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Lemonade from lemons at home
Delicious, refreshing, and healthy lemonade from lemons at home is familiar to many since childhood. This bright drink not only quenches thirst but also energizes on a hot day. It is very easy to make – it takes only 15 minutes to prepare.
Preparation time: 15 minutes.
Ingredients
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- lemons – 2 pcs;
- orange – 1/2 pc;
- sugar – 150 g;
- water – 2 liters (cold) + 150 ml (warm);
- mint – 10 g.
Preparation
- Prepare the ingredients for making homemade lemonade from fresh lemons.
- Grate the zest of one lemon into a deep bowl using a fine grater. Try to grate only the upper layer of the skin without the lower white part. It can give a bitter taste.
- Using the same grater, grate the zest of half an orange into the bowl. The orange, like the lemon, can give bitterness if you touch the lower white part of the peel. Try to avoid this.
- Add 150 grams of sugar to the lemon and orange zest.
- Pour in 150 milliliters of warm water, about 40 – 45 degrees Celsius. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
- Squeeze the juice of half an orange into the resulting syrup using any convenient method. If the seeds fell into the citrus concentrate, it is not necessary to extract them now.
- Also squeeze the juice of two lemons into the syrup.
- Now pour two liters of cold water into the resulting concentrate and mix everything. It can be strained and consumed immediately, but to enhance the flavor, it is recommended to strain it after a few hours.
- Strain the lemonade through a sieve or gauze to get rid of seeds and pieces of pulp.
- Homemade lemonade from lemons is ready. Serve it with ice and mint leaves.
