Lemonade

Name: Lemonade
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar; 8 lemons; 2 cups water; 1 whole lemon; ice

Serves 1

Serves 1

Directions

1Pour 2 cups of sugar into a glass bowl.
2Zest 8 lemons directly into the sugar, being careful not to include the bitter white pith.
3Massage the lemon zest into the sugar with gloved hands to extract the lemon oils.
4Transfer the lemon-infused sugar to a pan.
5Add 2 cups of water to the pan with the lemon-sugar mixture.
6Heat the mixture until it comes to a boil, then immediately turn off the heat.
7Strain the syrup through a sieve into a bowl to remove the zest.
8For a super clear syrup, place a coffee filter into a funnel and strain the syrup through it into a mason jar.
9Cut a whole lemon in half.
10Squeeze the juice of one half lemon into a glass jar.
11Add crushed ice to the jar.
12Sweeten the lemonade with the prepared lemon syrup.
13Top off the mixture with water.
14Stir everything well and garnish with a lemon slice and mint.

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Serves 1

Serves 1

1Pour 2 cups of sugar into a glass bowl.
2Zest 8 lemons directly into the sugar, being careful not to include the bitter white pith.
3Massage the lemon zest into the sugar with gloved hands to extract the lemon oils.
4Transfer the lemon-infused sugar to a pan.
5Add 2 cups of water to the pan with the lemon-sugar mixture.
6Heat the mixture until it comes to a boil, then immediately turn off the heat.
7Strain the syrup through a sieve into a bowl to remove the zest.
8For a super clear syrup, place a coffee filter into a funnel and strain the syrup through it into a mason jar.
9Cut a whole lemon in half.
10Squeeze the juice of one half lemon into a glass jar.
11Add crushed ice to the jar.
12Sweeten the lemonade with the prepared lemon syrup.
13Top off the mixture with water.
14Stir everything well and garnish with a lemon slice and mint.