Watermelon Punch

Ingredients

• 6 cups cubed, seeded watermelon

Directions

1/3 cup Simple Syrup, recipe follows

• 1 (12-ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
• 2 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
• Crushed ice

Combine watermelon and Simple Syrup in container of an electric blender; process until smooth. Push mixture through a fine-mesh strainer, discarding solids.

Return watermelon syrup to blender. Add lemonade concentrate and pineapple juice and blend well. Serve over crushed ice.

Simple Syrup:

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar

In a small saucepan, combine water and sugar; cook over low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 1 minute. Remove from heat; cool.

Yield: 1 cup