Pink Lemonade with Raspberries
This lemonade is sweet and refreshing, with just the right acidity, and has a great flavor given by the raspberries and grapefruit juice. It is the best way to elevate this classic drink to treat your guests.
Servings: 4 glasses
Ingredients
Syrup
- 200 ml Water
- 160 g Sugar
- 24 g Frozen raspberries 12 raspberries
- Zest of ½ lemon
Lemonade
- 80 ml Fresh lemon juice
- 600 ml Cold water
- 50 ml Grapefruit juice
- Plenty of ice
Garnish
- Lemon slices
- Grapefruit slices
- Sugar for the glasses
- Edible flowers
- Frozen raspberries
Instructions
- In a saucepan place the water, sugar, and raspberries. Heat up in medium until it starts to boil. Lower the heat to a minimum and let the raspberries cook for 2 to 3 minutes until soft.
- Remove from the heat, add the lemon zest, mix, and let rest for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Strain the syrup through a fine strainer, pressing down with a spatula to let some of the fruit pulp pass through. Let cool in the fridge. (See notes for making a lemonade base.)
- Once the syrup is cold, add the lemon juice, water, and grapefruit juice. Test flavor and sweetness. You can add more water, sugar, or grapefruit juice to taste. Add plenty of ice.
- To garnish the glass, wet the rim with lemon and let sit on sugar to create a sugary rim. Serve the lemonade with ice, lemon or grapefruit slices, more raspberries, and an edible flower.
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Notes
To make a lemonade base, mix the syrup with the lemon and grapefruit juice and leave in the fridge until serving time. For every 500 ml of base, add 600 ml of water and plenty of ice. Mix and serve.