A few days ago the girls and I were in Trader Joe's and we came across pink lemons. The girls were pretty excited at the prospect of pink lemons, especially Lola who is a little obsessed with the color pink, so I just knew that we had to give them a try. Seeing as it was pretty warm over the weekend we decided to use our pink lemons to make pink lemonade.
Now, as you'll see in the photos, pink lemons aren't actually all that pink. In fact, the skin is variegated yellow and green, which is rather pretty, but it's not pink. The pink color can be found in the lemon's flesh, and even then it's more of a slight rosy hue rather than pink. Admittedly, the juice doesn't end up looking all that different to the juice of a regular lemon. Pink lemons taste a little sweeter than regular lemons, although judging by Mathilde's reaction to tasting one, they're still quite sour!
Most pink lemonades are colored with the addition of a red juice (often cranberry) or by muddling berries into the mix. I wanted to keep our lemonade citrus based so we went for a slightly different approach and added pink grapefruit. This resulted in a rosy colored syrup, but by the time it was diluted with extra water it looked like regular lemonade. Oh, but it tasted so much better! We also added berries as a finishing touch because berries make everything better.
