Lemonade · Strawberry
Fresh Strawberry Lemonade
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Before you start
Gather your ingredients
Weights from USDA FoodData Central cup weights; counted things stay as counts.
Swaps for granulated sugar
Instead of sugar
- Less sugar: Up to ¼ less in cookies, muffins and quick breads. Less browning and spread, a drier, more cake-like texture, and bakes go stale sooner.
- Brown sugar: The same amount, packed. Moister and chewier, with a caramel flavor and darker color.
- Coconut sugar: The same amount. Darker and caramel-like, a little less sweet; cookies spread slightly less.
Swaps for fresh lemon juice
Instead of lemon juice
- Lime juice: The same amount. A different, more floral aroma; works almost everywhere.
- Bottled lemon juice: The same amount. More sour and flatter; fine in cooking and baking, less bright in dressings and drinks.
- White wine vinegar or white vinegar: Half as much. Sharper, with no citrus aroma.
Step 1 of 6
Heat the sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan, stirring, just until the sugar dissolves.
Step 2 of 6
Let the syrup cool to room temperature, or chill it.
Step 3 of 6
Blend the strawberries with the cooled syrup until completely smooth.
Step 4 of 6
Pour the strawberry mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing with a spoon to get all the juice and leave the seeds behind.
Step 5 of 6
Stir in the lemon juice and cold water. Taste and add a little more water if you like it lighter.
Step 6 of 6
Serve over ice with sliced strawberries.
All done
Enjoy!
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