How to make lemonade at home

Lemonade is a sweet, in most cases, carbonated mixture based on lemon juice. The drink came to us from the XVII century and firmly entrenched to the present. After a certain period of time, lemonade began to be produced in large quantities, the recipe spread all over the world and found its consumer.

Classic lemonade

• granulated sugar (preferably beet) - 250 gr.
• lemon juice - 300 ml. (6 fruits)
• highly carbonated water
• filtered water

1. Pour 250 ml into the enamel saucepan. purified and 1 liter of highly carbonated water. Pour the sugar, put it on the stove, turn on the low fire.
2. Stir the composition with a wooden spatula, wait for the crystals to dissolve. As soon as this happens, bring the mass to a boil and immediately turn it off.
3. Cover the container with a lid, leave to cool to room temperature. Then squeeze the juice of 6 lemons and pour it into the composition. If you want to get lemonade without the pulp of citrus, strain the juice before adding.
4. The base for lemonade is ready. Dilute the syrup with 50:50 carbonated water before using. You can change the proportions at your discretion depending on the desired concentration.

Important!
If you belong to lovers of exotic cocktails, experiment with taste sensations. Add raspberries, strawberries or cherries, these berries are perfectly included in the classic recipe.

Currant Lemonade

• cane sugar - 320 gr.
• red currant - 1.5 kg.
• black currant - 1.5 kg.
• lemon - 3 pcs.
• Sparkling water

1. To begin, wash the currants, place them in a colander and leave for 5 minutes to drain excess liquid. After that, send the berries in a thick-walled pot, pour 550 ml to it. clean water, cook for about 40 minutes.
2. The time of heat treatment of currants may increase or decrease, most importantly, bring the berries to a mild state, so that they give their juice.Important! During cooking, do not add sugar to the currants, it will make the skin of berries hard, tasteless.
3. At the end of the period turn off the stove, strain the syrup through a colander or gauze, squeeze out the juice, you will not need berries.
4. After the filtration process, pour in the sugar to the currants, put the composition on the stove and wait for the crystals to dissolve. Constantly stir the syrup so that it does not burn.
5. Once the sugar has dissolved, bring the lemonade to the first bubbles, turn off the burner. Cover, cool to room temperature, squeeze the juice of two lemons, bottled, clog.
6. Send the composition in the refrigerator. Start to use at least one day, while the resulting syrup must be diluted with carbonated or filtered water in a 1: 1 ratio. Serve over ice (crushed or in cubes).

Mint Lemonade

• lemon - 7-8 pcs.
• granulated sugar (cane) - 600 gr. (at the discretion of)
• fresh mint leaves - 6 pcs.

1. Sponge the lemons as they will be used with the peel. Cut the citrus into small cubes without removing the zest.
2. Place the crushed fruit in a deep bowl, sprinkle with sugar on top.Crush mint in a mortar or in any convenient way, add to lemon and sugar.
3. Leave the product to infuse for 30-40 minutes. After the expiration date, send the mixture to a blender or food processor, chop into porridge.
4. Fill the composition with ice-cold carbonated or filtered water, mix, seal the container. It is worth remembering that sugar will dissolve for a long time, so do not rush to drink lemonade. Important! Do not pour boiling water over the composition, otherwise you will end up with unjustified bitterness, which will not be so easy to remove.
5. Let the lemonade stand in the refrigerator for at least 1-2 days, after this period, strain the product through a gauze filter, serve to the table with ice cubes.

Tropical lemonade

• beet sugar - 110 g.
• lime juice - 125 ml.
• ginger ale - 550 ml.
• apricot juice (natural) - 325 ml.
• pineapple juice - 300 ml.
• lemon juice - 175 ml.
• fresh mint leaves

1. Take a pan with a thick bottom, pour into it 650 ml. Purified water, put on the stove and bring to a boil.
2. When the first bubbles appear, pour in the granulated sugar, stir it and wait for the moment when the granules are completely dissolved.
3. Remove the syrup from the stove, cover, cool. Next, pour in ginger ale, apricot, pineapple, lime and lemon juice, mix.
4. Send lemonade in the fridge for 24 hours. After the expiration date, dilute it with water (at your discretion), garnish with fresh mint leaves, add ice cubes, serve to the table.

Apple Lemonade

• green apples - 3 pcs.
• cucumber - 2 pcs.
• stalked celery - 2 stalks
• orange - 2 pcs.
• lemon - 2 pcs.
• grapefruit - 1 pc. small size
• fresh dill - 1 bunch
• fresh parsley - 0.5 bunches
• fresh mint (leaves) - 1 bunch

1. Chop the apples with the peel into thin slices or in small cubes, removing the bones. Do the same with the two celery stalks: chop it into squares.
2. Cut the cucumber seeds, chop it into very thin slices. Optionally, the vegetable can not add, but it gives the drink a freshness.
3. Squeeze out the lemon juice and place the zest in a blender and chop well. Chop the second lemon into rings, send to apples and vegetables.
4. Squeeze the juice from the grapefruit and two oranges, pour it to the bulk. Chop parsley and dill, tear the mint with your hands.
5. Move all the ingredients into a pitcher for infusion, pour 2 liters of water (with or without gas, at your discretion).
6. Send the composition in the refrigerator, start to use after 24 hours. Optionally, you can filter the mixture and add sugar. Serve lemonade with crushed ice.

Cherry lemonade

• ground saffron - 1 pinch
• lemon - 2 pcs.
• fresh or frozen cherry (seedless) - 200 gr.
• lime - 2 pcs.
• fresh strawberries - 200 gr.
• beet sugar - 200 gr.

1. Wash the cherries and strawberries, put the ingredients in a blender and grind to the formation of porridge. Pour the sugar and saffron, turn the mixture into a homogeneous composition.
2. Squeeze the juice from lemons and limes, and rub the zest on a fine grater. Mix all the ingredients together, taste it, add more sugar if desired.
3. Dilute the resulting composition with carbonated or purified water to the desired consistency, add ice cubes before use.

Lemonade "Mojito"

• cane sugar - 120 gr.
• beet sugar - 180 gr.
• lime - 4 pcs.
• lemon - 4 pcs.
• fresh mint - 1 bunch

1. Pour the beet sugar in an enamel pan, fill it with 300 ml.Purified water, put on the stove and cook the syrup. When the crystals dissolve completely, turn off the burner.
2. Cool and cool the syrup to the desired temperature. At this time, squeeze the juice from limes and lemons, and chop the peel in a blender.
3. Pour juice into syrup, add chopped zest to the same place. Re-send the composition in the refrigerator for 40-60 minutes.
4. Crush mint in a mortar or tear it with your hands, and then remember with a fork. Place on the bottom of the jug, sprinkle with cane sugar, remember with the help of a bartender's pestle.
5. After the expiration date, remove the lemonade from the refrigerator and dilute it with water in a ratio of 2: 1, then pour it into a jar of mint. Optionally, you can add crushed ice.

If you add white rum to Mojito lemonade, you will get the traditional drink of the same name, which guests will enjoy.

Strawberry Lemonade with Kiwi

• Kiwi - 7 pcs.
• frozen strawberries - 300 gr.
• melt water (ice) - 650 ml.
• granulated sugar - 120 gr.
• vanillin - 1 sachet (about 12 gr.)
• lemon - 2 pcs.
• grapefruit - 1 pc.

1. Pour the sugar 200 ml. filtered water and put on the stove. Stir with a wooden spatula until the granules are completely dissolved. Once the crystals have melted, pour the composition into a jug and cool to room temperature.
2. Add melted water, frozen strawberries and vanillin to the syrup.
3. Peel kiwi, wash and chop into slices, send in a container with the main ingredients. Place the jug in the refrigerator for half an hour.
4. At this time proceed to the preparations. Cut the first lemon into slices, wash the second one and send it to the blender, previously removing the seeds.
5. Squeeze the juice from the grapefruit, throw away the zest, you will not need it anymore. Combine all the components in one mass, send in the refrigerator. If desired, you can add chopped fresh mint leaves.

Grape lemonade

• seedless grapes - 3 medium sized clusters
• lemon - 2 pcs.
• sweet cherry - 250 gr.
• plum - 100 gr.
• sugar - 175 gr.
• orange juice (freshly squeezed) - 300 ml.

1. Mix in one composition orange juice and granulated sugar, wait until the granules are completely dissolved.
2. Pull out the bones from the cherry tree, perform the same manipulations with the plum. Separate the grape beads from the common bunch. Put all the ingredients in a blender, chop into puree.
3. Cut the lemons into thin slices, send it to the jug. Top with a syrup of orange juice and sugar, add fruit gruel (grapes, plum, cherry).
4. Stir the mixture, taste it. Dilute with water if necessary. Send lemonade to the refrigerator for at least 10 hours, before use, you can filter and add ice.

Raspberry-based lemonade

• raspberry - 350 gr.
• granulated sugar - 120 gr.
• lemon - 1.5 pcs.
• water with gas - 600 ml.
• purified water (cool boiling water) - 250 ml.

1. Place the raspberries in a colander, rinse gently with running water to prevent mashing. After treatment with cold water, wait for about 10 minutes to drain all the liquid.
2. Combine raspberries with sugar, pound the pestle or blender until mashed.
3. Wipe the porridge through a sieve, put the cake in an enamelled container, and remove the juice to the side.
4. Wash the lemon with hot water, sponge well. Take a special device for cleaning potatoes or a sharp knife, remove the upper part of the peel.
5. Chop the lemon fruit into small pieces or slices, add granulated sugar and pour in 250 ml. boiling water. Stir, cover and let stand for 1.5 hours.
6. After this period, mix the juice from the raspberry with the main mass, then combine all the components into a homogeneous syrup.
7. Add carbonated water (you can replace the thawed), decorate the glasses with raspberry berries or a slice of lemon.

The best is the use of cold, not warm drink. It can be easily prepared at home using fruits, berries and, of course, lemons. Choose your favorite recipe, please yourself and guests in hot weather.

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