Drinks

Lemonade with Mint and Fresh Lemon

Name: Lemonade with Mint and Fresh Lemon
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 5 lemons; 4 tbsp sugar; 4¼ cups cold water; 1 handful fresh mint fresh leaves; Cube ice; Slice lemon for garnish

Fresh homemade lemonade with freshly squeezed lemon juice and mint – a refreshing, soothing summer drink.

⏱ 20 min🍽 2 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona

⚖ Pareve 🥬 Vegetarian 🌱 Vegan 🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Heat the sugar with ½ cup water in a small saucepan, stirring, until the sugar dissolves completely and the syrup is clear.
StoveSmall saucepan
💡Sugar dissolves in the hot syrup, not in cold water: make it ahead and let it cool, and only then mix it with the lemon juice.
2
Let the syrup cool.
3
Squeeze the lemons and strain the seeds out of the juice.
Lemon juicerFine sieve
4
Lightly muddle the mint in a pitcher with a tablespoon of the sugar, until the mint is fragrant.
PitcherCocktail muddler
💡Muddle the mint gently, just until fragrant: muddling too hard brings out bitterness.
5
Mix the lemon juice and the syrup in a pitcher.
Pitcher
6
Add the water and stir.
7
Taste and adjust the sweetness.
8
Pour into glasses with the ice and serve cold, garnished with the lemon slices and with fresh mint leaves.
Glass (for drinking/serving)

173calories

3 gprotein

42 gcarbs

1 gfat

● protein 6%● carbs 90%● fat 4%

Per serving (780 g), of 2 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

Lemon: measured in pieces: one ≈ 58 g · 29 kcal per 100 g · More about Lemon →
Sugar: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 12 g · 387 kcal per 100 g · More about Sugar →
Cold water: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 240 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Cold water →
Fresh mint: 1 cup = 40 g · 70 kcal per 100 g · More about Fresh mint →
Ice: 1 cup = 240 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Ice →

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
Lemon juicer · Also works: Fork (Squeeze by hand around a fork; seeds get in)
Cocktail muddler · Also works: Wooden spoon (Mash with the end of a wooden spoon handle)
Glass (for drinking/serving) · Also works: Serving bowl (Small bowls)
Pitcher · Also works: Jar (Large jar)

Helps, not needed: Fine sieve

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Lemonade

Lemonade · Drink
Alternatives for this part: Ginger Shot · Hot Spiced Drink · Turkish Coffee · Fruit smoothie · Cold Brew Coffee · Tamarind Drink · Café Hafuch · Affogato · Hot Chocolate · Sahlab and 12
Possible additions: Ginger · Mint · Mint blended with water (how much water) · Water for the syrup in the list · Rose water · Chill in the fridge · Ice · Lemon slices · Garnish · Everything in the blender with the ice (time)

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