Lemon drink or lemonade is a favorite treat for both adults and children.
Initially, it was prepared on the basis of lemon juice with sugar, diluted with water.
Over time, other citrus fruits were added to it, as well as berries, fruits and spices.
Lemon drink - the basic principles of cooking
Water for making lemon drink is taken as usual or carbonated.
Traditional homemade lemon drink is prepared not carbonated.
To do this, use the zest and lemon juice, turmeric or saffron and granulated sugar.
All is stirred until complete dissolution of the sugar crystals, and sent to the refrigerator for several hours. Served with ice cubes.
There is a simpler way that does not require long-term cooling. The sugar is dissolved by pouring some water, brought to a boil, and the syrup is mixed with lemon juice. Add water and serve chilled.
To add flavor and aroma, herbs or spices are added to the lemon drink. For example, ginger and mint perfectly set off the taste of lemon.
Recipe 1. Classic Lemon Drink
Ingredients
two medium lemons;
cups of boiling water;
200 g of sugar;
liter of chilled boiled water;
20 ice cubes.
Method of preparation
1. Wash the lemons and cut into thin circles. Put them in a deep dish and sprinkle with sugar. Mix and leave for a couple of hours.
2. In the kettle we boil water and pour boiling water over lemons. Cool the mixture.
3. Strain the cooled lemons and dilute with chilled water. Pour into glasses and put ice.
Recipe 2. Lemon Bubble in the nose
Ingredients
lemon;
75 g brown sugar;
carbonated mineral water;
10 strawberries;
liter of boiled water.
Method of preparation
1. Wash the lemon, cut it in half and squeeze the juice.
2. Pour sugar into deep dishes, mix with lemon juice and add water.
3. Wash the strawberries, cut them in half and put them in ice molds. Fill it with lemon syrup and send in the freezer. 4. Before use, put two circles of lemon in a glass, and five cubes of frozen syrup. Fill all with mineral water and serve.
Recipe 3. Lemongrass Drink
Ingredients
lemon;
two liters of boiled water;
sugar - 50 g
Method of preparation
1. In a kettle, boil water and cool it to room temperature. We will need warm water.
2. Cut the washed lemon into four pieces. Put it in a blender tank and add sugar. Grind everything into mush.
3. Pour warm water into a blender and beat until sugar crystals dissolve completely. Close the container with a lid, and leave for a couple of hours to infuse the drink. Then strain the drink through a sieve, pour it into a decanter and put it in the fridge. Serve with a slice of lemon.
Recipe 4. Lemon drink “A la mojito”
Ingredients
a bunch of mint;
two lemons;
sugar;
water - 1750 ml.
Method of preparation
1. Wash the lemons and pour boiling water over it. Remove the zest with a sharp knife.
2. Put the zest in a saucepan, pour a half liter of water, boil and simmer for about half an hour. Then turn off the heat and cool.
3. Squeeze the juice from the lemons, and send it to the fridge.
4. Rinse the mint. Put it in a deep dish, fill it with an incomplete glass of water and crush it with mashed potatoes.
5. Pour the mint water, lemon broth and juice into the carafe through the sieve. Add sugar and mix. The amount of sugar depends on your preferences.
Recipe 5. Lemon drink with watermelon and strawberry
Ingredients
a glass of fresh lemon;
watermelon;
two liters of soda;
Half a kilo of fresh strawberries;
a third cup of agave nectar;
crushed ice
Method of preparation
1. Wash watermelon, cut into slices and cut off the pulp. Chop it into cubes. You should have six glasses of chopped pulp.
2. Wash strawberries and cut into quarters. Leave a few pieces intact.
3. In the capacity of the blender, put half the strawberries and watermelon pulp, pour half the agave nectar. Beat until smooth. Pour the mixture into a jug. Also grind the second half of the ingredients. 4. Add lemon juice to the jug, mix, cover and place in the fridge for a day.
5. Pour the strawberry-watermelon mixture into a large dish, dilute it with soda and add lemon slices, watermelon pulp and a whole strawberry.
Recipe 6. Lemon drink with oranges and mint
Ingredients
70 ml of lemon fresh;
two large lemons;
two and a half liters of cooled boiled water;
a bunch of fresh mint;
sugar is half a glass.
Method of preparation
1. Clean the oranges, lay out the peel on a plate and pour boiling water for a few minutes.
2. From the pulp squeeze the juice and mix it with lemon juice. Oranges do not throw away!
3. In a skillet, boil water, add sugar, lay out the crusts, the pulp of oranges and sprigs of mint. Stir and cook over moderate heat for about five minutes.
4. Cool, strain and mix with juice. Pour into a jug and send in the fridge.
Recipe 7. Lemon “Italian”
Ingredients
a glass of lemon juice;
two glasses of fruit syrup;
lemon peel
Method of preparation
1. Pour fruit syrup into a deep container, add a glass of lemon juice to it and mix.
2. Pour six glasses of boiling water into the lemon-fruit mixture. Add lemon zest and leave for a few hours to infuse the drink. Strain the drink in a convenient dish and place in the fridge for a couple of hours.
Recipe 8. Lemon Tarkhun
Ingredients
two lemons;
70 g fresh tarragon;
two limes;
200 ml of boiled water;
sugar - 150 g;
a half liter of soda.
Method of preparation
1. Tarragon rinsed and cut from the main stem of the leaves.
2. Dissolve sugar in an incomplete glass of water. In the resulting syrup lay tarragon and send to the fire. Boil and turn off the fire, cover with a lid and leave for an hour.
3. Pour the infusion together with the tarhun into a blender, whisk until smooth and strain several times.
4. Squeeze juice from lemons and limes. Pour it into a jug, add syrup with tarragon and mix. Pour in cooled soda, mix and ship to the fridge.
Recipe 9. Lemon Ginger Drink
Ingredients
four lemons;
two liters of water;
50 grams of granulated sugar;
50 g of ginger.
Method of preparation
1. Clean the ginger and shake it into small chips. Pour a glass of water in a saucepan, add sugar and grated ginger. Keep on low heat until the sugar crystals dissolve completely.
2. Remove the syrup from the heat and leave for ten minutes so that it is infused with ginger.
3. Wash the lemons, cut in half and squeeze the juice. Fresh lemon mix with syrup. Pour the rest of the water, mix and serve, putting a large number of ice cubes.
Recipe 10. Lemon drink by fermentation
Ingredients
160 g sugar;
40 ml of vinegar;
lemon;
two liters of boiled water cooled.
Method of preparation
1. Lemon wash and cut into thin circles. Put them in a glass jar. Fill with water, cover with a small hole, and leave in a warm place for a week.
2. Do not forget every day, stir the drink. After the allotted time, filter the lemon drink, pour into the bottles, and leave in the refrigerator for another three days. It is worth noting that the bottles must be no more than two-thirds filled. Served with lots of ice.
Recipe 11. Lemon drink with tarragon, strawberry and mint
Ingredients
half a lemon;
litere of water;
half lime;
sugar;
six strawberries;
tarragon;
fresh mint;
ice
Method of preparation
1. Wash the lemon and lime. Cut in half and squeeze the juice out of them in a transparent dish.
2. Cut the remaining crusts into oblong stripes and place in the same bowl. Add sprigs of mint, washed strawberries and tarragon leaves.
3. Add sugar to the dishes. Fill all with a glass of hot water and leave to infuse. Then add the rest of the water, mix and place ice cubes.
Recipe 12. Lemon drink “King of the table”
Ingredients
seven lemons;
three leaves of mint;
five liters of drinking water;
700 g of sugar;
ice cubes.
Method of preparation
1. Rinse the lemons well and cut them into random pieces. 2. Grind lemons with sugar and mint into mush. Spread into the blender container in small portions. Milled lemons shift into a deep pan.
3. Add sugar to the lemon mixture and cover with water. Put the drink in the fridge for a day. Then strain the drink through a sieve. Pour it into a convenient glass container. Serve with plenty of ice.
Recipe 13. Warm lemon cinnamon drink
Ingredients
three glasses of lemon juice;
four glasses of soda;
450 grams of sugar;
50 g of honey;
cinnamon stick
Method of preparation
1. Pour the water into a deep saucepan, dilute it with lemon juice, add honey and sugar. We put on the most minimal fire, and cook for about an hour.
2. Cool to a warm state. Pour by the glass. Put a cinnamon stick in each one and serve.
Lemon drink - tips and tricks from professionals
- If you suffer from diabetes, and you can not use sugar, you can replace it with natural honey.
- Add ginger to syrup to make the drink spicy.
- Sugar can be replaced by berry or fruit syrup.
- If lemon mint drink is in the fridge for more than a day, mint leaves are recommended to be removed.
- Do not dispose of the remaining pulp of lemon and fruit. It can be added to tea.
- Mint, rosemary or basil added to the drink will enhance the taste of lemon drink.
