Description
Refreshing blueberry lemonade delivers summer’s coolest liquid refreshment. Homemade citrus and berry mix promises delightful sweet-tart notes you’ll crave all season long.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 6 lemons)
- 2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen, thawed)
- ¾ cup granulated sugar (more to taste)
- 4–5 cups cold water
- Frozen blueberries (for serving)
- Lemon slices (for serving)
- Mint leaves (for serving)
Instructions
- Blending: Crush ripe blueberries with cold water in a high-powered blender until transformed into a vibrant, smooth purple puree.
- Straining: Position a fine-mesh strainer over a spacious pitcher and press the blueberry mixture through, extracting maximum juice while eliminating seeds and pulp.
- Flavor Infusion: Whisk freshly extracted lemon juice and granulated sugar into the blueberry base until sugar crystals completely dissolve, creating a harmonious sweet-tart foundation.
- Liquid Calibration: Gradually introduce additional cold water, tasting and adjusting to achieve the perfect balance between fruit intensity and refreshing lightness.
- Chilling and Serving: Refrigerate the pitcher for one hour to develop deeper flavor notes, then serve by filling glasses with crystal-clear ice cubes, pouring the chilled blueberry lemonade, and garnishing with frozen blueberries, translucent lemon rounds, and fragrant mint sprigs.
Notes
- Blend Thoroughly: Use a high-powered blender to completely pulverize blueberries, ensuring a smooth, vibrant purple puree with maximum juice extraction.
- Strain Carefully: Press the blueberry mixture through a fine-mesh strainer to remove seeds and pulp, creating a clean, refined base for your lemonade.
- Balance Flavor Precisely: Whisk lemon juice and sugar until completely dissolved, tasting and adjusting to create the perfect sweet-tart harmony.
- Chill for Depth: Refrigerate the lemonade for at least one hour to allow flavors to meld and intensify, resulting in a more complex and refreshing drink.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Drinks, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 100
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg