Kick your lemonade up a notch with mint and fresh blueberries! It’s a cool refreshing drink for those warm summer days and long summer nights.
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
6 minutes
Serves:
4
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups cold water, divided
2 packages (6 ounces each) Driscoll's Blueberries, divided
1/2 cup lightly packed fresh mint leaves
1 cup lemon juice
Ice
Seltzer water or club soda (optional)
1
PLACE 1/2 cup sugar into a medium saucepan.
2
ADD 1/2 cup water.
3
ADD 1 1/2 packages (6 ounces each) blueberries.
4
ADD 1/2 cup lightly packed fresh mint leaves.
5
BRING mixture to a boil over medium heat.
6
REDUCE heat to low.
7
LET SIMMER 5–6 minutes and STIR occasionally.
8
ALLOW mixture to cool to room temperature.
9
STRAIN mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a tall pitcher and DISCARD solids.
10
STIR IN 1 cup lemon juice.
11
STIR IN remaining 1 1/2 cups water.
12
TASTE mixture and adjust sugar and lemon juice as desired.
13
SET ASIDE lemonade.
14
FILL 4 tall drinking glasses with ice.
15
DIVIDE remaining 1/2 package whole blueberries between glasses.
16
DIVIDE lemonade between glasses.
17
TOP with seltzer water or club soda if bubbles are desired.
18
SERVE immediately.
