How to make lemonade at home from lemon

Many people cannot imagine their life without soft drinks. But what is sold in retail chains cannot be called healthy drinks for a long time. So why deliberately harm your health when there is a great alternative. Making lemonade at home from lemon is a snap. But this drink not only does not harm the body, but is also able to bring significant benefits, depending on the ingredients included in it.

How to make homemade lemonade from lemons

Lemonade, as its name suggests, is a drink with lemons as its main ingredient. It is believed that it appeared in the 17th century, and at that time, of course, it was produced without gas. The carbonated drink became much later, already almost in the 20th century. Interestingly, it was lemonade that became the first drink for industrial production. And now there are hundreds of recipes with all kinds of fruit and berry additives, sometimes without lemon at all.

But lemons are not only the traditional basis for homemade lemonade, but also the simplest and most common ingredient that can be obtained at any point of sale, at any time of the year. In addition, natural lemons have many health benefits. You just need to use them correctly.

So, most of the imported fruits that are on sale are treated with a variety of chemicals and additionally with paraffin for better preservation. Therefore, if the recipe for making homemade lemonade provides for the use of lemon zest, that is, the lemons must be thoroughly rinsed with a brush under running water and it is also advisable to spill it with boiling water.

Sugar gives the drink its sweetness, but honey is sometimes used to make it even healthier. Less commonly, sweeteners like fructose or stevia are used.

It is advisable to use purified or mineral water. At home, making a drink with gas is as simple as adding carbonated mineral water to concentrated fruit syrup. If there is a desire and a special device (siphon) is available, then you can prepare a carbonated drink using it.

Often, to create a special aromatic or spicy effect, various herbs are added to homemade lemonade during production: mint, lemon balm, tarragon, rosemary, thyme.

There are two main ways to make lemonade at home:

• Cold, with less prolonged infusion of components in cool water;
• Hot, when sugar syrup is first boiled with the necessary additives, and then lemon juice is added to it.

In the first case, the drink turns out to be more useful, but less tasty, for a special lover. In the second case, you can also prepare a saturated syrup, which is subsequently diluted with any amount of water.

When using fruit or berry additives, they usually replace some of the lemon juice. Moreover, the more acidic the product, the more lemon juice can be replaced with it.

Classic Lemon Lemonade Recipe

In this version, only carefully squeezed juice is required from lemons. It is necessary to ensure that no bones fall into it, since it is they who are capable of imparting bitterness to the drink.

You will need:

• 5-6 lemons, which is approximately 650-800 g;
• 250 ml of purified water;
• 1.5 to 2 liters of sparkling water (to taste);
• 250 g sugar.

Manufacturing:

1. The purified water is mixed with sugar and, heating to a boil, the syrup is completely transparent.
2. Set the syrup to cool to room temperature.
3. The lemons are lightly rinsed (no special care needed as the peel will not be used).
4. Squeeze juice out of them. You can use a dedicated citrus juicer.
   
5. Lemon juice is mixed with cooled sugar syrup. The result is a concentrate that can be stored in a refrigerator in a container with a lid for up to 5-7 days.
6. At any necessary moment, they dilute it with sparkling water and get a wonderful homemade lemonade.

Homemade lemonade with lemons and mint

This recipe uses lemon peel, so the fruit is thoroughly washed and boiled.

You will need:

• 700 g lemons;
• ½ cup mint leaves;
• 1 liter of purified water;
• about 2 liters of sparkling water;
• 300 g of sugar.

Manufacturing:

1. From the prepared fruits, rub the zest (yellow outer shell) with a fine grater.
   Attention! It is important not to touch the white part of the rind, so as not to add bitterness to the drink.
2. The mint leaves are rinsed and torn into small pieces, while gently kneading them with your fingers.
3. Mix in one container mint leaves, lemon zest and granulated sugar, pour boiling water and simmer over medium heat for about 2-3 minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved.
4. The resulting drink is cooled and filtered, carefully squeezing out the leaves and zest.
5. Juice is squeezed out of peeled fruits and mixed with a cooled drink.
6. Soda water is added to taste, resulting in a more or less concentrated drink.

How to make sea buckthorn lemonade

Sea buckthorn will not only add usefulness to ready-made homemade lemonade, but without any dyes, it will make its color shade more attractive.

You will need:

• 1 glass of sea buckthorn berries;
• 1.5 liters of water;
• 1 lemon;
• ½ cup sugar;
• 4 sprigs of red basil or rosemary (to taste and desire);
• 1 cm slice of ginger (optional)

Manufacturing:

1. Sea buckthorn is washed and kneaded with a wooden crush or blender.
2. Basil and ginger are also ground.
3. Remove the zest from the lemon with a grater.
4. Mix together chopped sea buckthorn, ginger, basil, zest, granulated sugar and pitted lemon pulp.
5. With constant stirring, the mixture is heated to almost boiling and water is poured in.
6. Bring to a boil again and, covered with a lid, set to infuse for 2-3 hours.
7. Then the drink is filtered and the homemade lemonade is ready to drink.

Homemade lemonade recipe with fruits and berries

For this recipe, in principle, you can use any suitable berries to taste. For example, raspberries are given.

You will need:

• 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (usually about 5-6 fruits)
• 200 g sugar;
• 200 g fresh raspberries;
• 4 glasses of water.

Manufacturing:

1. Syrup is prepared from water with added sugar and cooled.
2. Rub the raspberries through a sieve, add lemon juice.
3. Mix all prepared ingredients, cool or add ice cubes.

A delicious lemonade lemonade recipe for kids

It is very easy to make a delicious and healthy lemonade according to this recipe at home from lemon and orange for a children's party. The main thing is that carbonated water is not used in it, and in this case it will surely please everyone, without exception.

You will need:

• 4 lemons;
• 2 oranges;
• 300 g sugar;
• 3 liters of water.

Manufacturing:

1. Lemons and oranges are washed and the zest is rubbed off.
2. Syrup is made from the zest, sugar and water.
3. Juice is squeezed out of the remaining pulp of citrus fruits.
4. Mix citrus juice with syrup, cool if desired.

Cooking lemon lemonade with honey

With honey, a particularly healing homemade lemonade is obtained, therefore, to enhance its beneficial properties, ginger is often also added to it.

You will need:

• 350 g lemons;
• 220 g of ginger root;
• 150 g of honey;
• 50 g sugar;
• 3 liters of purified water.

Manufacturing:

1. Peel the ginger and rub it on a fine grater.
2. The zest is also rubbed from the prepared lemons.
3. Pour a mixture of lemon zest, chopped ginger and sugar with one liter of water and heat to a temperature of + 100 ° C.
4. Cool and filter the resulting broth through cheesecloth or sieve.
5. Juice is squeezed out of the pulp of the lemons and mixed with the cooled mixture.
6. Add honey and remaining water.

How to make homemade lemon and orange lemonade

Homemade lemonade according to this recipe is prepared without heat treatment, so absolutely all useful substances are preserved in it, especially vitamin C. The drink is sometimes called "Turkish lemonade".

You will need:

• 7 lemons;
• 1 orange;
• 5 liters of water;
• 600-700 g sugar;
• mint leaves (to taste and desire).

Manufacturing:

1. Lemons and oranges are thoroughly washed, cut into small slices and absolutely all seeds are removed from the pulp.
2. Place citrus fruits in a suitable container, cover with sugar and grind with a blender.
3. Then pour cold water and stir well.
4. Covering with a lid, place in the refrigerator overnight.
   Attention! When insisted in the warmth of the room, unnecessary bitterness may appear in the drink.
5. In the morning, the drink is filtered through cheesecloth and served to the table.

Lemon Thyme Lemonade Recipe

Thyme, like other aromatic herbs, will add richness and additional flavor to your homemade lemonade.

You will need:

• 2 lemons;
• 1 bunch thyme
• 150g sugar;
• 150 ml of ordinary purified water;
• 1 liter of sparkling water.

Manufacturing:

1. Syrup is made from thyme sprigs with added sugar and 150 ml of water.
2. Strain and mix with the juice squeezed from lemons.
3. Dilute with sparkling water to taste.

Homemade lemonade storage rules

Homemade lemonade can be kept in the refrigerator for several days. And the prepared concentrate can be stored at a temperature of about + 5 ° C for a week.

Conclusion

Making lemonade at home from lemon is not at all as difficult as it seems. But for any occasion, you can serve a beautifully decorated homemade healing drink on the table.

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