Strawberry Soda

Strawberry Soda
Ingredients
- 1 lb Strawberies
- 1 cup Granuslated Sugar
- 1 1/2 cups Water
- 2-3 tsp Lemon Juice (optional)
- 8-24 oz Club Soda Chilled (or lemon-lime soda)
- Handful of ice is desired
Instructions
- Rinse and dice strawberries.
- In a large saucepan over mediumheat, combine water, sugar, andstrawberries. Bring to a simmer.
- Mash strawberries once they soften.
- Let strawberries continue to simmeruntil juices reduce and thicken to asyrup texture.
- Strain mixture through a meshstrainer, using a rubber spatula topress out the excess syrup.
- Stir in lemon juice if using. Let syrupmixture cool and then place in therefrigerator until chilled.
- Pour 8 oz of cold club soda into acup. Stir in the chilled strawberrysyrup by the tablespoon, tastinguntil you've reached your desiredsweetness.