Description
A refreshing drink made with tart lemons and sweet blueberries, perfect for hot days.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- ½ cup sugar (more or less to taste)
- Juice of 4–5 lemons (about ¾ cup juice)
- Peels of 2–3 lemons (optional)
- 1 cup water (for simple syrup)
- 4 cups water (for lemonade)
- Mint, lemon peels and slices, blueberries for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Peel and juice 4-5 lemons.
- To make the sugar syrup, add ½ the lemon peels, blueberries, sugar, and 1 cup of water into a saucepan. Heat until the sugar has dissolved and the blueberries start to pop, about 3-4 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let sit for a few minutes to cool down.
- Using a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth, strain out the berries and lemon peel from the simple syrup.
- Add the blueberry simple syrup to a large pitcher and mix in 4 cups of cold water. Chill the mixture in the fridge.
- When chilled, pour over ice, add optional garnishes, and enjoy!
Notes
For a stronger blueberry flavor, use extra blueberries in your syrup. You can also experiment with other fruits for different flavors.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Beverages
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg