Blackberry-Mint Limeade
 
 
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Recipe type: Beverage
Ingredients
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 5 cups cold water, with 1 cup separated out
  • 1 large handful mint, plus extra leaves to garnish
  • 1 cup blackberries, plus more to garnish
  • 1 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
  • Lime slices, to garnish
Directions
  1. In a small pot, combine sugar and 1 cup water. Cook over medium heat until mixture is simmering, then swirl your pot until the sugar dissolves and your mixture is clear.
  2. Remove your simple syrup from heat. Add your mint leaves to the mixture and allow it to steep for 20-30 minutes. Remove mint leaves, and set infused syrup aside to cool further.
  3. While your mint syrup is cooling, place your blackberries in a food processor or blender, and puree until smooth.
  4. Pour pureed blackberries into a large pitcher or jug.
  5. Add all your mint syrup, lime juice and the remaining 4 cups of water. Stir to mix well.
  6. If desired, you can pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer to remove the blackberry seeds. (I did)
  7. To serve, fill glasses with ice, lime slices and blackberries. Pour limeade into the prepared glasses, and garnish with a few extra mint leaves.
  8. Enjoy!
Recipe by Just Putzing Around the Kitchen at https://www.justputzing.com/2014/05/blackberry-mint-limeade.html