strawberry mint lemonade

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62 Pinches
junction city, OH
Updated on Apr 15, 2012

I have so much mint growing by my garage in the summer, guess I should use some of it this way

prep time 20 Min
cook time 10 Min
method ---
yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 4 cups water
  • 1 3/4 cups sugar *or splenda*
  • 5 cups lightly packed mint sprigs
  • 4 cups strawberries, hulled
  • 1 cup lemon juice

How To Make strawberry mint lemonade

  • Step 1
    In a 3 to 4 quart sausepan, combine 2 cups of the water, 1 cup of the sugar and the mint sprigs. bring to a boil over high heat:reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Step 2
    pour mint liquid thru a fine strainer and discard mintleaves,
  • Step 3
    pour mint liquid into a blender container. set aside 1 cup of strawberries, add half the remaining berries to blender with mint liquid and whirl. pour into a large pitcher.
  • Step 4
    in blender combine + whirl lemon juice and remaining whole berries until smooth. pour into pitcher. add the remaining reserved (sliced) berries you had set aside to pitcher.add remaining 2 cups of water. add rest of sugar or more to your taste.
  • Step 5
    cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or up to 8 hours. stir well before serving.

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