Description
This blueberry lemonade recipe is the perfect summer drink! Plus, with only 4 ingredients you can whip up a batch in less than 15 minutes.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- ½ cup sugar (more or less to taste)
- juice 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 1/2 the lemon peels, blueberries, sugar and water into a saucepan and heat until the sugar has dissolved and the blueberries start to pop, about 3-4 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let sit 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 add 4 cups of cold water. Then, chill the mixture in the fridge.
- When chilled, pour over ice, add optional garnishes and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 85 kcal
- Sugar: 20 g
- Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Protein: 0.3 g