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By: Britni Vigil
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This homemade strawberry lemonade is the perfect combination of sweet and tart, everything you want for a refreshing drink on a warm summer day! Make it either still or sparkling strawbsierry lemonade by just swapping out one ingredient!
I have tried a lot of different strawberry lemonades over the years, a brand new one actually just today that my son called way too sweet. I’ve even previously shared a strawberry lavender lemonade recipe…
It feels like most are either super tart or super sweet with nothing being the perfect combination of in between. And now I’m envisioning Goldilocks drinking different glasses of lemonade – anyway, I digress.
This homemade strawberry lemonade has what I think is the perfect combination of the two – sweet and tart. And I’ve included tips at the bottom of the recipe for adding a little tartness or a little sweetness if you disagree.
But I’m hoping you don’t!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Easy – this recipe is super simple! It’s just a matter of making a simple syrup and then combining it with a few other ingredients.
- Refreshing – serve this over ice for the most refreshing summer drink ever. I mean there’s a reason drinking lemonade is on everyone’s summer bucket list!
- Great for a crowd – I’ve included instructions on making this recipe for more people and it’s super simple to double, triple, etc.
Ingredients
Ingredient Notes
- Ice – this is totally optional and only used for serving (if you want to serve it cold over ice)
- Strawberries – fresh strawberries are best since frozen tend to hold a bit of the water from being frozen and dilute the drink.
- Fresh lemon juice – make sure it’s fresh-squeezed, the bottled stuff just won’t give you the same flavor at all! I used about 1/2 cup of fresh lemon juice, which ended up being about three small lemons.
- Water – you can use water for regular strawberry lemonade or unflavored sparkling water for sparkling strawberry lemonade, also good!
- Sugar – you’ll use the sugar + water to make a really easy simple syrup, the simple syrup is shown in the photo above.
How to Make Homemade Strawberry Lemonade
If you know how to make a simply syrup then this recipe is going to be a cinch! If you don’t, don’t worry – making a simple syrup is like the easiest thing ever.
Start by combining 1/2 cup water and ¾ cup sugar in a small pot or saucepan. Heat on the stove over medium heat until sugar dissolves into water to create a simple syrup. Set aside.
Now you’ll place 2 cups chopped strawberries, ½ cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice, and ½ cup of the simple syrup in either a blender or food processor. I typically use a blender but if you don’t have one, a food processor can work as well.
Blend until smooth – it’ll be a liquid, not something thicker like a smoothie. This is what you want.
After blending, pour the mixture through a mesh strainer to get the juice out and keep any strawberry seeds or large chunks in the strainer. If you want to keep the large chunks (like I did with this strawberry mocktail), to add in for later, go for it!
Combine 3 oz of the strawberry juice mixture and 4 oz of sparkling water in a glass that’s 8 oz or larger.
Add ice, fresh strawberries, and lemon wedges for garnish. Or you could even add a mint leaf (or just make this strawberry mojito mocktail instead). Enjoy fresh!
Expert Tips
Double the recipe to make a 2-quart pitcher full of strawberry lemonade. Then add 32 ounces of water and 24 ounces of the strawberry mixture to make your lemonade.
Get an actual shaker bartender kit to measure out the right amount of the ingredients. I wrote this recipe in ounces rather than something like a cup because liquid is measured more accurately in ounces.
Make this less sweet by making a simple syrup that’s a 1:1 ratio (1/2 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water) or make it sweeter by making it a 2:1 ratio (1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water). Simply changing the sweetness of the simple syrup can change the overall sweetness of the lemonade! Alternately you could also just use less simple syrup in the recipe but that tends to change the measurements as well.
Switch up the flavor by using a flavored simple syrup like blackberry simple syrup with blackberries for a blackberry lemonade.
Recipe FAQs
What is strawberry lemonade made of?
Strawberry lemonade is made of a simple syrup (water + sugar), lemon juice, and strawberries.
How long does strawberry lemonade last?
Store this strawberry lemonade in the fridge in an airtight pitcher for up to two weeks.
Can you freeze strawberry lemonade?
Strawberry lemonade makes fantastic popsicles when frozen! Simply follow the instructions for these lemonade popsicles, using this strawberry lemonade instead.
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Homemade Strawberry Lemonade
This homemade strawberry lemonade is the perfect combination of sweet and tart, everything you want for a refreshing drink on a warm summer day!
Prep: 5 minutes minutes
Cook: 10 minutes minutes
Total: 15 minutes minutes
Serves4 8 ounce glasses
Ingredients
Simple Syrup
- ½ cup regular water
- ¾ cup sugar
Strawberry Lemonade
- ½ cup fresh lemon juice 2-3 lemons
- 2 cups chopped strawberries
- 2 cups water
Instructions
Simple Syrup
Combine 1/2 cup water and ¾ cup sugar in a small pot or saucepan. Heat on the stove over medium heat until sugar dissolves into water to create a simple syrup.
3/4 cup sugar
Lemonade
Cut lemons in half and squeeze lemons to get fresh-squeezed lemon juice.
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
Place 2 cups chopped strawberries, ½ cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice, and ½ cup of the simple syrup in either a blender or food processor. Process until smooth.
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice, 2 cups chopped strawberries
Pour the mixture through a mesh strainer to get the juice out.
Combine 3 oz of the strawberry juice mixture and 4 oz of water in a glass that’s 8 oz or larger.
2 cups water
Add ice and fresh strawberries and lemon wedges for garnish.
Tips & Notes:
Double the recipe to make a 2-quart pitcher full of strawberry lemonade. Then add 32 ounces of water and 24 ounces of the strawberry mixture to make your lemonade.
Get an actualshaker bartender kitto measure out the right amount of the ingredients.I wrote this recipe in ounces rather than something like a cup because liquid is measured more accurately in ounces.
Make this less sweet by making a simple syrupthat’s a 1:1 ratio (1/2 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water) or make it sweeter by making it a 2:1 ratio (1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water). Simply changing the sweetness of the simple syrup can change the overall sweetness of the lemonade! Alternately you could also just use less simple syrup in the recipe but that tends to change the measurements as well.
Turn this into sparkling strawberry lemonade by replacing the water (for the lemonade, not the simple syrup) with unflavored strawberry lemonade. Serve and enjoy immediately since the sparkling water will go flat. If you do go sparkling, it will not store without losing the sparkle.
Nutrition Info
Calories: 175kcal, Carbohydrates: 45g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 9mg, Potassium: 142mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 42g, Vitamin A: 10IU, Vitamin C: 54mg, Calcium: 18mg, Iron: 1mg
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Author: Britni Vigil
Course:Drinks
Cuisine:American
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Tara Malek says
I used whole peeled lemons and date sugar. Blended and did not strain. Served over crushed ice with 1/2 and 1/2 of water and strawberry mixture. Yummmmy!!!Reply
Britni Vigil says
Sounds great!
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Cheri Baxley says
I’m wanting to make 1.5-2 gal non alcohol beverage. I have whole fresh frozen strawberries (2-3 yr). your strawberry lemonade drink sounds yummy. can you help me with measurements please. if you have another recommendation I’d be interested. TIA
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Britni Vigil says
If you read through the expert tips section, I have instructions for doubling the recipe that you can use for making a larger amount than the recipe calls for.
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