Fresh Raspberry Lemonade
- Raspberry syrup
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 ½ cups raspberries, fresh or frozen
- Lemonade
- 1 cup lemon juice, from 6 to 8 lemons
- 4 cups cold water
- ice, for serving
- 1 lemon, sliced, for serving (optional)
Fresh Raspberry Lemonade
- Put the sugar, 1 cup of water and the raspberries in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Bring to a simmer, stirring and pressing the berries, until the sugar dissolves and the berries break down.
- Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl, pressing with a spatula to push all the syrup through. Throw away the seeds.
- Let the syrup cool.
- While the syrup cools, juice the lemons until you have 1 cup of juice.
- In a pitcher, stir together the raspberry syrup, lemon juice and 4 cups of cold water.
- Taste and add a little more water if it is too strong or tart.
Fresh Raspberry Lemonade
- Serve over ice with lemon slices and a few whole raspberries.