perfect lemonade
One of my favorite things at the fair is the lemonade. So I decided one day to sit down and come up with a recipe that I enjoyed drinking. My daughter tried it and said "Perfect" so I named this recipe Perfect Lemonade.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
5 Min
method
No-Cook or Other
yield
3 quarts
Ingredients
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 cups bottled lemon juice (realemon)
- 2 large lemons
- 10 cups cold water (reserve 2 cup for the simple syrup #1 below)
How To Make perfect lemonade
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Step 1First make a simple syrup by heating 2 Cups Sugar and 2 Cups of Water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely.
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Step 2Wash the skins of 2 large lemons and cut in half. Squeeze the juice into a measuring cup. Add bottled lemon juice to make up two cups. Add the lemon juice and the remainder of the water to a gallon pitcher. Now add the simple syrup that has been heated in the saucepan. Stir
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Step 3I discard most of the seeds. Add the pulp from the 2 large lemons that you squeezed. Slice the squeezed lemon in half and add to the pitcher. Serve with Ice.
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Step 4NOTE: I use bottled lemon juice. This recipe is made with ReaLemon brand. This brand requires 3 cups of sugar. If using another brand you might want to reduce the sugar to two cups. Do a taste test! Also, if you like extra pulp I usually have lemon pulp in the freezer that's left over from another recipe.
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Category:
Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Category:
Other Drinks
Tag:
#For Kids
Method:
No-Cook or Other
Culture:
American
Ingredient:
Coffee/Tea/Beverage
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