Fresh Peach Lemonade
Fresh peach lemonade is a refreshingly sweet and tangy beverage made with freshly squeezed lemon juice and homemade peach syrup. The unofficial beverage of summer is here!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 143kcal
Ingredients
Peach Simple Syrup
- 2 cups fresh peaches pitted and diced
- 1 cup water
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
Lemonade
- ⅔ cup fresh lemon juice
- 4 cups cold water
- Peach slices, lemon slices, and fresh mint leaves, for garnish, optional
Instructions
- Add the diced peaches, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and water to a medium saucepan and bring the ingredients to a boil over medium-high heat. Once the syrup comes to a boil, reduce the heat to medium and simmer the syrup for about 10 minutes until the peaches are tender.
- Smash most of the peaches against the pan with the back of a wooden spoon. Remove the pan from the heat and allow the syrup to cool and infuse for about an hour.
- Strain the peach syrup into a container using a fine mesh strainer, pressing the peaches against the strainer with a wooden spoon to get all of the liquid out. You should get about 1 ¼ cups of peach syrup.
- Add the peach syrup and lemon juice to a pitcher and pour in 4 cups of cold water. Stir the lemonade with a long-handle spoon until combined. Pour lemonade into glasses over ice and garnish with lemon slices, peach slices, and fresh mint leaves.
Notes
- You may make the peach syrup ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator until you are ready to mix the lemonade. Peach syrup will keep for up to a week in the refrigerator stored in an airtight container.
- Freshly made peach lemonade can be stored in a sealed pitcher or airtight container in the refrigerator for up to five days.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 143kcal | Carbohydrates: 36.2g | Protein: 0.7g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 7mg | Potassium: 137mg | Fiber: 0.9g | Sugar: 36.1g | Calcium: 7mg