Lemonade
Wishing you a refreshing and energizing day! I think my lemonade will help 😊
It's the perfect lemonade recipe: with lime and mint to achieve a complex aroma. With my refreshing lemonade, you'll survive the hot summer days.
Ingredients
250ml fresh lemon and lime juice (I used 3 lemons + 1 lime)
200g sugar
1 liter still water (4 cups)
250ml sparkling mineral water (1 cup)
10 mint leaves
ice cubes
For decoration
2 lemon slices
3 lime slices
mint leaves
How to prepare lemonade
- In a small saucepan, put the sugar with 250ml still water over low heat. Simmer, stirring frequently, until the sugar dissolves completely. Let the syrup cool while we do the next steps.
- Zest 1 lemon and 1 lime. Put the zest in a 1.5-liter pitcher.
- Squeeze lemon and lime juice until you get 250ml. Put some juice in a blender with the mint leaves and blend well until the leaves are finely chopped. Pour the mint juice and the rest of the juice into the pitcher.
* if you don't want mint leaves in your lemonade, strain the blended mint juice through a fine tea strainer - Add half of the syrup and the rest of the still water (750ml/3 cups). Mix everything well. Taste and if you want it sweeter, gradually add the rest of the syrup.
* I stayed at 1/2 of the syrup because we like it more tart - Add the lemon and lime slices for decoration and refrigerate the pitcher.
- When serving, add sparkling water to the pitcher, ice cubes, and garnish with mint leaves.
* if you think you won't consume the whole pitcher at once, add the ice cubes only to the glass, not the pitcher, so the lemonade doesn't get diluted
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