Watermelon Lemonade

Watermelon Lemonade

Yields: 12 servings

Ingredients

Sugar Syrup:

• 2 cups water
• 2 cups sugar

Lemonade:

• 2 cups water
• 2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
• 4 cups ice cubes
• 2 cups diced watermelon
• Mixed diced fruit of your choice (such as apples, pears or strawberries)
• 1 orange, sliced into rounds
• 1 lemon, sliced into rounds
• 1 lime, sliced into rounds

Instructions

1. To make sugar syrup: Combine the water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Turn the heat to medium-high and boil for 10 minutes. If you are planning to make the lemonade immediately, place 2 cups of the sugar water in the freezer or refrigerator while you do the rest of the prep. (The recipe makes about 2 cups syrup. When stored in a tightly sealed glass jar, sugar syrup keeps indefinitely in the refrigerator).
2. To make the lemonade: Mix 2 cups of sugar syrup, water, lemon juice, and lime juice in a big bowl or pitcher. Add the ice cubes, diced watermelon and other fruit. Add the orange, lemon, and lime rounds. Stir well and chill until icy cold.

Source: whatscookinchicago