Lemonade: 27 recipes at home

In this selection of recipes, Vzboltay focused only on those drinks that involve exclusively natural ingredients.

All lemonades are prepared simply and quickly, some will require a little more effort from you, but this is offset by an unusual taste and look.

Tips before starting

  1. Always use fresh ingredients.

  2. Classic lemonades use ordinary chilled table water, but you can safely use sparkling water (kids love this option more).

  3. Get plenty of ice. Usually no ice is added to the pitcher (keep lemonade in the refrigerator instead), but lemonade should be served with ice.

  4. Cover your lemonade with a tight lid or cling film to keep it from absorbing the flavors of the refrigerator.

  5. Keep lemonade for no more than 3 days.

classic lemonade recipe

Ingredients

  1. Lemon – 6 pcs.

  2. Sugar – 1 cup

  3. Chilled water – 6 cups

Method of preparation

  1. Squeeze the juice from the lemons to make 1 cup of juice.

  2. Mix lemon juice with sugar and water in a pitcher. Stir well to dissolve the sugar.

  3. To serve, use any glasses with ice cubes and decoration in the form of a lemon wedge.

Strawberry lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Strawberries – 2 cups

  2. Sugar – 5 st. l.

  3. Lemon – 3 pcs.

  4. Water – 1,5 L

  5. Mint – 2 sprigs

Method of preparation

  1. Pour sugar in a saucepan with half a liter of water and cook over low heat.

  2. When the sugar has melted, squeeze the juice from the lemons into the syrup.

  3. Mash the strawberries with a fork and add to the syrup. Fill everything with the remaining water and leave to brew for a couple of hours.

  4. Strain, pour into a jug and refrigerate.

  5. Serve with ice and mint leaves.

Ginger lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Fresh ginger root – 5 cm

  2. Lemon – 2 pcs.

  3. Lime – ½ pcs.

  4. Sugar – 100-150 g

  5. Water – 250 ml

  6. Sparkling water – 2 l

  7. Mint – 1 twig

Method of preparation

  1. Peel the ginger, cut into small slices, transfer to a small saucepan, add water and sugar.

  2. Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. Let cool.

  3. Strain the ginger syrup into a pitcher through a small sieve, add the juice of two lemons and pour over sparkling water.

  4. Add mint leaves and, if necessary, sugar.

  5. Garnish with slices of fresh ginger and lime, then refrigerate for at least an hour, covering the jar with cling film.

Basil lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Basil – 1 bunch

  2. Lemon – 2 pcs.

  3. Sugar – 5 st. l.

  4. Water – 1 glass

  5. Soda – to taste

Method of preparation

  1. Squeeze juice from lemons.

  2. We crush the basil in a mortar or grind with a blender.

  3. Heat water in a saucepan and, without bringing it to a boil, add freshly squeezed juice and basil.

  4. Add sugar and stir until completely dissolved.

  5. Remove from heat – the solution should not boil. Strain the liquid and set aside.

  6. Dilute with sparkling water and serve with ice.

Watermelon lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Watermelon pulp, diced – 6 cups (pitted)

  2. Chilled water – 4 cups

  3. Lemon juice – 3/4 cup

  4. Sugar – 2/3 cup (or to taste)

  5. Ice and fresh mint for serving

Method of preparation

  1. Blend the watermelon pulp in a blender until completely pureed (should make about 4 cups).

  2. Strain the pulp through a fine sieve to make it look like a puree.

  3. In a large pitcher, combine chilled water, lemon juice and sugar.

  4. Add puree and stir again. Ready!

  5. Serve with ice and mint. Keep refrigerated.

Apricot lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Lemon – 3 pcs.

  2. Water (for a jug) – the required amount

  3. Apricot – 7 pcs.

  4. Fresh rosemary – 2 tsp

  5. Sugar – 2 tbsp.

  6. Water (for syrup) – ¼ cup

Method of preparation

  1. Make syrup: Add chopped apricots (pitted), rosemary, sugar and water to a saucepan over high heat.

  2. Bring to a boil and lower the heat. Using a wooden spoon, crush the apricots.

  3. Let the syrup simmer for about 10 more minutes, then strain it through a strainer into a large pitcher.

  4. Add fresh lemon juice from 3 lemons to the pitcher, then fill the rest of the pitcher with chilled water.

  5. Stir lemonade and enjoy! Serve with ice.

Tarragon lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Lemon – 2 pcs.

  2. Water – 200 ml

  3. Sugars – 100 g

  4. Tarragon (tarragon) – 40 g

  5. Chilled water – 1 l

Method of preparation

  1. Pour 200 ml of water into a small saucepan, add sugar and tarragon leaves. Leave some leaves for serving.

  2. Simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and beat with a blender. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve.

  3. Pour into a pitcher and add the juice of two lemons, then add water. Taste the lemonade, if it’s too sweet for you, you can increase the amount of water.

  4. Add lemon slices and fresh tarragon leaves to the jar and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Cucumber lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Lemon – 2 pcs.

  2. Cucumber – 2 pcs.

  3. Fresh basil – 3 sprigs

  4. Sugar to taste

  5. Sparkling water – 800 ml

Method of preparation

  1. Grate one cucumber on a coarse grater, squeeze the juice.

  2. Cut one lemon into 2 parts and squeeze the juice.

  3. Cut the second cucumber and lemon into rings.

  4. Put cucumber and lemon rings in a jug, pour in lemon-cucumber juice, sweeten with sugar to taste, add green basil leaves. Pour in water and let steep.

  5. Serve in glasses filled with ice cubes.

rose petal lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Rose petals – 5 pcs.

  2. Lemon – 1 pcs.

  3. Sugar – to taste (3 tablespoons)

  4. Water – 1 L

Method of preparation

  1. Separate the rose petals from the buds. Add sugar, squeeze the juice of one lemon and pour boiling water over it.

  2. Stir (until the sugar is completely dissolved) and leave to infuse overnight (8-10 hours).

  3. Then strain and serve in glasses with ice.

Lavender lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Lemons – 3 pcs.

  2. Dried lavender flowers – 2 tbsp. l.

  3. Sugar – ½ cup

  4. Water – 5 glasses

Method of preparation

  1. Pour half of the water into a saucepan. Add sugar and lavender flowers. Bring to a boil over medium heat.

  2. When the first bubbles appear, reduce the heat to a minimum and cook for another five minutes.

  3. Remove from heat, cover with a lid and leave to infuse for an hour.

  4. Then we filter the broth and squeeze the juice from the lemons into it.

  5. Add the rest of the water and mix well.

  6. Pour into a pitcher and chill in the refrigerator.

mexican lemonade

Ingredients (for 1 serving)

  1. Kiwi – 1 pc.

  2. Seedless grapes – 25 pcs.

  3. Apple juice – 2 cups

  4. Ice – 1 cup

Method of preparation

  1. Wash the grapes and peel the kiwi. Put the fruit in a blender, pour in the apple juice and blend for 2 minutes.

  2. In an empty glass, put half a glass of ice and pour in the resulting liquid.

Green tea lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Lemon – 3 pcs.

  2. Mint – ½ cup

  3. Green tea – 4 cups

  4. Water – 2 glasses

Method of preparation

  1. Place the mint leaves in the bottom of the pitcher and crush them lightly.

  2. Pour tea, squeeze the juice of three lemons, and then fill it all with water and put it in the refrigerator for an hour.

  3. After cooling, pour into glasses, add ice and decorate with mint petals.

orange lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Orange – 8 pcs.

  2. Lemon – 2 pcs.

  3. Water – 1 L

  4. Sugar to taste

Method of preparation

  1. Rinse the orange peel with warm water and wipe it with dry napkins, then pour boiling water over it and let it brew for one hour.

  2. Squeeze the juice from the oranges, mix with the infused peel.

  3. Pour orange juice with water, then squeeze the juice from the lemons.

  4. If the drink is too sour for you, add sugar of your choice.

Apple and currant lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Apple juice – 250 ml

  2. Blackcurrant juice – 250 ml

  3. Carbonated water – 1 l

  4. Sugar to taste

  5. Lime – 1 pcs.

Method of preparation

  1. Mix apple juice and currant juice, add water and sugar, mix everything well.

  2. Slice a lime into thin slices and place in the bottom of a jug, then pour over lemonade and refrigerate.

  3. You can add a little cinnamon if you like. Serve with ice.

Cherry lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Cherry juice (natural) – 500 ml

  2. Lemon juice – 50 ml

  3. Sugar – to taste

  4. cherry berries for decoration

Method of preparation

  1. Combine cherry and lemon juice with sugar, mix.

  2. Put a few cherries in glasses. Pour juice into a third or slightly more than the volume of a glass, add chilled plain or mineral water with or without gas.

Mint lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Water – 250 ml

  2. Sugar – 125 g

  3. Mint – 4-5 sprigs

  4. Orange – 2 pcs.

  5. Lemon – 1 large

  6. Carbonated water – 1 l

Method of preparation

  1. Make sugar syrup from sugar and water.

  2. Turn off the heat, put mint in the resulting syrup and let cool.

  3. Squeeze juice from citruses.

  4. Mix juice and syrup in a jug (discard mint), top up with soda.

  5. Serve in glasses with ice, mint sprig and lemon or orange slices.

Peach lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Peach – 3 amount

  2. Lime – 2 pcs.

  3. Lemon – 2 pcs.

  4. Sugar – 4-5 tbsp. l

  5. Chilled water – 1 l

Method of preparation

  1. Pitted and peeled peaches (pulp) chop and put in a bowl. Squeeze juice from limes and lemons there, add sugar.

  2. Grind in a blender until smooth.

  3. Add water and stir. Serve with ice.

Pear lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Water – 1 L

  2. Fresh pear – 200 g

  3. Lemon – 1 pcs.

  4. Sugar – 4 st. l.

Method of preparation

  1. Pears wash, peel and seed box. Cut the pulp into small pieces and place 150 g of pears in the bowl of a food processor or beat in a blender.

  2. Add 200 ml of chilled water and grind until smooth with a handy tool.

  3. In advance, combine the main part of water (800 ml) with sugar, bring to a boil. Stir until all the sugar is dissolved. Cook 2 minutes. Then turn off the fire, and cool the syrup well.

  4. Combine pear puree, syrup, the rest of the pear, cut into slices.

  5. Cut 1/3 lemon into thin circles, and squeeze the juice out of the rest. Add lemon juice and lemon slices to the mixture. Ready!

Brazilian lemonade with condensed milk

Ingredients

  1. Lime – 4 pcs.

  2. Sugars – 200 g

  3. Water – 1,4 L

  4. Condensed milk – 6 tbsp. l.

Method of preparation

  1. Cut the ends off the limes and divide each fruit into eight pieces. Use a blender to combine citrus fruits, sugar and water until smooth.

  2. Strain the resulting mass through a sieve.

  3. Whisk the liquid together with the condensed milk. Then add ice and mix with a blender again. Ready!

Raspberry lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Raspberries – 340 g

  2. Water – 120 ml

  3. Sugars – 100 g

  4. Honey – 150 g

  5. Lemon juice – 240 ml

  6. Carbonated water – 1 l

Method of preparation

  1. Puree the raspberries with a blender and grind through a sieve.

  2. Dissolve sugar and honey in water.

  3. Add berry puree, citrus juice and sparkling water.

  4. Pour the lemonade into glasses filled with ice.

pineapple lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Pineapple (medium) – 1 pc.

  2. Lemon juice – 100 ml

  3. Brown sugar – 3 tbsp. d.

  4. Water – 1,2 L

Method of preparation

  1. Peel the pineapple and cut into medium pieces.

  2. Blend pineapple, lemon juice and sugar in a blender until smooth.

  3. Dilute the resulting mixture with water.

  4. Ready! Serve with ice.

rosemary lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Water – 2 L

  2. Fresh rosemary – 2-3 sprigs

  3. Sugars – 100 g

  4. Honey – 170 g

  5. Lemon juice – 300 ml

Method of preparation

  1. Boil 500 ml of water in a saucepan. Put the rosemary there, reduce the heat and cook under the lid for 10 minutes.

  2. Remove rosemary and let cool. Dissolve sugar and honey in it and refrigerate.

  3. Add citrus juice and remaining water.

  4. Pour the lemonade into glasses filled with ice.

pomegranate lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Sugars – 200 g

  2. Water – 1 L

  3. Lemon juice – 300 ml

  4. Pomegranate juice – 500 ml

Method of preparation

  1. Put sugar in a small saucepan and pour 250 ml of water. While stirring, boil the syrup until the crystals dissolve. Then cool it down.

  2. Mix lemon and pomegranate juices, remaining water and syrup.

  3. If the lemonade turns out sour, just add sugar to taste.

  4. Serve with ice.

Cranberry Lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Sugar – 1/4 cup if cranberry juice is sweet, 1 cup if sour

  2. Water – 4 cups

  3. Cranberry juice – 1 cup

  4. Lemon juice – 1 cup

Method of preparation

  1. Make sugar syrup according to the proportion based on the sweetness of the cranberry juice.

  2. Mix the remaining water, syrup, cranberry and lemon juice.

  3. Refrigerate for an hour and serve over ice.

Rhubarb lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Rhubarb – 100 g

  2. Sugars – 50 g

  3. Lemon – 2 slices

  4. Water – 120 ml

Method of preparation

  1. Cut rhubarb stalks.

  2. Add sugar, lemon and pour 120 ml of water into the pan.

  3. Put on the fire, cook until the rhubarb is soft (5-15 minutes).

  4. Cover and leave overnight.

  5. In the morning, pour into a storage container and refrigerate. When you want lemonade, dilute with cold water, add ice and enjoy!

Chia lemonade

Ingredients

  1. Water – ½ cup

  2. Lemon juice – 3 tbsp l.

  3. Sahar – ½ no. l.

  4. Chia seeds – 1 tsp. l.

Method of preparation

  1. Stir the water, lemon juice, and sugar together in a glass until the sugar is completely dissolved, then add the chia seeds.

  2. Let the chia seeds sit for about 10 minutes.

  3. Stir and serve over ice.

Relevance: 27.06.2019

Tags: soft drinks

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