Strawberry Rhubarb Lemonade

Ingredients

• 3½ cups water
• ½ pound rhubarb, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 2 cups)
• ¾ cup sugar, or to taste
• 2 x 3-inch strips of lemon zest removed with a vegetable peeler plus additional for garnish
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups sliced strawberries
• 1 cup fresh lemon juice

Procedures

1. In a saucepan stir together the water, the rhubarb, the sugar, 2 strips of the zest, and the vanilla, bring the mixture to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, and simmer it, covered, for 8 minutes.
2. Stir in 1 cup of the strawberries and boil the mixture, covered, for 2 minutes.
3. Let the mixture cool and strain it through a coarse sieve set over a pitcher, pressing hard on the solids.
4. Stir in the remaining 1 cup strawberries and the lemon juice, divide the lemonade among stemmed glasses filled with ice cubes, and garnish each glass with some of the additional zest.