Blackberry Limeade

Blackberry Limeade

It’s never too early to think of a sweet refreshing glass of Blackberry Limeade. Memorial Day will be here before you know it and this Blackberry Limeade will make a perfect Memorial Day drink recipe.  Nothing says summer is on it’s way better than a glass of homemade limeade or homemade lemonade.

You could also use this same recipe to make a Blackberry Lemonade if you prefer lemons over limes.

This Blackberry Limeade is made with fresh squeezed lime juice and fresh blackberries that I had in the freezer. I was so excited when I found fresh blackberries that had been grown if Florida at Publix that I bought about 8 quarts. 

We ate a few of those sweet blackberries right from the container and I stashed some in the freezer. 

I bought a huge bag of limes at Sam’s Club when I made my Strawberry Mojitos. I also made Blueberry Mojitos but that recipe isn’t on the blog yet.

The leftover limes where in a bowl on the counter and I needed to use them before they went bad so I squeezed them all and put the juice in a mason jar in the refrigerator. I topped off a few glasses of iced tea with some of the lime juice.

While I was trying to figure out what I could make with the lime juice I remembered I had those frozen blackberries in the freezer. A lightbulb went off and here we have this Blackberry Limeade recipe.

The method to make a flavored limeade, flavored lemonade,  flavored iced tea and even homemade soda is the same. You start with a fresh or frozen fruit like these blackberries and you make a simple syrup. A simple syrup is simple to make as the name suggests.

How to make Blackberry Simple Syrup

Ingredients

• 2 cup fresh or frozen blackberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons lime juice

Directions

• Put all the ingredients  into a medium sized saucepan.
• Heat on low until the sugar dissolves. 
• Increase heat to medium and bring to a boil stirring occasionally so the sugar doesn’t burn on the bottom of the pan.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer 15-20 minutes, occasionally stirring and mashing the blackberries with the back of a spoon.
• Remove from heat and cool.

Now that you have your blackberry simple syrup made you can use it to flavor any drink you like.

Sugar-Free Blackberry Simple Syrup

You can also make a sugar free version using Splenda.

I made a sugar free blackberry simple syrup just to see how it would turn out using Splenda. I gave up soda almost a year ago and have been drinking unsweetened tea instead. I used the sugar-free blackberry simple syrup in my sweet tea and it tasted great.

Use the directions as above but reduce the simmering time to 5 minutes.

Blackberry Limeade

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• Author: Arlene Mobley
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 20 minutes
• Yield: 6 1x

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Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh or frozen blackberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 cups freshly squeezed lime juice
• ice
• water

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Instructions

1. To make Blackberry Simple Syrup
2. Put the first 4 ingredients into a medium sized saucepan.
3. Heat on low until sugar has dissolved.
4. Increase heat to medium and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
5. Reduce heat to low and simmer 15-20 minutes.
6. Occasionally mash berries with a spoon.
7. Remove from heat and cool.
8. Strain blackberry syrup through a fine mesh strainer.
9. Makes 2 1/2 cup blackberry simple syrup.
10. To make Blackberry Limeade.
11. Fill a quart size pitcher 3/4 full with ice
12. Add 1/2 to 1 cup of fresh squeezed lime juice
13. cups blackberry simple syrup
14. -2 cups of water.
15. Stir, taste to adjust sweetness if needed by adding more blackberry simple syrup.
16. To serve pour over ice in a glass.

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• Category: Summer Beverage

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