Best Sour Cherry Lemonade Recipes

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SOUR CHERRY LEMONADE



Sour Cherry Lemonade image

Cherries get boiled down into a sweet syrup that's then stirred into the tart lemonade.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Drink Recipes

Time 1h15m

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 pound fresh sour (tart) cherries (or drained thawed frozen), pitted (3 cups)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Ice cubes
4 cups club soda
1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice (from 8 lemons)
1/2 cup superfine sugar
Garnish: fresh sour (tart) cherries

Steps:

  • Make the syrup: Simmercherries, granulated sugar, water,and lemon juice in a mediumsaucepan over medium heatuntil cherries are broken downand juicy and liquid is syrupy,about 30 minutes.
  • Strain cherries and syrupthrough a fine sieve; discardsolids. Let cool completely.
  • Make the lemonade: Fill alarge pitcher with ice. Add clubsoda, lemon juice, superfinesugar, and 1/2 cup cherry syrup;stir to combine. Garnish withfresh cherries. Divide lemonadeamong glasses.

FIZZY SOUR CHERRY LEMONADE



Fizzy Sour Cherry Lemonade image

We've spiked this lemonade with vodka to make a refreshing summer cocktail, but you can omit the alcohol. One batch will completely fill your blender, so if you need more, make multiple batches rather than doubling or tripling the recipe.

Yield Serves 8

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 lb fresh or thawed frozen sour cherries* (1 qt), stemmed
1 cup fresh lemon juice
3/4 to 1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups vodka (optional)
2 to 3 cups chilled sparkling water
Garnish: fresh sour cherries with stems

Steps:

  • Blend cherries (including pits) in a blender at low speed until skins have broken down enough to brightly color liquid (some of pits will be coarsely chopped). Pour through a sieve into a 2-quart pitcher, pressing on and discarding solids. Add lemon juice and sugar (to taste), stirring until sugar is dissolved.
  • Pour 3 tablespoons vodka (if using) into each of 8 tall (10-ounce) glasses filled with ice. Add 1/2 cup cherry lemonade to each and top off with sparkling water.
  • *We used IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) cherries from Friske Orchards (231-599-2604), in Charlevoix, Michigan.

SWEET AND SOUR CHERRY LEMONADE RECIPE - (4.5/5)



Sweet and Sour Cherry Lemonade Recipe - (4.5/5) image

Provided by รก-48098

Number Of Ingredients 4

4 cups of organic cherries, cut and pitted
4 lemons juiced, about 1/2 cup liquid
3 cups filtered water
15 drops stevia or 1 TB raw honey

Steps:

  • 1. Wash cherries and remove all of the fruit from around the pit and put in bowl. You need 4 cups of cut up cherries. Add to blender jar. 2. Next, juice lemons with a fine-mesh strainer. You should collect about 1/2 cup of lemon juice. Add this to blender jar. 3. Add 1 TB raw honey or 15 drops of stevia. If you add honey, blend for about 5-10 seconds now. Then add 3 cups of filtered water. If you use stevia, you don't have to pre-blend. Just add water and blend for about 30 seconds. 4. Drain through your fine-mesh strainer and store in a glass container. A Mason jar works wonderfully. 5. Serve over ice or with add a 1/3 of club soda to 2/3 lemonade as a sparkling drink.

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