Raspberry Lemonade

Ingredients

• 0.8 cup juice of lemon fresh ( 5 lemons)
• 0.3 cup juice of lime fresh ( 1 large lime)
• 16 ounce maraschino cherries without stems 
• 14 ounce raspberries frozen thawed
• 1.3 cups sugar 
• 3 cups water 

Equipment

• sieve
• blender

Directions

1. Process first 5 ingredients in a blender until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.
2. Pour fruit mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into a pitcher, discarding solids. Stir in 3 cups water.
3. Serve over ice.
4. Blackberry Lemonade: Substitute 1 (14-ounce) package frozen blackberries, thawed, for frozen raspberries. Proceed as directed. Makes 6 cups.
5. Cherry-Berry Lemonade: Substitute 1 (16-ounce) package frozen mixed berries, thawed, for frozen raspberries. Proceed as directed, using 2 cups water. Makes 5 cups.
6. Pour Cherry-Berry Lemonade evenly into 14 (4-ounce) plastic pop molds. Insert plastic pop sticks, and freeze 4 hours or until firm. Makes 14 pops.