Strawberry Ginger Lemonade
Scale
Ingredients
- 16 oz strawberries, stem removed
- 1.5 cups water
- 1 cup sucanat or coconut sugar
- 1 cup lemon or lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1 inch ginger, grated
- Sparkling water
Instructions
- Add strawberries, sweetener of choice and ginger to a bowl. Macerate with a potato masher or fork until pulpy.
- Let rest for 30 minutes (strawberries will form a syrup)
- Strain syrup into a large pitcher
- Set pulp aside
- Add lemon juice and water to syrup and mix well
- Taste to make sure it’s sweet enough. Sometimes I add agave nectar, a liquid sweetener, if I want it sweeter. It’s important to use a liquid sweetener at this stage if you MUST add a sweetener. Adding sugar crystals at this stage will result in your drink being grainy.
- If you want the drink to have more texture, add some of the pulp that you set aside earlier
- Fill your glass with ice and pour 3/4 of Strawberry Ginger Lemonade. Top it off with sparkling water.