The Summertime drink of choice for many is iced tea. But I prefer lemonade over iced tea. My extended family are almost exclusively iced tea drinkers, although my dad also enjoys Arnold Palmers. That’s a half-n-half mix of iced tea and lemonade. So I’m not exactly sure where my affinity for lemonade comes from, but it is definitely my preference.
I typically post a new lemonade recipe here in May. That’s when I am finding the version I will drink all during the warm weather months of Summer. For some reason that I don’t understand, National Lemonade Day falls in August. Not wanting to pass up an opportunity to feature my beloved Summer staple, I post a spiked lemonade recipe each Summer around August 20th. This year’s offering is a blueberry & lemonade margarita. It hits the spot on these hot August evenings!
Blueberry Lemonade Margarita
Blueberry Lemonade Margaritas (adapted from delish.com) Total Time Required: 25 minutes, Prep Time: 10 minutes, Cooling Time: 15 minutes, Makes: 4 servings
Ingredients:
Syrup:
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup blueberries
- zest of 1 lime
Margarita:
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges
- 8 ounces tequila
- 4 ounces triple sec
- 3 ounces lemonade
Directions:
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar and water and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Add the blueberries and lime zest and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer the mixture until the blueberries have burst, about 5 minutes.
Make the blueberry syrup.
Remove the syrup from the heat and allow the mixture to cool for 10 minutes, then strain it into a clean jar. Let cool completely.
On a small plate, stir together the sugar and salt. Rim each glass with a lime wedge, then dip the glasses in the sugar-salt mixture. Divide the tequila, triple sec and lemonade between 4 glasses.
Add the tequila and triple sec to the glasses.
Fill each glass with ice, then top each with some blueberry syrup.
Add some blueberry syrup to each glass.
Garnish the glasses with a lemon wedge and serve.
Enjoy!
Here’s to celebrating lemonade! ~Linda
Blueberry Lemonade Margaritas (adapted from delish.com) Total Time Required: 25 minutes, Prep Time: 10 minutes, Cooling Time: 15 minutes, Makes: 4 servings
Ingredients:
Syrup:
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup blueberries
- zest of 1 lime
Margarita:
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges
- 8 ounces tequila
- 4 ounces triple sec
- 3 ounces lemonade
Directions:
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar and water and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Add the blueberries and lime zest and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer the mixture until the blueberries have burst, about 5 minutes.
Remove the syrup from the heat and allow the mixture to cool for 10 minutes, then strain it into a clean jar. Let cool completely.
On a small plate, stir together the sugar and salt. Rim each glass with a lime wedge, then dip the glasses in the sugar-salt mixture. Divide the tequila, triple sec and lemonade between 4 glasses. Fill each glass with ice, then top each with some blueberry syrup. Garnish the glasses with a lemon wedge and serve.