Blueberry Basil Lemonade
 
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Serves: 5
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice (about 4-5 lemons)
  • 1½ cup fresh blueberries
  • 6-8 basil leaves
  • 3 cups cold water
  • ¼ agave or honey (or more to taste)
  • wedges of lemon and blueberries (for garnish)
Instructions
  1. Put the lemon juice, blueberries, basil, water, and agave in a blender. Blend on high until the blueberries and basil leaves are cut up into tiny little shreds.
  2. Taste and adjust as fits your palate. (You know, add more blueberries or basil or agave as you see fit)
  3. Let it sit for 30 minutes so all the flavors can blend and strengthen.
  4. Sift out the solids from the lemonade. Do this by putting a fine mesh sieve over a pitcher then pouring what is in the blender through the sieve. You can leave a few bits, but I recommend taking it out because it's a lot and otherwise there will be separation (as you can see in the photo below).
  5. If desired, add any extra wedges of lemon or blueberries to the pitcher.
  6. Serve in glasses over ice and enjoy the weather
Recipe by Cooking is Messy at https://www.cookingismessy.com/2015/04/11/blueberry-basil-lemonade/