Simple ingredients blended together make the best recipes, and this homemade Blackberry Lemonade Recipe is no exception. There is nothing more refreshing than a glass of lemonade, unless you’re lucky enough to just have gone blackberry picking (add link to Blackberry Picking post here) and can amp up the flavor with some fresh berries. Yummm!
Lemonade is the perfect drink to make in large batches and keep on hand all summer long. Whether you are having a family cook out with the kiddos or hosting a girl’s night in, you can either serve as straight up blackberry lemonade, or for the adults add a little something special to the blackberry lemonade, such as vodka, gin, tequila or even some champagne to take this blackberry lemonade recipe to the next level.
First, make the Lemonade:
All you need to make the lemonade is a lemon juicer a pan and a pitcher.
Combine 1 cup water and 1 1/2 cups sugar in a small saucepan. Place over medium-low heat and stir until sugar is dissolved, for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, cool and chill in the refrigerator.
Squeeze lemons until you have 1 cup fresh juice. You will need to squeeze 7 – 8 lemons.
Pour 1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice into a pitcher. Add sugar/water mixture (simple syrup).
Add remaining 5 cups of water and stir well. Chill in the refrigerator for several hours before serving.
Adding the Blackberries to turn Lemonade into Blackberry Lemonade
Muddle a wedge of lemon, 4 to 5 blackberries, your favorite libation (optional) and 1 – 2 mint leaves to taste. Add ice and shake. Serve in your favorite glass and garnish with lemon and mint leave.
Sip with a friend and enjoy!
How to Store Fresh Lemonade:
Since ice cubes can dilute lemonade, it is best to store in the refrigerator without ice. Add ice when serving to enjoy ice cold lemonade.
Tip: Freeze lemonade in ice cubes trays, so that as you add ice, your lemonade is not diluted.
Let us know if you make the Blackberry Lemonade and share your pics!
Fresh squeezed lemonade with plump, ripe, just picked blackberries make a refreshing drink for those hot days of summer. You will not be disappointed!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cups Sugar
- 6 Cups Cold Water (divided)
- 8 Lemons
- 1 Cup Blackberries
- 1 Bunch Mint Leaves
- Libation of Choice Optional (We used vodka)
Instructions
- First, make a simple syrup. We used 1 ½ cups sugar to 1 cup water, but if that is too sweet for your taste, adjust the sugar amount accordingly. Combine water and sugar and simmer on stove until sugar is dissolved. Approximately 5 minutes.
- Squeeze 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- In a pitcher add 5 cups cold water, the simple syrup and the fresh lemon juice. Stir and chill.
- We added the blackberries, mint and vodka by the glass, so guests could choose the type of lemonade and favorite libation, so instructions below are by the glass. You can double, triple etc. as needed.
- In a shaker, muddle a wedge of lemon, 4 to 5 blackberries, vodka and 2 to 3 mint leaves.
- Add ice and shake.
- Pour into your favorite glass, and garnish with a slice of lemon and mint leave. Enjoy!
