Lolita Charm: Victoria Suzanne's Strawberry Lemonade Recipe

Friday, July 9, 2010

Victoria Suzanne's Strawberry Lemonade Recipe

This Fourth of July (American Independance Day, for those overseas!) was a low-key affair with family & friends at my place in the Connecticut countryside. I was excited to make something cute and a little different to contribute to our dinner, and had found a recipe for making your own strawberry lemonade

But this recipe was about making yours with scratch, squeezing lemons and boiling sugar. Without a juicer, this was going to be a long and arm-sore process. So in the way of all great Food Networkers before me, I decided to cheat a little. The end result? Tart & delicious!

-Storebought pink lemonade (I like Minute Maid, which is sweeter, but Newman's Own is sourer and claims to be all-natural, so whatever your style)
-one carton of strawberries
-one cup of water
-one cup of sugar
-one litre club soda or unflavored seltzer
-SKYY raspberry infused vodka (optional, if you want the 21+ version)

Start with a pitcher and fill halfway with pink lemonade. Fill the rest of the way with club soda, which will give it a pretty frothy pink head of foam. Wash and remove the caps from the strawberries, then pop them in the blender or food processor until they're the consistency of a slushy. Add to pitcher. While they're flavoring the lemonade, start cooking your sugar and water into a simple syrup to sweeten the lemonade as desired (If you don't use your simple syrup or have a lot left over, use it to sweeten your iced coffee - no undisolved sugary grit!). Strain off the strawberries into a collander, then add the syrup to taste and if desired, the vodka to your liking. The lemonade should be mildly fizzy, tartly strawberry-flavored, and with a creamy foam on top. It's exactly the thing for a summer picnic!

The finished product should look something like this! The white froth and bright red berries actually remind me a lot of Milky Berry!

psst - what do you think of the emoji? aren't those little gifs cute?! I can't resist anything bouncing and pixelated ;)

Labels: cooking, summer

8 Comments:

At July 9, 2010 at 9:29 AM , Sanna J. said...: Super cute and looks tasty <3
At July 9, 2010 at 9:43 AM , Cel said...: Thank you for this recipe, I am a huge fan of lemonade so I will definitely try it.
The emoji are adorable indeed ^_^

p.s. thank you for your lovely blog, I've been reading it for almost a year now even though this is I think my first comment. I always love reading your posts.
At July 9, 2010 at 10:44 AM , Miss Moxie Matched said...: How tasty! It looks so appetizing, I think I'll have to try it :D Thanks for posting ^^ I love your blog. And a Happy Belated Birthday to you!
At July 9, 2010 at 3:50 PM , Saffron Sugar said...: that looks insanely yummy! I love all sorts of chilled summer drinks, just today I had some homemade elderflower cordial :)
At July 9, 2010 at 6:17 PM , OurWanderingAdventures said...: Looks wonderful!
At July 10, 2010 at 7:46 AM , Christine said...: Mmmmh, that sounds SO good right now! (especially with the vodka ;D)
At July 11, 2010 at 11:44 AM , Unknown said...: Oh that looks perfect for a hot summer day. I think I will try it sometime this summer.
At July 11, 2010 at 1:27 PM , Rosalynn said...: That sounds very tasty! =D

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