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How to make homemade lemonade? Recipe, from which everyone will be delighted!
What can quench your thirst better than cold homemade lemonade? Correctly - nothing, because it is only a given drink.
Since ancient times lemonade was famous for its ability to quench thirst much better than other soft drinks. The very word "lemonade" appeared in the middle of the 17th century from the French "limonade", which in translation means a drink using juice or lemon syrup. To date, there are about a thousand recipes for this drink. It can be prepared with both soda water and ordinary syrup, it all depends on which recipe for lemonade at home you will use. The taste of it anyway will be awesome!
The most popular homemade lemonades
Recipes of this drink exist in all corners of the globe. And the most surprising thing is that in each country there are at least two or three recipes that are inherent only for this area. That is, in no other country in the world they no longer meet. The most popular homemade lemonade, the recipe of which you can find in every cookbook, has such basic ingredients as lemon or lime, sugar, honey, mint and water. There are other options with the addition of ginger, apples, cinnamon, pear, watermelon, melon, cherries, peaches and other fruits and even vegetables. You can pick up a recipe for every taste, from sweet to sour.
Homemade lemonade
The recipe of the drink, which we will consider, is considered the most popular in the whole world. It is he who forms the basis of all those lemonades that we buy in the shops of our country. So, for the preparation of homemade lemonade we need:
- 50 grams of mint;
- 300 grams of lemon;
- 300 grams of lime;
- 400 grams of sugar.
Limes and lemons cut in half and squeezed out the juice. Squeezed halves of lime are placed in a jar, can be poured into a jug, poured with water, add sugar and sliced mint leaves (mint leaves can be ground in a blender - this will make more juice). All this must be boiled, and then strain, mix with the juice of lemon and lime and chill. The resulting syrup should be infused for at least 10 hours, after which it can be served with ice cubes, lime slices and mint sprigs.
Which lemonade is best - home or from a store?
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