Berry season is in full swing here in New Jersey and I absolutely love it. I wait all year long for this time of the year! My husband has been obsessively picking blackberries like they are going extinct.
We just canned one too many jars of Blackberry Jam and I was left with a whole mason jar of blackberry juice. It’s the most vibrant purple color!
Blackberry Lemonade
You can easily make the juice without canning, as the juices form before you add in the additional canning ingredients!
Be sure to scroll down to get my full Blackberry Lemonade recipe!
Look at how absolutely beautiful this Blackberry Lemonade is!
Blackberry Lemonade
Delicious vibrant and thrist quenching lemonade recipe made with fresh lemons and blackberries!
- 3 Lemons
- 8 cups water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 cups Blackberries
- Ice
To make the blackberries juice, add 4 cups of blackberries to large stockpot.
Cook them on medium-high heat, crushing them with a potato masher as they cook. Bring to a boil.
Simmer on low for about 10 minutes.
Strain the juice through a cheesecloth or mesh strainer to remove the seeds. Let the juice cool.
Make the lemonade while berries cool.
Juice 2.5 lemons and add to 8 cups of water in a large pitcher.
Stir in 1/2 cup of sugar (more or less to your preference)
Add 1/2 to 1 cup of the blackberry juice to the lemonade.
Chill and serve over ice.
Be sure to give my homemade Blackberry Jam recipe a try!
So besides the fact that this looks absolutely delicious, the only other reason I could use is I miss Summer a lot! This looks and sounds so refreshing.. totally wishing I had one of these on a beach or in front of a pool!