I made another pitcher of lemonade, but this time I tweaked the amounts a bit because Dino found it too sweet. It's still amazingly refreshing, and I love it!
Perfect Lemonade
Adapted from Simply Recipes
Prep time: 10 minutes
½ cup sugar
½ cup water
1 cup lemon juice
4 cups cold water (to dilute)
ice
1 Make simple syrup by heating the sugar and water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely.
2 While the sugar is dissolving, use a juicer to extract the juice from 4 to 6 lemons, enough for one cup of juice.
3 Add the juice and the sugar water to a pitcher. Add 4 cups of cold water, more or less to the desired strength. Refrigerate 30 to 40 minutes. If the lemonade is a little sweet for your taste, add a little more straight lemon juice to it.
Serve with ice, sliced lemons.
Yield: Serves 6.
Big Flavors Rating: 5 Stars
Jasmine
wow making a simple syrup makes total sense. i don't like canned/packaged lemonade, but i may prefer this fresh kind.