Strawberry And Lemon Verbena Summer Drink

• 3 cups organic strawberries, cleaned
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 20 leaves fresh lemon verbena
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• lemon soda or carbonated water

1. Bring the water and sugar to a boil until all the sugar is dissolved. Lower the heat, add the fresh Verbena leaves and simmer for 5 minutes.
2. Wash and clean the strawberries. Put them in a blender with the lemon juice and hot syrup(remove verbena leaves temporarily) and puree until very smooth. Sieve pressing on the strawberry puree to obtain a clean red pulp.
3. Add the verbena leaves again to the strawberry puree and allow to cool completely before storing in the fridge.
4. To serve: pour over ice and add lemon soda or carbonated water.
5. For a kick I would go with a dash of rhum, what do you think?
6. Salute!
7. Got extra fresh lemon verbena to use? Check out my recipe for icecubes with herbs so you can use them all year round.

organic strawberries, sugar, water, lemon verbena, lemon juice, lemon soda

Taken from food52.com/recipes/12251-strawberry-and-lemon-verbena-summer-drink (may not work)