Elisa's Spiked Lemonade: The Perfect Summer Cocktail with a Twist

July 3rd, 2022

She's Sweet, She's Sour, and She's a little bit of a Twist.

Welcome to Toasts From Elisa where every recipe is dedicated to a person or experience in my life. This first one goes out to me.

“There's no lemon so sour that you can't make something resembling lemonade” –This is Us

No one warns you about what life is going to be like in your twenties. No one tells you you're going to move out into your own place, for the first time, into a new city, with a new job, and no friends... only to watch the world shutdown around you. No one tells you how lonely of an experience it is to try to make meaningful connections with others. You just want friends to laugh with, play with, to eat with. No one warns you about how heartbreaking of an experience it is to fall in love during it all and watch yourself crumble in the process. But through it all you've still managed to laugh, to grown, to love, to play. To make something sour into something sweet, and you've done it in your own way. You've ran miles you'd never thought you'd run; you've splashed in oceans you'd never thought you'd touch, and you've made so many mistakes along the way. But it's okay, because you're exactly where you need to be, right here, right now. All your experiences have been exactly right; sweet, sour, complicated but always refreshing. So cheers to me, for taking it one sip at a time.

Elisa's Spiked Lemonade

Ingredients

• 4 large lemons (enough for 2/3 cup of juice)

• 1 8oz can sweetened condensed milk

• 1 8oz can of crushed pineapple (canned in juice)

• 1 cup of dark rum

• 8 cups of cold water

• ice

• lemon slices (optional)

Directions

1. Wash, Cut, and Juice 4 large lemons or enough lemons for about 3/4 cup of juice.

2. Add your juice into a pitcher.

3. Open the can of sweetened condensed milk and pour the entire 8oz into your pitcher.

4. Open the can of crushed pineapple and add the pineapple and juice into the pitcher.

5. Measure out roughly 1 cup of rum and add it to your pitcher.

6. Add 8 cups of cold water to your pitcher.

7. Stir until well combined.

8. Add ice and lemons slices for garnish.

9. Serve cold and enjoy! Cheers!

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