Bring tropical flavour to every sip with this Sparkling Passionfruit Lemonade—a refreshing homemade beverage that’s quick to make and ideal for summer parties and family gatherings.

Ingredients

FOR A PITCHER JAR

Passionfruit simple syrup (makes 2 cups of syrup)

8 ripe passionfruit

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups fresh squeezed lemon juice

2 cups sparkling water, chilled

Prepare

In a small saucepan, bring water and sugar to a boil. Stir until the sugar is dissolved and remove from heat.

Add passionfruit seeds and pulp into the sugar water. Stir and let the passionfruit steep in the simple syrup for about 2 hours. With a fine mesh sieve over a glass measuring cup, pour the contents of the saucepan through the sieve. Do not press on the seeds — you want the syrup to be clear.

Transfer the syrup to a clean storage jar. Refrigerate. The syrup will last up to two weeks refrigerated.

To make lemonade, combine the lemon juice and simple syrup in a pitcher and refrigerate until very cold. Just before serving add the sparkling water to the mixture and stir.

To serve: Fill the glasses with ice, add lemonade and garnish with lemon slices or passionfruit seeds as desired.