Description
Make a refreshing homemade sparkling raspberry pink lemonade using a simple raspberry syrup base and chilled club soda.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water (for syrup)
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice (about 4-6 lemons)
- 4 cups cold sparkling water or club soda
- Ice cubes
- Extra raspberries and lemon slices for garnish
Instructions
- Make the raspberry syrup: Combine the fresh raspberries, sugar, and 1 cup of water in a small saucepan.
- Heat the mixture over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves completely. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 5 minutes, crushing the raspberries slightly with a spoon.
- Remove the syrup from the heat and let it steep for 15 minutes.
- Strain the syrup through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing on the solids to extract all the liquid. Discard the solids. You now have raspberry syrup.
- In a large pitcher, combine the fresh lemon juice and the cooled raspberry syrup. Stir well. This is your lemonade base.
- To serve, fill glasses with ice cubes. Pour about 1/4 of the lemonade base into each glass.
- Top each glass with cold sparkling water or club soda. Stir gently.
- Garnish each drink with extra fresh raspberries and a lemon slice.
Notes
- Chill the lemonade base completely before adding the sparkling water for maximum fizz.
- Adjust the amount of raspberry syrup to control the sweetness and pink color intensity.
- For a stronger raspberry flavor, muddle a few fresh raspberries at the bottom of your serving glass before adding ice.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Category: Beverage
- Method: Stovetop and Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 glass
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 55
- Sodium: 5
- Fat: 0
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 65
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 0
- Cholesterol: 0