Home-made lemonade recipe
The lemon tree gets heavier and heavier each year and I struggle to find ways to use them, very fortunate! Here's this year's first use and its homemade lemonade.
If you're looking for an easy but super yummy recipe for making your own lemonade, try this one out. This recipe makes around 2 litres or around 70 oz, so halve it if it's too much for you.
Ingredients
- 8 x fresh lemons
- 300 (1 1/4 cup)grams of sugar
- 150 (3/5 cup) grams of honey
- Other erbs. You might try cloves, other aromatics
- 2 ltrs (70 oz) of water
Let's get to it. Be aware that the flavour of the honey you use will affect the taste of your lemonade. Try experimenting with different honeys.
Slice your lemons
Slice your lemons into halves, then quarters and remove the seeds and white pith in the centre. I cut a shallow triangle in the centre to make it quick and easy.
Then I slice them really thin, about 5mm or about a 1/4 inch. It's a good thickness for cooking them and also when you eventually eat a slice or two in your lemonade.
Cook your lemons
Throw the water into a large saucepan and then the lemons and the rest of the ingredients. Bring it to the boil and then down to a simmer for 20 - 30 minutes. I sometimes leave it in longer to soften up the lemons further.
Let it cool
Take it off the heat and let it cool down to room temperature. You could transfer it to a large glass jug or two at this point.
Then put it in the fridge to sit for at least 24 hours. This will let all of the goodness mix and the lemon and sugars mingle into a super strong lemony flavour.
Enjoy your lemonade
Your lemonade doesn't have any fizz so grab some ice and soda water and mix it up. I use less sugar sometimes and use a ration of 1/3 lemonade to 2/3 soda water. Experiment to find your best ratio.
I love the natural flavour that this picks up from the lemon rind. It's a very different taste to what you get in the bottle from the supermarket. Hope you like this and leave a comment if you made some and it worked for you!