Easy Strawberry Lemonade Recipe
In my opinion this is the easiest, fastest, and most delicious way to make strawberry lemonade. No boiling, no simple syrup, just fresh strawberries and fresh-squeezed lemon juice + water and ice, all sweetened to perfection.
Ingredients
- 2 cups strawberries 16 ounces or 1 pound
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups hot water
- 1 1/2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice from 10-12 large lemons
- 6 cups cold water
- ice to taste
Instructions
- Wash and hull the strawberries. Cut them in half if they're large and add them to a a large heat-proof bowl. Pour the sugar over the top. Use a potato masher to mask the strawberries and the sugar together until juicy. For a chunkier strawberry lemonade, leave some bits of berries. For a smoother strawberry lemonade, you can puree them with an immersion blender right in the bowl.
- Add the hot water. Stir for a minute or so until the sugar is completely dissolved. Add the lemon juice.
- Add the mixture to a pitcher (straining over a fine-mesh sieve if you want a pulp-free lemonade). Stir in the water. Taste and adjust the lemon juice or sugar as needed. A lot depends on the sweetness of the strawberries, so you might find it's sweeter than you prefer. If that's the case, add more lemon juice. If it's not quite sweet enough, stir in some more sugar (you'll want to stir it for a bit so that it completely dissolves.
- Add ice to a glass and pour the strawberry lemonade over the ice. Add fresh sliced strawberries if you like and garnish with a fresh strawberry and/or lemon slice on the rim of the glass, if you'd like.
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1glass, Calories: 118kcal, Carbohydrates: 31g, Protein: 0.4g, Fat: 0.3g, Saturated Fat: 0.02g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g, Sodium: 10mg, Potassium: 103mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 28g, Vitamin A: 7IU, Vitamin C: 39mg, Calcium: 14mg, Iron: 0.2mg