To make sure that you don't lose any of the precious peach juice, my instructions say to smush the peaches right into the limeade. Make sure your hands are clean!
Serves: 4 (3½ cups)
Ingredients
½ cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
¾ cup freshly squeezed lime juice (from 8 limes)
2¾ cups water
2 ripe peaches, pitted and quartered
Instructions
In a pitcher or a quart-sized jar, combine the sugar, lime, and water. Stir very well to dissolve the sugar. Add the peaches.
Now reach your (clean) hand into the pitcher and grab hold of a peach quarter. Smush it til it's pulpy--really, right in the pitcher! Wild, I know. Repeat with the rest of the peach quarters. Shake off your hand and cover the pitcher or jar.
Place the pitcher in the fridge and leave for at least 3 hours and up to 12. Your limeade will grow peachier the longer you let it sit.
Strain the limeade through a fine mesh strainer, pressing on the solids to extract all the peach flavor.
Serve in small glasses, over ice.
Recipe by Big Girls Small Kitchen at http://www.biggirlssmallkitchen.com/2012/08/easy-peach-limeade.html