Sassy Mama: Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade

Cooking expert Sassy Mama shows us how to make a recipe for sparking strawberry lemonade.

Ingredients

1 cup lemon juice

About six lemons

1 to 1 1/2 cups simple syrup*

2 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and halved

1 quart sparkling water

ice cubes

Fresh mint (for garnish)

2 cups sugar, 2 cups water (for the simple syrup)

Directions

In a medium size sauce pan, combine the sugar and water and bring to a simmer stirring occasionally to make sure the sugar is completely dissolved.

Remove the syrup pan from the heat and allowed to cool completely.

In a large pitcher, put the sliced strawberries in and swirl with a half a cup of the simple syrup.

Use an immersion blender to blend in the pitcher or if you don’t have that just blend together in the blender until it is a pulp.

Add the remaining simple syrup, lemon juice and sparkling water to the pitcher and stir.

Serve over ice with a sprig of mint on top. Store remaining lemonade covered in the refrigerator for up to five days.