so refreshing, what a wonderful summer drink!
Gera @ SweetsFoodsBlog says
So satisfying and refreshing lemonade – love the color!
Cheers,
Gera
Ingrid says
I could seriously use a BIG glass of that…RIGHT NOW! It's hotter than Hades here in the Sunshine State & humid!
~ingrid
girlichef says
This looks amazing!!! YUM =)
Joan says
I recently found your blog and LOVE IT! What great ideas you have. I am going to also make the watermelon cookies. They are too cute.
Tasty Eats At Home says
Oh Amanda, this looks SO good. :) I could go for a big iced down glass.
cookies and cups says
Awesome! I always order "flavored" lemonade when we are out to eat, but I can only imagine that with the fresh ingredients it will be 10x better!!
Amanda says
You're welcome Mags! I always save lime, lemon and orange zest before cutting up the fruit :) I also freeze any leftover juice.
Hi Cory, nice to see you!!
Thanks for the compliment Suzanne :):)
Thank you Sue and Marie!
Marie says
That looks wonderfully refreshing Amanda!
Sue Sparks says
I've made it fresh with strawberries, but I'll have to try raspberries:) Perfect for summer!
Suzanne says
I'm so thirsty right now this is a tease! Thinking I got to try this with blackberries because I have tons! Thanks!
P.S. I love your craft blog too, I really don't know how you do it.
Culinary Cory says
OMG! This sounds so refreshing right now!
Mags says
I can't tell you how many times I've made fresh lemonade and never thought to save/freeze the zest. Thanks for that tip!
This drink looks so refreshing for a warm summer day.