Lemonade Days
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About this Recipe
By: Sheridan Rogers
On sweltering hot summer days, what can be more thirst-quenching and refreshing than home-made lemonade? This one is from my Mini Chef: Cooking with Kids book.
Ingredients
- caster sugar 1 cup (200g)
- water 1/2 cup (125ml)
- lemon (well washed) 1, finely grated zest
- 3 lemons juice only
- ice
- water sparkling or still, to taste
Combine sugar, water and zest in a pan and simmer for five minutes until the sugar is dissolved and you have a light syrup. Strain the lemon juice and stir into the syrup. Cool and keep refrigerated. Pour about a centimetre of the syrup into a glass and add ice and water, to taste. Note: substitute limes for the lemons, add lots of fresh mint leaves and puree in the blender for a delicious Lime-ade drink. If you own a Thermomix, there’s a terrific recipe in the accompanying book for homemade lemonade using whole lemons (skin, pulp and flesh), sugar, water and a tray of ice cubes.