Raspberry Lemonade

This recipe was adapted from epicuirious.

ingredients

• 3 cups fresh raspberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 tablespoons grated lemon peel
• 1 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 1-liter bottle (33.8 ounces) chilled sparkling water or club soda
• Ice cubes
• Fresh raspberries and lemon slices for garnish

directions

1. Combine raspberries, sugar, and 1/2 cup water in medium saucepan. Mash raspberries and stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil 3 minutes. Strain raspberry mixture into bowl, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid as possible; discard solids in strainer. Mix lemon peel into raspberry syrup in bowl. Chill until cold.
2. Stir raspberry syrup, lemon juice, and sparkling water in large pitcher to blend. Fill 6 glasses with ice cubes. Pour raspberry lemonade into glasses. Add fresh raspberries to each glass. Garnish with lemon slices and serve.