Fresh lemonade is a beautiful thing. I remember having it for the first time at a Ben & Jerry's, of all places, in DC's Adams Morgan neighborhood. The recipe in Kester Thompson's
Mocktails is straightforward: fresh lemon juice, sugar syrup and water. While it is simple enough to buy sugar syrup, Thompson and most others recommend making your own so I did - a little more time-consuming but easy enough. We all like our lemonade tart so a half-cup of the syrup, against a cup of lemon juice, was enough.
For the curious: 1 cup of juice required 3.5 lemons.
I never knew about the ratio so thanks for the tip. Might try this for the lemonade lovers in the family
ReplyDeleteOf course, it depends on the size of the lemons... It's still the sort of thing worth remembering. Older recipes will simply specify half a lemon - not really so helpful at all!
Deleteuseful tip: 1 cup of juice required 3.5 lemons.
ReplyDeleteI'll try it.
have a great day
You too, Tanza!
DeleteI'm on the tart side of lemonade, too.
ReplyDeleteThough it's not something I can claim as a favorite.
Probably because I drank so much soda as a kid.
I was a citrus addict as a child, except for grapefruit. I developed that affection later in life.
DeleteHa! We have a lemon tree in the yard and we make lemonade all the time!
ReplyDeleteLucky!
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