Homemade Cherry Lemonade: A Quick, Refreshing Summer Drink
By Isabella Quinn
Prep
10 min
Total
10 min
Servings
6
Level
Easy
This homemade Cherry Lemonade recipe takes 10 minutes to make. Try making it tonight to enjoy a delicious drink. Sweet cherries and sour lemon juice mix to create a refreshing flavor in this drink.
Fresh cherries and lemon juice add sweetness and flavor without additional sweeteners. This recipe with four ingredients doesn't use a prepackaged syrup but includes a quick method for preparing a cherry syrup at home.
When making this lemonade drink, the goal is to prepare a syrup without any cherry chunks in it. The main issue with this lemonade recipe is that people don't strain out the cherries, and the final product is unappealing.
Serve lemonade with ice and lemon and cherry slices as garnishes. Keep leftover cherry syrup in the fridge to mix with water to make more lemonade. Add sparkling water when serving to keep the drink fizzy and fresh.
Why we keep this one around
- Good snack option that can be prepared in about 10 minutes. Think about preparing this snack when you are too hot to prepare other snacks.
- Fresh ingredients offer better taste than bottled ingredients. Fresh ingredients can offer more vibrant flavors than bottled ingredients.
- You don't need to cook anything to prepare the cherry syrup. This recipe is faster and simpler.
- This recipe is versatile. You can easily substitute other ingredients, such as limes for lemons, and make a cherry lime drink.
- Prepare the cherry syrup ahead of time and have it available for when you want to make fresh cherry syrup.
- Just a few ingredients to purchase, allowing you to gather needed ingredients in your home kitchen.
Ingredients
- •3 cups sweet cherries (fresh, pitted)
- •3 ¾ cup lemon juice (fresh)
- •¾ cup sugar
- •6 cups sparkling water (or still water)
- •lemon slices (to garnish)
- •fresh cherries (to garnish)
Instructions
- 1
In a blender, add the cherries, lemon juice, and sugar. Blend until smooth.
- 2
Run the cherry syrup through a mesh strainer, collecting the syrup in a container.
- 3
Fill a glass halfway with ice.
- 4
To the glass, add 3 tablespoons of cherry syrup.
- 5
Top with sparkling or still water and stir.
- 6
Garnish with lemon slices and fresh cherries.
- 7
If making with still water, you can prepare a large pitcher; with sparkling water, mix just before serving.
FAQ
Nutrition (per serving)
147
Calories
1g
Protein
1g
Fat
38g
Carbs
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