Blueberry Lemonade

I know, I know, summer is over. It’s sad. But if you want to take yourself right back to summertime, just make this blueberry lemonade. Remember when I went through that huge blueberry kick? Well, Hubby and I had picked 15 pounds of blueberries, so I was finding ways to use them left and right. I froze about half of them, so I will be making blueberry treats all year.

I just added some frozen blueberries to some freshly squeezed lemonade. As they defrosted in the lemonade, I muddled them a bit to bring out their flavor. I love the resulting color! How pretty and PINK is that?

I have to confess, that I served the blueberry lemonade with some blueberry infused vodka. To make the vodka, mixed vodka with some smashed blueberries and let them hang out together in the fridge overnight.

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Blueberry Lemonade

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients:

For the simple syrup
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 5 lemons)
1 1/2 cups water

1/2 cup frozen blueberries

Directions:

First, prepare the simple syrup by heating the sugar and water over medium heat just until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.

Pour lemon juice into a small pitcher and add 1 1/2 cups water.

Pour the simple syrup into the pitcher and stir.

Taste for sweeteness/tartness and add additional sugar or water, if desired.

Add frozen blueberries. Allow to set for a few minutes to allow blueberries to defrost. After about 5 minutes, use the back of a fork to mash up some of the blueberries in the pitcher.

Add ice to individual glasses and serve.

Recipe adapted from Confections of a Foodie Bride

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5 Responses to “Spectacular Cupcakes”

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    Arfi Binsted — March 15, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    The filling is so neat tucked in the cupcakes, Jen, that is perfect! Nice swirl you have created there, too. I am pretty sure your beloveds are spoiled!

    Thank you for your participation on Cupcakes Spectacular 2008.

    Cheers,
    ab

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    Christina — March 15, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    Wow, those look fantastic! I love the cone method, that is something I will be trying very soon!

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    kellypea — March 16, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    Hahaha! My hunkster is my primo taste tester, too! And that filling in those cupcakes is amazing. I love how perfect the frosting is. Lovely.

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    Jaime — March 18, 2008 at 1:15 am

    what a cute cupcake! i love raspberries…

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    CB — March 21, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    Your cupcake has been chosen for ATC’s Weekly Cupcake Collection! Click the link to see more. Looking forward to your next cupcake creation!

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