Strawberry Rhubarb Lemonade

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 lb rhubarb, trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces (about 2 cups)
• 3/4 cup sugar, to taste
• 2 slices lemons, zest of, removed with a vegetable peeler plus additional for garnish (3-inch)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups sliced strawberries
• 1 cup fresh lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan stir together the water, the rhubarb, the sugar, 2 strips of the zest, and the vanilla, bring the mixture to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, and simmer it, covered, for 8 minutes.
• 2 stir in 1 cup of the strawberries and boil the mixture, covered, for 2 minutes.
• 3 let the mixture cool and strain it through a coarse sieve set over a pitcher, pressing hard on the solids.
• 4 stir in the remaining 1 cup strawberries and the lemon juice, divide the lemonade among stemmed glasses filled with ice cubes, and garnish each glass with some of the additional zest.