Strawberry & Basil Lemonade
20 min · serves 6
Crops from your garden in this recipe: 🍓 Strawberry🌿 Basil
Ingredients
- 300 g Strawberries, hulled (grown in the garden)
- small handful Basil leaves (grown in the garden)
- 4 Lemons, juiced
- 100 g Caster sugar
- 1 litre Cold water
Green items are crops you can grow yourself.
Method
- Simmer the sugar with 150 ml water until dissolved, add the basil and leave to infuse for 10 minutes.
- Blend the strawberries with the lemon juice until smooth, and strain if you prefer it without seeds.
- Strain the basil syrup into a jug, add the strawberry mixture and top with the cold water.
- Taste, adjust the sweetness and serve over plenty of ice with extra basil leaves.