How to make lemonade at home from lemon

Many people cannot imagine their life without soft drinks. But what is sold in retail chains can no longer be called healthy drinks. So why purposefully harm your health when there is a great alternative. Lemonade at home from a lemon is not difficult to prepare. But this drink not only does not harm the body, but can also bring significant benefits, depending on the ingredients included in it.

How to make homemade lemonade from lemons

Lemonade, as its name implies, is a drink whose main ingredient is lemons. It is believed that it appeared back in the XNUMXth century, and in those days, of course, it was produced without gas. The drink became carbonated much later, almost in the XNUMXth 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 outlet at any time of the year. In addition, natural lemons have many beneficial properties for the body. You just need to use them correctly.

So, most imported fruits found 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 washed with a brush under running water and it is also advisable to spill boiling water.

Sugar adds sweetness to the drink, but sometimes honey is used to make it even more beneficial. Less often, sweeteners like fructose or stevia are used.

It is desirable to use purified or mineral water. At home, making a drink with gas is as easy as shelling pears – add 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 with it.

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

There are two main ways to make lemonade at home:

• Cold, with more or 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 fan. 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 supplements, they usually replace part of the lemon juice. Moreover, the more acidic the product, the greater part of the 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 the bones do not fall into it, since they are the ones that can add bitterness to the drink.

You need:

• 5-6 lemons, which is approximately 650-800 g;
• 250 ml of purified water;
• from 1,5 to 2 liters of sparkling water (to taste);
• 250 d Sahara.

Manufacture:

1. Purified water is mixed with sugar and, heated to a boil, the syrup is completely transparent.
2. Let the syrup cool to room temperature.
3. The lemons are lightly washed (no need to be very careful as the peel will not be used).
4. Squeeze juice out of them. You can use a special citrus juicer.

   

5. Lemon juice is mixed with cooled sugar syrup. It turns out a concentrate that can be stored in the refrigerator in a container with a lid for up to 5-7 days.
6. At any necessary time, dilute it with sparkling water and get a wonderful homemade lemonade.

Homemade Lemon and Mint Lemonade

This recipe uses lemon zest, so the fruit is thoroughly washed and treated with boiling water.

You need:

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

Manufacture:

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 peel, so as not to add bitterness to the drink.
2. Mint leaves are rinsed and torn into small pieces, while lightly kneading them with your fingers.
3. Mint leaves, lemon zest and granulated sugar are mixed in one container, poured with boiling water and simmered over medium heat for about 2-3 minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved.
4. The resulting drink is cooled and filtered, carefully squeezing the leaves and zest.
5. Juice is squeezed out of peeled fruits and mixed with a cooled drink.
6. Carbonated water is added to taste, obtaining a more or less concentrated drink.

How to make sea buckthorn lemonade

Sea buckthorn will not only add health to the finished homemade lemonade, but without any dyes will make its color shade more attractive.

You will need:

• 1 glass of sea buckthorn berries;
• 1,5 L of water;
• 1 lemon;
• ½ cup of sugar;
• 4 sprigs of red basil or rosemary (to taste and desire);
• 1 cm piece of ginger (optional)

Manufacture:

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

Recipe for homemade lemonade with lemon 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 grams of sugar;
• 200 g fresh raspberries;
• 4 a glass of water.

Manufacture:

1. Syrup is prepared from water with the addition of sugar and cooled.
2. Raspberries are ground through a sieve, lemon juice is added.
3. Mix all prepared ingredients, cool or add pieces of ice.

Delicious Lemon Lemonade Recipe for Kids

It is very easy to prepare 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 appeal to everyone without exception.

You need:

• 4 lemon;
• 2 orange;
• 300 grams of sugar;
• 3 L of water.

Manufacture:

1. Lemons and oranges are washed and zest is rubbed from them.
2. Syrup is made from 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.

Making Lemon Lemonade with Honey

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

You will need:

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

Manufacture:

1. Ginger is peeled and rubbed on a fine grater.
2. Zest is also rubbed from prepared lemons.
3. Pour the mixture of lemon peel, crushed ginger and sugar with one liter of water and heat it up to +100°C.
4. Cool and filter the resulting broth through gauze or a sieve.
5. Juice is squeezed from the pulp of lemons and mixed with the cooled mixture.
6. Add honey and remaining water.

How to make homemade lemonade with lemons and oranges

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 need:

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

Manufacture:

1. Lemons and oranges are thoroughly washed, cut into small slices and absolutely all seeds are removed from the pulp.
2. Citrus fruits are placed in a suitable container, covered with sugar and ground with a blender.
3. Then pour cold water and stir well.
4. Close the lid and place in the refrigerator overnight.
   Attention! When insisting in the warmth of the room, unnecessary bitterness may appear in the drink.
5. In the morning, the drink is filtered through gauze and served at the table.

Recipe for Lemon Thyme Lemonade

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

You need:

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

Manufacture:

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

How to store homemade lemonade

Homemade lemonade can be stored 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 holiday, you can serve a beautifully decorated healing drink of your own production on the table.