Sparkling Raspberry Lemonade

Apparently it’s the hottest day of the year today… So what could be better than this quick and easy homemade Raspberry Lemonade?

I’ve been seeing a lot of beautiful drinks on Pinterest recently, all kinds of different flavours and I decided, that since I embarrassingly have never made my own lemonade (!) that I’d give it a go!!

I don’t think I’ll be going back to shop bought any time soon…

This is just so refreshing, the flavours come through in layers; when you first taste you get a hit of lemon, then the raspberries and the sweetness come through; raspberries and lemons really are just a match made in heaven!

I’ve seen a few recipes with 1 cup of sugar in, I didn’t want my lemonade to be overly sweet, so I developed a recipe using 1/2 cup, I like tasting the tartness of the lemon, so the sugar was more to balance out all of the flavours and add a little sweetness, rather than making a sweet lemon drink.

Of course, if you prefer a sweeter drink, then make your simple syrup with equal parts water and sugar, for this recipe, that would be 1 cup of each.

Or you could make the drink to the recipe and if anyone wants to make their own drink a little sweeter, then they can; this is what my OH did!

I started off making the easiest simple syrup ever, I just boiled the kettle and measured 1 cup of water. I added this to the sugar and mixed until dissolved.

The actually hands on time for this recipe is 10 minuites, if that, but waiting for the simple syrup to cool is the bit that takes the time!

Once the simple syrup was cooled, I puréed some fresh raspberries and sieved them to get rid of the pips, I then juiced 4 lemons and mixed all the ingredients together in a large jug – that’s it, all done!!

To serve, I placed a few ice cubes into a glass, poured the drink and then garnished with a couple of raspberries and a sprig of mint; simple, perfect and oh so pretty!

So, enjoy the weather and have a pitcher of this in the fridge ready to quench your thirst!

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