Strawberry Lemonade Concentrate
Delicious shelf stable canned strawberry lemonade concentrate. This strawberry lemonade concentrate makes a delightful bubbly drink by just adding lemon lime soda!
Servings: 5 pints
Equipment
- Pressure Canner or Large Pot
- Blender or food processor
- Lemon juicer
- 5 Cleaned pint jars
- 5 Cleaned rings and new canning lids
Ingredients
- 6 cups strawberries tops trimmed off
- 4 cups lemon juice can use fresh and bottled
- 4 cups granulated sugar
Instructions
- Wash and trim your strawberries to get 6 cups of berries.
- Puree strawberries in a food processor or blender.
- Add pureed strawberries, lemon juice, and sugar into a large pot on stovetop.
- Stir strawberry mixture over medium heat, simmering it until it reaches 190 degrees. Don't boil strawberry mixture.
- Ladle hot strawberry lemonade concentrate into clean pint jars.
- Wipe down pint jar. Add canning lid and rings to close jars.
- Place pressure canner or large pot on stovetop. Fill half way with water. Add filled canning jars. Add more water till water covers jars by an inch.
- Bring water bath to a slow boil or simmer. Process for 15 minutes.
- Remove canning jars from water bath. Place on towel on counter. Jars should seal. If a jar does not seal, you can either reprocess it or simply put in fridge and use within the next week.
- When ready to serve, add a third of strawberry concentrate of mixture over ice. Add lemon lime soda. Enjoy!!