Blackberry Lemonade

Ingredients

• About 6 lemons
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup picked-over fresh blackberries
• 2 cups ice
• Lemon slices for garnish

Directions

With a vegetable peeler remove zest from 4 lemons and squeeze enough juice from these and remaining 2 lemons to measure 1 cup.

In a saucepan boil 1 cup water with sugar, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Add zest, lemon juice, and remaining 1 cup water and cool.

In a food processor or blender puree blackberries and stir into lemonade. Pour blackberry lemonade through a sieve into a pitcher or other container and chill. Chill the lemonade, covered, at least until cold and up to 2 days.

Serve lemonade over ice in tall glass, garnished with lemon slices.