Ref: 540
Heading: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Food Type: Cold – Non-Alcoholic
No of Portions: 6
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Ingredients & Prep
6 lemons unwaxed
1000 ml
sparkling or tonic water
125 g
caster sugar
300 ml
water luke warm
Method
Step 1
Use a lemon squeezer to squeeze out the juice form the lemons, you should get 2 tbsp (30ml) from each discarding the pips & pour in a serving jug then put jug in the fridge.
Step 2
Place sugar, luke warm water & 1/4 of the lemon peel/shells (1/4 of a lemon shell per serving), then blitz in a food processor or liquidiser to a smooth pulp, strain the pulp in a bowl & a fine sieve, then pour this into the jug of lemon juice the put back in the fridge to chill.
Step 3
Dilute to taste in the serving glass with chilled sparkling/tonic water & ice.
Suggestion & Tips
Blitzing the peel will extract the lemon oil which is that gives real lemon flavour.