Raspberry Lemonade and Pops
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My friend Dee made the announcement for the event she is hosting for AFAM (A Fruit A Month), started by Maheshwari on 1st of May and I can’t believe it’s the 24th already. She has chosen Raspberries as this month’s fruit. I did spend a lot of time searching the net for interesting recipes and bookmarked a lot of them, but somehow it got delayed. Finally here I am, with a recipe for a simple lemonade with raspberries. Hope I will able to send another one too.
Before going to the recipe, a small trivia I found about Raspberry. According to legend, raspberries were originally white. The nymph Ida pricked her finger while picking berries for the crying infant Jupiter, and raspberries have since been tinged red with her blood. (The botanical name of the raspberry is Rubus idaeus. Rubus means “red”, and idaeus means “belonging to Ida”).
| Raspberry Lemonade Recipe |
- 2 Cups Frozen Or Fresh Raspberries
- 1 Big Lemon Juice
- 5 Cups Water
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- If using frozen raspberries, thaw them as per the instructions in the package.
- Blend it using approximately 2 cups of water.
- Strain the raspberry juice using a fine sieve repeatedly to get rid of the seeds. (that’s what it’s called right?)
- In order to dissolve the sugar, I added the sugar, lemon juice and a little bit of the raspberry juice in a blender and blended it thoroughly. To this add the remaining 3 cups of water, raspberry puree and mix it well. That’s it, Raspberry Lemonade is ready now. Serve it in a glass with ice cubes and garnish it with mint leaves.
- Alternatively you can also pour the lemonade in ice pop moulds and freeze it, for a cool Popsicle. My son loved this version.
- And this will be a lovely treat for summer. Enjoy!
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the idea of a cool raspberry lemonade seems very appealing….and
those ice pops are adorable
I loved the idea of making Raspberry Popsicles. Way better than the store bought ones. Thanks.
this is soooooo good.what a lovely color..i can imagione the taste…i wish i had it this very moment…:)
Love the pics madhu… I got the details…. Im gonna make this and Indira’s lassi today !
wow,..both version look tasty,..
what a lovely lemonade! i love the pops idea…now i gotta go find me a pops mold…
Madhu…nice entry for AFAM.Beautiful pictures.My son will love this one.Will try this soon.Sept’08,Oct’08 and Nov ’08 are free for hosting AFAM.Just let me know which monthu are comfortable hosting, i will announce it.Ama, nanum tamil thaan (tamilnadu-kerala border).Ama en payan romba pesa arambicchittan, esply after coming back from india…:D..Thank you.
I love the frozen pops,it is awesome, i want those pops right away Madhu