Name: How to make homemade lemonade
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 4 lemons, approximately; 3 1/2 cup caster sugar; 1 tablespoon (15g) citric acid; 2 teaspoon (7.5g) tartaric acid; 1.9 litre (7 1/2 cups) boiling water; soda water or iced water, for serving

How to make homemade lemonade

When life give you lemons bust out this delicious homemade lemonade recipe - a refreshingly simple beverage that always makes a splash!

Makes 3.75 Litre

Prep

15M

Cook

Total

20M

Ingredients

4 lemons, approximately

3 1/2 cup caster sugar

1 tablespoon (15g) citric acid

2 teaspoon (7.5g) tartaric acid

1.9 litre (7 1/2 cups) boiling water

soda water or iced water, for serving

Method

1.Remove the rind thinly from one of the lemons and cut into thin strips (or use a zester). Combine the lemon rind, sugar, citric acid and tartaric acid in a large heatproof bowl.

2.Pour boiling water over sugar mixture, stir until sugar is dissolved. Squeeze the juice from the lemons; you will need 1 1/4 cups (310ml) juice. Stir the juice into the sugar mixture; cool.

3.Strain the lemon mixture into sterilised bottles and keep refrigerated.

4.To serve, use two pails (round-shaped, handled container or bucket) of lemon syrup to one part soda water (or iced water), or mix to taste.

Alternatively to ready-to-drink lemonade, this recipe makes 2.5 litres of syrup. Undiluted lemon mixture will keep up to two weeks in the fridge.
Note

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