Chilly and refreshing, this 4-ingredient honey-sweetened strawberry lemonade is constituted of actual, recent strawberries and lemons. There isn’t a refined sugar or synthetic sweetener wanted. It comes collectively rapidly and hits the spot on a heat summer time day.
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Inform Me About This Honey-Sweetened Strawberry Lemonade
- Taste: Tart, a bit candy, and tremendous fruity. This can be a thirst quencher and tastes particularly refreshing served over numerous ice.
- Ease: This can be a wildly straightforward home made drink recipe. All that the method requires is juicy strawberries, lemons, honey, water, and a blender.
- Time: This home made strawberry lemonade takes about quarter-hour complete. And that point consists of rinsing and slicing the strawberries!
What you’ll admire most about this honey-sweetened strawberry lemonade is that it’s not overly or artificially sweetened like many store-bought lemonade drinks. You may actually style the pure taste of tart lemon and candy strawberries. Plus, you’ve full management over the added sweetness. In case your strawberries occur to be further candy, reduce a bit on the honey. If you would like your drink a bit sweeter, add a bit extra.
One reader, Shantelle, commented: “I made this and it was nice! It’s one among my favourite recipes! Notice: it tastes greatest the second day, as a result of it’s not frothy from the blender, and the flavors mix. For greatest outcomes stir earlier than ingesting it. ★★★★★”
You Want Simply 4 Elements
Strawberries, water, lemons, and honey. Sure, that’s it!
Be sure you have a strong blender that can mix up the strawberries. I really like this blender as a result of not solely is it sturdy, it additionally works as a meals processor or chopper, too.
Methods to Make Strawberry Lemonade
Begin by prepping the berries. Rinse and hull the strawberries, and lower them in half in the event that they’re on the bigger facet. Juice the lemons (use a juicer to make straightforward work of this; I have and love this one) till you’ve 3/4 cup, round 180ml, of juice.
Put the berries, lemon juice, and honey in your blender, together with 2 cups of chilly water.
Mix on excessive till every thing combines and is totally clean and frothy, like this:
Pour the combination right into a pitcher, add the remaining water, and stir.
Tip: This strawberry lemonade is frothy proper out of the blender, so when you’d just like the froth/foam to quiet down earlier than ingesting, place the lemonade within the fridge for about 1-2 hours (or longer) earlier than serving. In truth, we predict it tastes even higher on day 2 after the flavors have had an opportunity to mingle—identical to this apple cider sangria.
Sure, you should use frozen, thawed strawberries. Or maintain them frozen for a lightly-sweetened strawberry lemonade slushy drink!
I haven’t particularly examined different berries, so I’m uncertain whether or not the quantity of honey would want to alter. When you resolve to attempt different berries, chances are you’ll have to pressure the seeds out. See recipe Notes beneath for extra on this.
Completely, and there are a lot of pairings that may style nice with this strawberry lemonade. Gin, vodka, rum… or combine with glowing wine for an extra-special mimosa!
So long as your blender is highly effective sufficient to crush ice, go proper forward!
Description
This refreshing 4-ingredient honey-sweetened strawberry lemonade is made with actual strawberries and recent lemon juice.
- Rinse, hull, and halve the strawberries. Place them in a big blender.
- Pour 2 cups (480ml) of water, the lemon juice, and honey over the strawberries. Mix on excessive for a minimum of 2 minutes or till clean.
- Pour into a big pitcher and stir within the remaining water. Style. Stir in additional honey when you’d prefer it a bit sweeter. Lemonade is frothy proper out of the blender so when you’d just like the froth/foam to quiet down earlier than ingesting, place the lemonade within the fridge for about 1–2 hours earlier than serving.
- Serve over ice. Cowl and retailer leftover strawberry lemonade within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
Notes
- Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): Citrus Juicer | Blender
- Can I Pressure The Strawberries? We don’t pressure the strawberries on this recipe. Nonetheless, when you’d wish to pressure them, mix the strawberries with just one cup of water, then pressure the combination by a positive mesh sieve right into a pitcher. Then stir within the remaining water, the lemon juice, and the honey.
- Can I Use Frozen Strawberries? Sure, you should use frozen, thawed strawberries. Or maintain them frozen for a lightly-sweetened strawberry lemonade slushy drink!
