Homemade Lemonade

Name: Homemade Lemonade
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 20 min
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1/2 cup boiling water; 2 teaspoons grated fresh lemon rind; 1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice; 5 cups cold water; lemon slice

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⏱ 500 mins 🍽 8 serving(s) 🏷 Drink

This recipe guides you through creating a classic, refreshing lemonade entirely from scratch. It uses fresh lemon juice and grated lemon rind for authentic flavour, balanced with a simple sugar syrup. The mixture is chilled thoroughly before serving over ice with a garnish of lemon slices. You can easily adjust the amount of sugar to suit your personal taste for sweetness. The total preparation and chilling time is 500 minutes, yielding 8 servings of this beloved beverage.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup boiling water
2 teaspoons grated fresh lemon rind
1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice
5 cups cold water
lemon slice

Method

Combine the sugar with 1/2 cup boiling water, stirring until the sugar has fully dissolved.
Add the grated lemon rind, fresh lemon juice, and 5 cups of cold water to the sugar syrup, stirring to mix.
Transfer the lemonade mixture into a 2 quart capacity pitcher.
Place the pitcher in the refrigerator to chill for 8 hours.
Add lemon slices to the pitcher or individual glasses as a garnish.
Pour the chilled lemonade into glasses filled with ice to serve.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium5800 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDrink

Authorjb41848