Frozen Strawberry Lemonade

Ingredients:

1 cup of water
1 (6 ounce) can lemonade concentrate, frozen
2 cups ice cubes
5 fresh strawberries, hulled

Preparation:

Place the lemonade concentrate, water and ice cubes into the blender.
Process until ice is finely blended.
Add strawberries, puree until well blended.
Taste, adjust flavors if you like.
This recipe is very flexible, you can use virtually any fruits in it.

Frozen Lemonade With Blackberry Puree

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup fresh orange juice
3/4 cup simple syrup
1 pint fresh blackberries, juiced (about 1/3 cup)
plus some fresh blackberries to garnish
4 1/2 cups ice cubes
4 fresh mint sprigs

Preparation:

1. In a small bowl, stir together the 1 1/4 cups of lemon juice, the orange juice and the 3/4 cups of simple syrup. Set aside.
2. In another small bowl, stir together the blackberry juice, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and the 2 tablespoons simple syrup. Set aside.
3. Put the ice cubes in a blender, add the lemon juice mixture. Set up “the ice crush feature” of the blender or high speed, blend until smooth.
4. Put one tablespoon of the blackberry puree into each of 4 glasses. Pour in the frozen lemonade, dividing evenly. Garnish each one with a mint sprig and few blackberries. Serve immediately.