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Tall glass filled with Lemonade

Lemonade Concentrate

Cool, refreshing homemade Lemonade. Perfect thirst-quenching summertime drink.

Course Drinks
Cuisine Canadian
Keyword Lemonade
My Island Bistro Kitchen Barbara99

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • ¾ cup super-fine sugar (aka caster sugar)
  • 1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice (apx 3-4 lemons), strained
  • 1-2 tbsp grated lemon rind
  • Lemon-flavored sparkling water to top up

Instructions

  1. Squeeze lemons and strain juice.
  2. Assemble ingredients.
  3. Boil water and sugar for 3-4 minutes. Turn off heat and cool for apx. 30 minutes.
  4. Add lemon juice and grated lemon rind. Stir. Let sit at room temperature for at least 3-4 hours to allow flavour to strengthen.
  5. Strain lemon rind from concentrate.
  6. Pour into bottle.
  7. To serve: Pour ½ to ⅔ cup of lemon concentrate into tall glass and top up with lemon-flavored sparkling water.
  8. Add ice cubes or crushed ice if desired and decorate with a sprig of mint and a slice or two of lemon.
  9. Keep concentrate refrigerated.

Recipe Notes

Yield: Apx. 2 cups

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