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- Hey, y'all it's Jeremy Deen here.
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Today, we're doing a drink,
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but we're not just going to do any drink.
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We're gonna do a drink where you gotta cook a little bit.
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I got one cup of water boiling on the stove.
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And what I'm gonna do is make a simple syrup.
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I'm gonna add three big old cups of sugar to this
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and I'm gonna let this dissolve all the way down
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and it's not gonna take very long we're in boiling water.
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And this recipe I want this to simmer for a few minutes,
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so I'm gonna leave it on high
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until we get our sugar dissolved.
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Making drinks is really a fun way to bring your kids,
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your whole family, any flavors that you love
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A homemade cocktail perfect for the adults,
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at the end of the day.
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So many different things that you can do.
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Today y'all we're gonna do a strawberry basil lemonade.
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So I'm gonna cook my simple syrup.
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I'm gonna add strawberries and we're gonna add basil,
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and this is gonna simmer it a very,
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very good kind of, not too high, not too low,
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I want all this cooking out
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and it's gonna take about five minutes.
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You see how my sugar's gotten dissolved
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down into the water now,
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it's not grainy, kind of cloudy.
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That's three cups of sugar in one cup of water.
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This is going be cloudy,
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cause it is super duper sweet.
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But not sweet enough!
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We're gonna add a pound
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of whole and sliced fresh strawberries.
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You could stop right here and put this on top of sponge cake
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with some homemade whipped cream if you wanted to,
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not today, we're gonna add basil
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and this would probably be good on ice cream too
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but I'm not gonna take a chance.
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I've got, I don't know how much basil I have,
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two cups of fresh basil.
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Basil, strawberries, simple syrup.
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I'm gonna let this cook on a slow simmer for about
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We're not gonna rush this cause we're gonna strain this off
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but this is the bottom flavor of our homemade lemonade.
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Y'all stick around. We'll finish her up.
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The bonus for this recipe y'all
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is how this smells in your house, the strawberry
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and the basil smells fantastic.
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If you want to get a muddler and really muddle this down
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you can, you can get every little bit out
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I've slow cooked it for five minutes though.
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I trust that all the flavor is there.
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So I'm gonna strain off all this.
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Got one of mama's old,
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I believe that's a flour sifter.
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I'll have to get this cleaned up before she comes back.
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Let this drip down really good.
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To this y'all we now are gonna add
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two, three and a half quarts,
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three and a half quarts of really cold water.
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- [Theresa] Three and a half cups of water, cups not quarts.
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- Three and a half cups of water.
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Of course Theresa, three and a half quarts,
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that would be ridiculous.
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And then we have two cups of lemon juice.
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This is real lemon juice,
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our meyer lemons aren't in my mama's yard yet.
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So we're having to use that today.
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Meyer lemon tree is fantastic.
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If y'all ever had one, it is so good.
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And now here comes this.
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Ooh, y'all look at that.
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Great day in the morning.
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I'm gonna swhizzle this up a little bit.
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Look how pretty that is.
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Looks like it's color of a sunset.
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- [Theresa] Want me tell you something funny?
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- [Theresa] It was supposed to be three and a half quarts.
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- Three and a half quarts of water!
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- That's what I told Theresa.
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How much do we put in here?
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Three cups y'all, we'll be right back.
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- [Theresa] Here's the extra water
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with a little bit of ice for ya.
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Thanks T. Love you back.
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- [Jeremy] We love each other.
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- [Jeremy] So this is three and a half quarts
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of really cold water.
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Now look, we have gone.
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that you find somewhere in the middle here.
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- [Theresa] I should've let you do it and have your face.
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- Oh, I would've done it
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- [Theresa] With the lemon. That would've been funny.
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- I would've done it.
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Okay y'all this is what we've got for this.
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I'm gonna, I'm gonna make me a quick little drink
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cause I do want to taste it, you know?
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This is part of the fun of cooking for me y'all,
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is getting into the kitchen, having some laughs
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and being with friends, all that stuff you see
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on TV where it's perfect.
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It takes a long time to shoot 30 minutes of TV.
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I'd rather leave it in and have fun.
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Thank you for your help, Theresa.
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So we've got our simple syrup, strawberries,
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and basil, we've strained it.
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It's gone in two cups of fresh lemon juice,
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three and a half quarts of cold water and
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That looks like summer to me y'all.
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Hey T you got one more piece
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of basil or did we cook it all?
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- [Theresa] We cooked it all.
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Like I don't know if that was my fault.
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- [Jeremy] Whenever y'all want to do this
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save a little piece of basil for yourself too
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and put your strawberry right there on the lid.
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God, that is delicious.
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The strawberry is kind of subtle,
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So good Mom. I'll let you have it sip.
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- [Mum] Okay. Thank you.
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- Well, thanks y'all, I'm Jeremy Deen.
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This is a good drink.
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I see y'all around the kitchen.
