Special pink lemonade
15 min
There is nothing more refreshing than a cool glass of homemade lemonade. Pink lemonade was traditionally dyed with beetroot juice, but this recipe uses cranberry juice for flavour and colour.
11 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 5
- 4 unwaxed lemons
- 100g (3 1/2oz) caster sugar
- 600ml (1pt) boiling water
- 200ml (7floz) cranberry juice, chilled
- 200ml (7floz) water, chilled
- ice and lemon slices, to serve
Method
Prep:5min ›
Cook:10min ›
Ready in:15min
- Using a potato peeler, peel the zest from the lemons, leaving as much of the white pith on the lemons as possible. Squeeze the juice from the lemons.
- Pour the lemon juice into a heatproof jug, add the sugar and lemon zest. Pour over the boiling water and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
- Leave to cool. Then strain the lemonade into a serving jug.
- Stir in the cranberry juice and chilled water. Sweeten with extra sugar if desired and serve in glasses with ice and a slice of lemon.
Tip
Serves aproxomately 5 people and takes around 15 minutes to make.
