Fresh Limeade And Tropical Pink Limeade

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups fresh lime juice (roughly 8-10 limes)
• 1 quart water (use sparkling water for a festive touch)
• 1/2 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 in large pitcher, mix together the lime juice, water, and smaller amount of sugar.
• 2 taste and add more sugar if you think the limonada needs it.
• 3 serve over ice.
• 4 to make the tropical pink limeade: cut the ends off 2 or 3 prickly pears;( handle prickly pears with latex or rubber gloves or with tongs, prickly pears are a cactus fruit and have stickers all over outer skin).
• 5 make a shallow slit down the length of each one, then peel away the thick skin; discard skin.
• 6 in a small bowl, crush the fruit into a coarse puree, then strain puree into the limeade mixture.
• 7 taste and add more lime or sugar if necessary.