MINT LEMONADE
Ingredients
1 kg/ 2lbs 4oz. fresh lemons
¾ cup granulated sugar
½ cup sugar syrup, room temperature
1 cup fresh mint leaves
3 cups of water
Preparation
1
Wash and pat dry the lemons.
2
Divide each lemon into quarters and place in a large bowl.
3
Add the sugar and water to the lemon pieces and marinate for 1 hour.
4
In the meantime, place the mint leaves in a bowl and pour the sugar syrup. Using an immersion blender pulse a few times until the mixture is smooth. Set aside.
5
Press the lemon quarters finely with your hands, pushing juices out, the more the better.
6
Discard the lemon peels.
7
Add the minted sugar syrup, you created, to the lemon juice, stir well.
8
Place a strainer on top of your jug, pour the lemonade through the strainer.Refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours. Serve with ice and sliced lemons! Enjoy!
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About
Not only the lemonade tastes wonderful but it also has a lot of health benefits, lemons are high in vitamin c. They also contain B-complex vitamin, calcium, iron magnesium and potassium. Make this mint lemonade and you will never be able to drink the bottled or powder store bought lemonade.
Added:
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 3:10pm
