Description
A refreshing non-alcoholic drink combining sweet strawberries, tart pineapple, and aromatic basil.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled
- 1 cup fresh pineapple chunks
- 4 large fresh basil leaves
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 2 cups sparkling water or club soda
- Ice cubes
Instructions
- Place strawberries, pineapple chunks, and basil leaves into a blender.
- Blend until completely smooth.
- Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl to remove pulp and seeds. Press down on solids to extract all liquid.
- Stir in the lime juice.
- Fill two tall glasses with ice cubes.
- Divide the strained fruit mixture evenly between the two glasses.
- Top each glass with sparkling water or club soda.
- Gently stir once before serving.
Notes
- For a sweeter drink, add 1 teaspoon of simple syrup to the blender.
- Muddle a small basil leaf in the bottom of each glass before adding ice for stronger basil flavor.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Category: Beverage
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 glass
- Calories: 95
- Sugar: 18
- Sodium: 5
- Fat: 0.5
- Saturated Fat: 0.1
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.4
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 23
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 1
- Cholesterol: 0
Keywords: strawberry, basil, pineapple, mocktail, non-alcoholic, summer drink, refreshing