Pink Lemonade
Recipe courtesy Ina Garten

Pink lemonade is simply lemonade that has been colored with pink coloring and is sometimes made sweeter. Sometimes artificial flavors and colors are used. Natural sources of the pink color, which may also affect taste, include grenadine, cherry juice, red grapefruit juice, grape juice, cranberry juice, strawberry juice, pomegranate juice or other juices. It is a common misconception that the juice from the pink-fleshed Eureka lemon is used to make pink lemonade; actually, the juice is clear, and only the flesh is pink.

Also see Lemonade recipe, where a simple syrup is made from the sugar and lemons. This recipe does not cook the sugar; it is just dissolved in water.

1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (5 to 6 lemons)
1/2 to 3/4 cup superfine sugar, to taste
1 cup crushed ice
4 cups water
2 teaspoons grenadine
6 maraschino cherries

Place the lemon juice, sugar, ice, water, and grenadine in a blender and process until completely smooth. Place a cherry in the bottom of 6 glasses and pour the lemon juice mixture in the glass. Serve.

1 1/2 quarts

Strawberry Pink Lemonade: Replace the grenadine with 1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries, hulls removed, and blend with the other ingredients until smooth. You may want to strain the lemonade to remove the seeds, or leave as is. Pour over ice and serve.