A few weeks ago we had some friends over for dinner and I was trying to figure out how I could incorporate the crazy amount of basil that was growing in our herb garden into our meal. I knew I wanted to make a tomato, basil,and mozzarella salad, but I also remembered a recipe I found for Strawberry Basil Lemonade (found here) and just had to make it as well! As I read the recipe, I remembered another recipe I had found for Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade (found here) and decided to sort of combine the recipes into one, and I'm sure glad I did! The lemonade was pretty much gone before we even ate dinner.
Last night, Brandon and I decided to have a relaxing dinner on the patio and we had a container of strawberries that needed to be consumed so I made the lemonade once again, but this time I added a little excitement to the mix -- vodka! I didn't add the alcohol the last time but thought it would be fun to try and really, you couldn't even taste it, which is the way I like to drink :)
If you have a party coming up or just want a perfect summer drink, I highly recommend this one!
Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade
10 lemons, juiced, approx 1 cup of lemon juice
3/4 cup super fine sugar
8-10 strawberries, hulled
1/3 cup fresh basil
4½ cups cold sparkling water or seltzer
1/2 cup vodka (optional)
Place lemon juice, sugar, strawberries, and basil in a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour juice mixture into a glass pitcher and refrigerate until serving time. To serve, pour sparkling water and vodka over the juice mixture and gently stir to combine. Fill glasses with ice and lemonade and garnish with a fresh strawberry or a wedge of lemon.
1 comments:
sounds yummy and refreshing. If i drink alcohol i like to not taste it too:)
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