Raspberry Lemonade Organic and Refreshing

Raspberry lemonade is the best summer time drink. It’s sweet, it’s tart, it’s reddish/pink, it’s completely amazing! Totally organic and made with love….let’s dive in!

The Ingredients

What’s so great about lemonade is how simplistic the recipe is. Below is the list of ingredients needed for this raspberry lemonade delight:

• Frozen Raspberries – Cannot make this recipe without the use of real raspberries. Frozen raspberries are steep with the lemon peels and simple syrup.
• Fresh Raspberries – Fresh fruit is used to serve this chilled beverage.
• Granulated sugar – Sugar balances out the tart taste of lemons.
• Water – Water is used in two different ways. First, water is used to make a simple syrup. Second, it’s used to dilute the fresh lemon juice.
• Fresh lemon juice – Simply cannot make lemonade without lemons..nuff said.
• Lemon peels – Just like the frozen raspberries, the lemon peels are also steep in the simple syrup. Just enhances all the great flavor!
• Lemon slices – Like the fresh raspberries, lemon slices are used as a garnish as well.

Preparing the Raspberry Lemonade

Alright…alright…alright. Let’s make this amazing lemonade.

1. Remove the skin of (4) lemons into wide strips. Then, squeeze the juice out of of 10-12 lemons. Set aside.
2. In a small saucepan add in the 1.5 cups of sugar and 1.5 cups of water. Once the sugar completely dissolves, remove from the heat and allow to cool down for 4-5 minutes.
3. Next, add the lemon peels and bag of frozen raspberries to the simple syrup. Cover the saucepan and allow the lemon and raspberries to steep for 30 minutes.
4. In a pitcher, add 6 cups of water and the juice of 10-12 lemons.
5. Strain the raspberry lemon simple syrup into the pitcher. Stir the raspberry lemonade well. Next, garnish with fresh lemon slices and raspberries. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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Switching up the Fruit

Honestly almost all types of fruit could be substituted in for the raspberries. So, what should you do? Here’s a few suggestions:

• Just keep it classic. Instead of making raspberry lemonade, remove the raspberries and now you have the best classic lemonade ever!
• Another great alternative is strawberry lemonade! Since it’s almost summer time it’ll be easy to find amazing organic strawberries at any local farmers market/grocery store.
• Besides subbing out the raspberries, try adding two fruits or more. Such as the addition of both strawberries and watermelon. First, steep the strawberries in the simple syrup. Then, strain into the lemonade. Next, crush up a few pieces of fresh watermelon and add the crushed watermelon, as well as the watermelon juice into the strawberry lemonade.
• Lastly, I’ll recommend spiking the lemonade with a little vodka or gin. In addition to alcohol try adding fresh herbs such as mint or basil.

To sum up, any combination of fruit, herbs, or alcohol can be used to make our raspberry lemonade truly your own.

Interested in spiked lemonade?

Check out our Bee’s Knees Cocktail.….You will not be disappointed.