Strawberry Basil-Infused Watermelon Lemonade

Today I am making a healthy drink recipe. The original recipe excludes alcohol, you can see what I did below. The first time I made this was in a phase of culinary school. The recipe belonged to one of the chefs at the school. As it turns out the recipe and it's variations can be found thousands of times all over the internet. The video displays my method of making it and a pretty simple recipe of it below. The original also does not contain Strawberries that is my own addition and the overall drink is really tasty.

Strawberry Basil-Infused Watermelon Lemonade

Ingredients

You Will Need

    1 cup water
    3/4 cup sugar
    1 cup thinly sliced fresh basil
    8 cups cubed seeded watermelon
    1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (about 3 lemons)

Preparation

    Combine 1 cup water and sugar in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Stir in basil; chill 1 hour. Strain sugar mixture through a sieve over a bowl, and discard basil.
    Place watermelon and prepared strawberries in a blender; process until smooth. Pour watermelon puree through a fine sieve into a large bowl, reserving liquid; discard solids. Combine watermelon liquid, sugar mixture, and juice in a pitcher; chill and enjoy.