Best Lemonade
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
16 cups
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
directions
- For the lemon syrup:.
- Place the sugar into a food processor equipped with a steel blade.
- Using a microplane or a zester, remove the zest from at least one lemon being very careful to avoid any white pith. Measure out I tablespoon of zest. How many lemons are needed to reach one tablespoon depends on the size and variety of lemons you are using.
- Add zest to the sugar in the food processor and process for 10 seconds.
- Starting with the lemons you zested, squeeze them to get 1 1/2 cups of strained juice. Set juice aside.
- In a medium saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil. Turn off the heat. Add the sugar mixture and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add the strained lemon juice and stir.
- Transfer mixture to a jar or container with a tight fitting lid and refrigerate until cold.
- To make single servings: Pour 1/4 cup of the lemon syrup into a tall glass. Add ice cubes and 3/4 cup cold water or seltzer water. Stir and enjoy.
- To make a whole pitcher: Pour entire jar of syrup into large pitcher. Add 12 cups cold water or seltzer. Stir. Add ice cubes. Serve in tall glasses over ice.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
MarielC
Bronxville, NY