How to make lemonade at home

Lemonade is a sweet, in most cases, carbonated mixture based on lemon juice. The drink came to us from the 17th century and is firmly entrenched to the present. After a certain period of time, lemonade began to be produced in large quantities, the recipe flew around the world and found its consumer.

Classic Lemonade

• granulated sugar (preferably beetroot) - 250 gr.
• lemon juice - 300 ml. (6 fruits)
• highly carbonated water
• filtered water

1. Pour 250 ml into an enameled pan. purified and 1 liter of highly carbonated water. Pour granulated sugar, put on a stove, turn on a low heat.
2. Stir the composition with a wooden spatula, wait for the crystals to dissolve. As soon as this happens, bring the mass to a boil and immediately turn it off.
3. Cover the container, leave to cool to room temperature. Then squeeze the juice of 6 lemons and pour it into the composition. If you want to get lemonade without the pulp of citrus, strain the juice before adding.
4. The base for the lemonade is ready. Before starting to use, dilute the syrup with sparkling water in an amount of 50:50. You can change the proportions as you wish, depending on the desired concentration.

Important!
If you are a lover of exotic cocktails, experiment with taste sensations. Add raspberries, strawberries or cherries, these berries are perfectly included in the classic recipe.

Currant Lemonade

• cane sugar - 320 gr.
• red currant - 1.5 kg.
• black currant - 1.5 kg.
• lemon - 3 pcs.
• Sparkling water

1. To begin, rinse the currants, put it in a colander and leave it for 5 minutes to allow excess liquid to glass. After that, send the berries to a thick-walled pan, pour 550 ml into it. clean water, cook about 40 minutes.
2. The heat treatment of currants can increase or decrease, most importantly, bring the berries to a soft state so that they give their juice. Important! During cooking, do not add sugar to the currant, it will make the skin of the berries hard, tasteless.
3. At the end of the term, turn off the stove, strain the syrup through a colander or cheesecloth, squeeze the juice, you do not need berries.
4. After the filtration process, add granulated sugar to the currant, place the composition on the stove and wait for the crystals to dissolve. Stir the syrup constantly so that it does not burn.
5. As soon as the sugar has dissolved, bring the lemonade to the appearance of the first bubbles, turn off the burner. Cover, cool to room temperature, squeeze the juice of two lemons, bottle, cork.
6. Put the composition in the refrigerator. Start drinking at least a day later, while the resulting syrup must be diluted with carbonated or filtered water in a ratio of 1: 1. Serve the product with ice (crushed or diced).

Peppermint lemonade

• lemon - 7-8 pcs.
• granulated sugar (cane) - 600 gr. (at the discretion of)
• fresh mint leaves - 6 pcs.

1. Wash lemons with a sponge, as they will be used with the peel. Cut citruses into small cubes without removing the zest.
2. Place the chopped fruits in a deep bowl, sprinkle sugar on top. Grind the mint in a mortar or in any convenient way, add to lemon and sugar.
3. Leave the product to infuse for 30-40 minutes. After the deadline, send the mixture to a blender or food processor, grind into porridge.
4. Pour the composition with ice sparkling or filtered water, mix, and seal the container. It is worth remembering that granulated sugar will dissolve for a long time, so do not rush to drink lemonade.Important! Do not fill the composition with boiling water, otherwise it will result in unjustified bitterness, which will not be so easy to remove.
5. Let the lemonade brew in the refrigerator for at least 1-2 days, after this period strain the product through a gauze filter, serve to the table with ice cubes.

Tropical lemonade

• beet sugar - 110 g.
• lime juice - 125 ml.
• ginger ale - 550 ml.
• apricot juice (natural) - 325 ml.
• pineapple juice - 300 ml.
• lemon juice - 175 ml.
• fresh mint leaves

1. Take a pan with a thick bottom, pour 650 ml into it. purified water, put on a stove and bring to a boil.
2. When the first bubbles appear, add granulated sugar, stir it and wait until the granules completely dissolve.
3. Remove the syrup from the stove, cover, cool. Then pour in ginger ale, apricot, pineapple, lime and lemon juice, mix.
4. Put lemonade in the refrigerator for 24 hours. After the deadline, dilute it with water (at the discretion), garnish with fresh mint leaves, add ice cubes, serve to the table.

Apple lemonade

• green apples - 3 pcs.
• cucumber - 2 pcs.
• petiole celery - 2 stalks
• orange - 2 pcs.
• lemon - 2 pcs.
• grapefruit - 1 pc. small size
• fresh dill - 1 bunch
• fresh parsley - 0.5 bunch
• fresh mint (leaves) - 1 bunch

1. Chop the apples with the peel into thin slices or small cubes, removing the seeds. Do the same with the two stalks of celery: chop it into small squares.
2. Cut the seeds from the cucumber, chop it with very thin slices. Optionally, the vegetable can not be added, but it gives the drink a freshness.
3. Squeeze the juice from the lemon and place the zest in a blender and grind it well. Chop the second lemon in rings, send to apples and vegetables.
4. Squeeze the juice from the grapefruit and two oranges, pour it into the bulk. Chop parsley and dill, tear the mint with your hands.
5. Move all the components into the infusion jug, fill the composition with 2 liters of water (with or without gas, optional).
6. Send the composition to the refrigerator, start using after 24 hours. If desired, you can filter the mixture and add sugar. Serve crushed ice lemonade.

Cherry lemonade

• ground saffron - 1 pinch
• lemon - 2 pcs.
• fresh or frozen cherries (pitted) - 200 gr.
• lime - 2 pcs.
• fresh strawberries - 200 gr.
• beet sugar - 200 gr.

1. Wash the cherries and strawberries, put the ingredients in a blender and chop until porridge forms. Pour sugar and saffron, turn the mixture into a homogeneous composition.
2. Squeeze the juice from lemons and limes, and rub the zest on a fine grater. Mix all the ingredients together, taste, add more sugar if desired
3. Dilute the resulting composition with carbonated or purified water to the desired consistency, add ice cubes before use.

Mojito lemonade

• cane sugar - 120 gr.
• beet sugar - 180 gr.
• lime - 4 pcs.
• lemon - 4 pcs.
• fresh mint - 1 bunch

1. Pour beet sugar into an enameled pan, pour 300 ml. purified water, put on a stove and prepare syrup. When the crystals dissolve completely, turn off the burner.
2. Cool and cool the syrup to the desired temperature. Squeeze juice from limes and lemons at this time, and grind the peel in a blender.
3. Pour the juice into the syrup, add chopped zest there. Return the composition to the refrigerator for 40-60 minutes.
4. Grind the mint in a mortar or tear it with your hands, and then remember with a fork. Place on the bottom of the jug, sprinkle with cane sugar, remember with the bartender’s pestle.
5. After the expiration date, remove the lemonade from the refrigerator and dilute it with water in a 2: 1 ratio, then transfer it into a jug with mint. If desired, crushed ice can be added.

If you add white rum to the Mojito lemonade, you will get the traditional drink of the same name that guests will like.

Strawberry Lemonade with Kiwi

• Kiwi - 7 pcs.
• frozen strawberries - 300 gr.
• melt water (ice) - 650 ml.
• granulated sugar - 120 gr.
• vanillin - 1 sachet (about 12 gr.)
• lemon - 2 pcs.
• grapefruit - 1 pc.

1. Pour granulated sugar 200 ml. filtered water and place on the stove. Stir with a wooden spatula until the granules are completely dissolved. Once the crystals have melted, pour the mixture into a jug and cool to room temperature.
2. Add melt water, frozen strawberries and vanillin to the syrup.
3. Peel the kiwi, wash and chop into slices, send to a container with the main ingredients. Place the jug in the refrigerator for half an hour.
4. Begin preparations at this time. Cut the first lemon into slices, wash the second and send to the blender, after removing the seeds.
5. Squeeze the juice from the grapefruit, discard the zest, you will no longer need it. Combine all components into one mass, send to the refrigerator. If desired, you can add chopped fresh mint leaves.

Grape lemonade

• seedless grapes - 3 medium-sized clusters
• lemon - 2 pcs.
• sweet cherry - 250 gr.
• plum - 100 gr.
• granulated sugar - 175 g.
• orange juice (freshly squeezed) - 300 ml.

1. Mix orange juice and granulated sugar in one composition, wait until the granules are completely dissolved.
2. Remove the seeds from the cherry, do the same manipulations with the plum. Separate the grape beads from the common cluster. Place all the ingredients in a blender, grind in a puree.
3. Cut the lemons into thin slices, send to the jug. Pour in the syrup from orange juice and sugar on top, add fruit gruel (grapes, plums, cherries).
4. Mix the resulting mixture, evaluate the taste. If necessary, dilute with water. Put lemonade in the refrigerator for at least 10 hours; before use, you can filter and add ice.

Raspberry-based lemonade

• raspberries - 350 gr.
• granulated sugar - 120 gr.
• lemon - 1.5 pcs.
• water with gas - 600 ml.
• purified water (boiling water) - 250 ml.

1. Put raspberries in a colander, rinse carefully with running water so as not to wrinkle it. After treating with cold water, wait about 10 minutes to allow all the liquid to glass.
2. Combine raspberries with sugar, mash with a pestle or blender until mashed.
3. Wipe the resulting porridge through a sieve, put the cake in an enameled container, and put the juice aside.
4. Wash the lemon with hot water, treat it well with a sponge. Take a special device for peeling potatoes or a sharp knife, remove the top of the peel.
5. Chop the lemon fruit into small pieces or slices, add granulated sugar and pour 250 ml. boiling water. Stir, cover and let stand for 1.5 hours.
6. After this period, mix the raspberry juice with the main mass, then combine all the components in a homogeneous syrup.
7. Add sparkling water (can be replaced with melt), decorate the glasses with raspberries or a slice of lemon.

It is considered optimal to consume a cold rather than a warm drink. It can be easily prepared at home using fruits, berries and, of course, lemons. Choose your favorite recipe, please yourself and guests in hot weather.

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